How to break the rules of strategy

How this chapter will help you

Is strategy fit for purpose in the 21st century? Are the old rules of strategy now out of date? Systems thinking offers a different and more holistic way of looking at old views of strategy.

Introduction

At the start of the book, I offered three pieces of advice on how to be a brilliant business strategist. These are principles that work both for the organisation and the individual, so, to remind you of what they were:

  • Awareness: because you cannot change something you have not noticed.
  • Imagination: be ready to abandon your old maps and look at the world around you from a fresh and different perspective.
  • Positive ...

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