Elevate: The Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking

INDEX

AAR. See After-Action Review (AAR)

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), 9

Acquisition innovation, 62, 64, 66

Act, competitive intelligence and, 91

Action(s)

in strategic thinking, 17, 21

in strategy story, 142, 143–144

Active disengagement, 82–83

Activity System Map, 33–35, 67

Acumen, in strategic thinking, 17, 21

Adidas, 94

Advanced strategic thinking:

disciplines of, 19–20, 158

mastering the disciplines of, 155

requirements of, 25

Affinity, for status quo, 97–98

After-Action Review (AAR), 153–154

After-Strategy-Launch Review (ASLR), 154–155

Ahmed, Mumtaz, 15, 51

Alignment, lack of, 6, 9–10, 21

Allocation, in strategic thinking, 17, 21

Amazon.com, 37, 38, 43, 108, 118, 139

Amazon.com Cloud Services, 56–58, 64

Andrews, Kenneth, 27

Apathy, 99

Apple, 25, 34, 37, 38, 58, 79, 142, 152

Apple retail stores, 63

Application innovation, 62, 63, 65

Approach, in value proposition, 44

ASLR. See After Strategy Launch Review (ASLR)

Auto rentals, 79

Bain & Company, 85

Bankruptcy, 4

Bartzokis, George, 124

Before Strategy Launch Review (BSLR), 154

Behavior:

breaking, 124–125, 126–127

influencing, 145

Benefit(s)

in Competitive Advantage Profile, 86

in value proposition, 44

Bergen, Mark, 95

Berger, Jonah, 72–73

Berkshire Hathaway, 87

Bezos, Jeff, 43, 108–109, 139

Birshan, Michael, 17

Black Hawk Down (movie), 105, 118

Blunting, 75

Bowden, Mark, 105

Bronson, Po, 72

BSLR. See Before Strategy Launch Review (BSLR)

Business condition, 73

Business model

defined, 39–40, 67

innovation, 39

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