Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business

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Christensen, Clayton. “Making Strategy: Learning by Doing.” Harvard Business Review, November–December 1997. Companies find it difficult to change strategy for many reasons, but one stands out: Strategic thinking is not a core managerial competence at most companies. Managers are unable to develop competence in strategic thinking because they do it so rarely. Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen helps managers develop a creative strategy and a proficiency in strategic decision making. This article presents a three-stage method executives can use to conceive and implement a creative and coherent strategy themselves. The process forces managers to dig deep in order to understand the forces affecting ...