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Good managers—even great ones—can make spectacularly bad choices. Some of them result from bad luck or poor timing, but a large body of research suggests that many are caused by cognitive and behavioral biases. Article Link
Category: Strategic Exploration Tools
Short-termism and the threat from climate change
By not acting now, we’re allowing the future costs of the greenhouse-gas crisis to compound. Eventually, the consequences will be irreversible. Article Link That job is made even harder because the business community is not the only sphere in which …
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2025 tech predictions both thrilling and scary
“Where’s Waldo?” Oops! Should be “Where’s the Center?” Seems like a lot of very good centers worthy of exploration here. Article Link
For Many Decisions, Just Go with the Flow
This is a good tie to the role of “intuition.” Joel recognizes this as a very important early part of the process of ideas flowing through paradigms to reality — “The Possibilities Cone” Article Link
Our Gambling Culture
There’s a lot of attention being paid to the lack of long-term thinking. All of Joel’s Strategic Exploration Tools address these concerns — the recent articles I’ve posted here are great materials for discussing all the tools with clients and …
Internet Searches May Make You Think You’re Smarter Than You Are
Very interesting post! Using the Internet is an easy way to feel omniscient. Enter a search term and the answers appear before your eyes. But at any moment you’re also just a few taps away from becoming an insufferable know-it-all. …
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Exploring the Same “Arc”
What happens if multiple teams explore the same particular “arc” (or first-order implication)? Consistent with our “scouting metaphor,” if we send good scouts out over the same territory, they’re likely to discover the different important elements, particularly if the topic …
Perspectives on the Long Term
What will it take to shift markets and companies away from a short-term way of thinking? Article Link
The Imitation Game
A recommendation from a participant in our “paper-based” facilitator training. I watched the movie a few times — and the following comments are spot-on! I just saw The Imitation Game last weekend. It’s the movie that features the team …
Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team
We’ve discussed the value of having three different strategic thinking perspectives in any strategy work. These three strategic thinking perspectives include people with front-line experience, others with functional expertise, and innovative thinkers that look at opportunities and challenges in new and different …