Category: Strategic Exploration Tools
Are you ready to decide?
Good managers—even great ones—can make spectacularly bad choices. Some of them result from bad luck or poor timing, but a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...