Strategic Renaissance: New Thinking and Innovative Tools to Create Great Corporate Strategies ...Using Insights from History and Science:

by Evan Dudik

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The Book   View Table of Contents Click on the "+" sign and expand to the overview of the Table of Contents.   What Strategy has Learned from Astrology...What it Needs to Learn from Science   'Only Make the Right Wing Strong': The Four Key Elements of a Successful Strategy   Strategic Anatomy: Strategy’s Hammer and Pivot   The End of an Era: The Twilight of Sustainable Competitive Advantage   Making Strategy Dynamic: The Dawn of Opportunity Creation and Exploitation   Better Tools for Better Strategies: Creating and Testing Strategic Ideas   Strategic Breakthrough and Exploitation : Making the Right Choices and Choosing the Right Tools   Making the Most of Strategic Resources: Tools and Choices for Strategic Exploitation   Born Allies and Sworn Enemies: Corporate Strategy Meets Culture   Top Management Teamwork: Tools for Harmonizing Strategy and Culture   81 Do’s and Don’ts on the Road to a Great Corporate Strategy   Read Excerpts Shows why Christensen, Geoffrey Moore, Michael Porter and Gary Hamel are obsolete.   Read Reader's Review Independent reviews by: Toronto Globe and Mail, T. Michael Nevens, Director, Electronics Practice, McKinsey and Co., San Jose, Computing Magazine, William C. Moore, Major General (ret.), U.S. Army. Former Director of Operations U.S. Army Staff., Washington, D.C., Dmitry Bosky, Managing Partner, MITRA Private Equity, Ltd., London, Thomas C. Shull, CEO, Meridian Ventures, Inc; Former Executive Vice President, RH Macy; White House Fellow. New York, J. Thomas Williams, President and CEO, Thomas Group. Dallas, Vladimir Merson, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank. Moscow, Philip Fiske, Director of Corporate Development, Raytheon Company. Lexington, Massachusetts, Howard Stevenson, Professor, Entrepreneurial Management, Harvard Business School. Boston and more.   Read Int'l Summaries Chinese, Japanese, German, French, Korean, Portuguese languages summary.   Chinese   Español   French   German   Italian   Japanese   Korean   Portuguese   How to Order How to order from online bookstores and obtain discounts for multiple orders.

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The Extras   Free 60-Min. Tape Order this book from online bookstores and obtain a free 60-Min. audio tape of official summary.   View Awards Award granted by the Executive Book Summaries as "Most Insightful Article/Book".   12 Great Lessons List of lessons readers will learn from reading this #1 best selling book   81 Do's and Don'ts (78) Do use experienced, wide-thinking generalists to leaven a TMT made of high-impact generalists. (81) Do believe there are great strategies out there to be discovered....   FREE 3-Min. Quiz Free quiz provides entertaining insights decision and styles of famous generals. Compare your way to their ways...   Play CEO! Vote the Poll Interactive poll allows visitors to pit their judgment on the thorny strategic choices facing such companies as DaimlerChrysler, Boeing, Airbus, Ford, Firestone, Bridgestone, Microsoft.   Business Maverick Articles Click on the "+" sign and expand to the table of contents.   Do You Drive by Looking in the Rearview Mirror? Article tells the devastating truth about market research, surveys, and opinion polls. Tells companies how to get more for their strategic market research and survey dollar.   The CEO and the Monkey Article rips the lid off Corporate Culture and lays bare secrets of executive teamwork.   Why Consultants Drive the Getaway Cars to Business Failure Article tells why business consultants such as McKinsey, Booz Allen, Boston Consulting Group and other consulting firms often block the road to business success.   How Many VPs Should a CEO Chuck Out if a CEO Could Chuck Out VPs? Article explains most important secret of top management teamwork, innovation and biggest mistake of human resource departments.   Should You Really Hire the 'Best Person for the Job'? Article exposes the biggest myth human resource departments, consultants and executive recruiters make when hiring top and middle managers.   If Not the 'Best Person for the Job,' Then Who? Article exposes the truth about who human resource departments, CEOs and senior executives should choose for any top management position requiring teamwork, strategic planning and creative execution.   Stuttgart’s Strategic Lobotomy "My friends in Detroit tell of a joke circulating in Motor City since the 1998 “merger of equals” between Daimler-Benz and Chrysler. Question: “How do you pronounce DaimlerChrysler in German ?” Answer: “The Chrysler is silent.”...   Mad about Innovation Article debunks myths about new product development and business innovation showing how it is easy to have too much innovation.   Killing Off the Eggs Article shows the right way to plan and manage product innovation using examples from consulting clients. Includes fostering a new product teamwork and corporate culture atmosphere.   Getting Radical About Taming the Innovation Monster Article shows why and how sometimes less is more when a corporate strategic plan or competitive strategy depends on successful new product development.   Needed: Fewer Leaders. More — and Better -- Followers Article questions America’s obsession with business leadership and shows that our thirst for good leadership will never be quenched if we continue to view top management leadership and human resources the way we up to the present day.   The Ten Most Important Rules of Followership Article proposes solution to the problem of top management leadership and teamwork by proposing the 10 commandments of followership with examples.   Strategy's Most Dangerous Dogma -- and What to Do about It. A Power-Point presentation explodes the most insidious strategic planning myth. A must read!   Out-Of-The-Box Books Best books for out-of-the box competitive decision-making for executives, managers, MBAs seeking innovative business thinking beyond Michael Porter, Gary Hamel, Geoffrey Moore and Clayton Christensen.   Extra Links Links to other creative, business strategies, planning and decision science-related sites.   The Lost Chapter The Lost Chapter: Strategy and the Corporate Citizen