The 6 disciplines of strategic thinking

published on: 2025/01/01 by: Big Think

categories: LIFE ENGINEERING

keywords: Strategy Thinking Discipline Framework

The art of patern recognition, system analysis, mental agility, structural problem solving, visioning and being a political savvy ;-)

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1. Pattern recognition: (why, connection, paterns, oportunities, vulnerability. complexity)
2. System analysis: (dynamics, modeling, interactions, simplification, processing, important features)
3. Mental agility: (level shifting, cloud to ground thinking, big picture, details, move b/w levels)
4. Structured problem-solving: (engaing in rigorus problems, teams, framing, generating options, robust solutions, stake holders, process, alignment)
5. Visioning: (identify future, comelling, where and why we are moving to, mission, achievability, accomplish, identify what not to do, not at extremes)
6. Political Savvy: (politics, human organisations, tactics, influence people, sequencing, how to build momentum, careful not to over-play, moving step by step)