A NEW CLARITY FOR STRATEGY THEORY AND PRACTICE Consultants and academics continue to report chronic failures of strategy practice.
Two causes dominate: strategy is still not fully defined, and strategy practice is still largely based on a planned versus adaptive view of the world. “The Emergent Approach to Strategy” digs deep into complex adaptive systems to bring a new clarity to strategy function and incorporate this understanding into practice. The emergent approach practice includes: • An agile method for strategy framework design • Scenario and bottleneck diagnosis techniques • A four-station dashboard emphasizing execution • A new set of strategy tests called the five disqualifiers Go to emergentapproach.com to access the following resources: • Chapter supplements with appendixes, commentary, and added examples • Five Task Sets: a guidebook for implementation of the approach • Templates for use in strategy materials • Additional examples of the Five Disqualifiers in various fields of endeavor
