Being strategic may mean something different to acting strategically. The latter relates more to what we do and the first relates more to what we are capable of. In terms of ‘what we are capable of’, a view on ‘strategic competencies’ becomes an i...

Over the past few weeks, I have been browsing about 50 books and hundreds of articles on the wider subject area of ‘being strategic in the face of complexity’. Slowly, a pattern is starting to emerge in terms of how various authors seek to be stra...

What does ‘strategic’ mean to whom? This is an essential question to ask when discussing what ‘being strategic in the face of complexity’ involves. Is ‘strategic’ synonymous to ‘good’ and ‘ethical’? ‘Strategic’ may sometimes be considered as merel...