The Emergent Approach to Strategy

<p><b>A NEW CLARITY FOR STRATEGY THEORY AND PRACTICE</b></p><p><b>Consultants and academics continue to report chronic failures of strategy practice.</b>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. <i>The Emergent Approach to Strategy</i> digs deep into complex adaptive systems to bring a new clarity to strategy function and incorporate this understanding into practice.</p><p>The emergent approach practice includes: </p><ul> <li>An agile method for strategy framework design</li> <li>Scenario and bottleneck diagnosis techniques</li> <li>A four-station dashboard emphasizing execution</li> <li>A new set of strategy tests called the five disqualifiers</li></ul><p>Go to emergentapproach.com to access the following resources: </p><ul> <li><b>Chapter supplements</b> with appendixes, commentary, and added examples</li> <li><b>Five Task Sets</b>: a guidebook for implementation of the approach</li> <li><b>Templates</b> for use in strategy materials</li> <li>Additional examples of the <b>Five Disqualifiers</b> in various fields of endeavor</li></ul>