THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT STRATEGIC THINKING<\/b><\/p>\n
Art Hutchinson<\/strong> has had a very stimulating series of posts at Mapping Strategy<\/strong> <\/a>that cover many topics related to strategic thinking and futurism that I cannot let pass without a high recommendation and brief commetary:<\/p>\n 1. “Perils of Prediction: The Elusiveness of Certainty and the Value of ‘Simulated Hindsight’<\/a>“<\/p>\n Art lauds Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s<\/strong> book, “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable”<\/a> and discusses using “simulated hindsight” as a cognitive tool. This is not unlike counterfactual history exercises applied to futurism.<\/p>\n 2. “sdrawkcaB gniknihT – Mind Game or Creative Lever?<\/a>“<\/p>\n Art is concentrating here on reverse order thinking exercises which powerfully disrupt our brain’s natural preference for automaticity in “learned” activities, forcing a rexamination of assumptions in terms of process, sequence and causation. Art also explains why some folks are more equal than others with this technique.<\/p>\n 3. “Thinker or Tinker – In Pursuit of Practical Strategy<\/a>“<\/p>\n