As leaders confront a worldwide business environment marked by explosive, uncertain, complicated and ambiguous (VUCA) conditions, a fresh way to sense and respond to the environment is required. Especially, leaders need to embrace integrative mindsets -- capable of balancing both "core" and "advantage" concerns, solving anxieties among opposing thoughts and using them to generate innovative results.
This informative article describes characteristics, the values, activities and behaviors which have turned out to be successful, based on the author's personal experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, business research along with practical examples. He presents an ambidextrous framework that combines the innovative capability necessary for growth and the ingredients for successful execution. In this sense, a Strategic Integration Unit can give much-needed impetus and focus.
PUBLICATION DATE: December 18, 2015 PRODUCT #: IIR152-HCB-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about STRATEGY & EXECUTION
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