{"product_id":"strategic-thinking-skills-9781598038484","title":"Strategic Thinking Skills","description":"\u003cp\u003eStrategic thinking is a powerful and invaluable skill  one that leads to greater chances of success in whatever professional and personal projects youre involved in. It involves setting goals  developing long-range plans  anticipating the unexpected  analyzing your environment  and even cooperating with your competitors. The only catch: Strategic thinking doesnt come naturally. Because most of us are static thinkers who tend to make decisions only for today  strategic thinking skills have to be learned  cultivated  practiced  and applied. Mastering the art and craft of strategic thinking can help you plan more effectively with an eye for avoiding unpleasant surprises; impose a stronger sense of order on chaotic  disorderly projects and scenarios; make savvier decisions and outsmart your competitors with greater confidence and ease; and increase your productivity and satisfaction at work and at home. And while the subject owes much to ideas and techniques developed in military situations  its applications go far beyond. With Strategic Thinking Skills  youll get a simple and comprehensive guide to the skills  tactics  techniques  tools  case studies  and lessons behind this all-important process. Business consultant  former military intelligence officer  and award-winning Professor Stanley K. Ridgley of Drexel University has crafted these 24 lectures as an accessible way to engage with thinking that will help you thinkand actmore strategically in business and in your own life  whether youre the CEO of a Fortune 500 company or youre preparing to embark on a new career path.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45274349338677,"sku":"ByrdShop_1598038486","price":96.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781598038484.jpg?v=1780495190","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/strategic-thinking-skills-9781598038484","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}