Reinventing Strategy - Using Strategic Learning to Create & Sustain Breakthrough Performance - by Willie Pietersen - Introduction

Introduction
PART I: THE NEW LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE
PART II: IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC LEARNING AS A LEADERSHIP PROCESS
PART III: STRATEGIC LEARNING FOR PERSONAL GROWTH
Remarks
Reading Suggestions & CONTENTS
About the Author

Introduction

According to Pietersen, today’s new leadership challenge is a journey of discovery in which management, particularly in large, established firms, must learn to “think out of the box” and “move out of their comfort zones,” in order to create and lead adaptive organizations that change and innovate continuously. The objective is not learning for learning’s sake, but learning strategically so as “to build an organization that continuously learns new things and [repeatedly] translates them into breakthrough strategies.”

Reinventing Strategy distills the author’s extensive experience, both as a CEO and as a teacher, consultant, and researcher at Columbia Business School, to offer a set of operating principles and a leadership process—Strategic Learning—that has proven effective in enabling business leaders to develop superior insights, transform them into winning strategies, and foster adaptive enterprises. This practical, powerful tool, which has been taught in numerous workshops, Columbia Business School executive programs, and top-performing corporations, is also offered as a valuable framework for personal growth and leadership development.