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Strategic Thinking Quotes By Peter Drucker

Strategic management is not a box of tricks or a bundle of techniques. It is analytical thinking and commitment of resources to action. But quantification alone is not planning. Some of the most important issues in strategic management cannot be quantified at all. — Peter Drucker

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Robert J. McMahon

The military-strategic dimensions of world order were, in American thinking, inseparable from the economic dimensions. US planners viewed the establishment of a freer and more open international economic system as equally indispensable to the new order they were determined to construct from the ashes of history's most horrific conflict. Experience had instructed them, Secretary of State Cordell Hull recalled, that free trade stood as an essential prerequisite for peace. The autarky, closed trading blocs, and nationalistic barriers to foreign investment and currency convertibility that had characterized the depression decade just encouraged interstate rivalry and conflict. A — Robert J. McMahon

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Will Self

It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent their conduct in play - their ability to deal with loss or victory, their ability to meld strategic thinking and brute force - can be taken as a small-scale model of how they, or others like them, might behave in life. — Will Self

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Pearl Zhu

Design does need more recognition as thinking and problem-solving process, maybe even a strategic differentiator. — Pearl Zhu

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Ray Anderson

There is no more strategic issue for a company, or any organization, than its ultimate purpose. For those who think business exists to make a profit, I suggest they think again. Business makes a profit to exist. Surely it must exist for some higher, nobler purpose than that. — Ray Anderson

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Kilroy J. Oldster

Humankind's struggle against a hostile environment causes people throughout the ages to deploy their full armory of logic, training, strategy, imagination, inventiveness, and creativity. We are born with the natural ability to strategize. The most influential tool in humankind's intellectual tool kit is the ability to regenerate a sense of unruffled alertness, to establish a poised stance that leads to intuitive discoveries generated by the conscious and unconscious mind constantly filtering a plethora of data, selecting critical facts, and producing elegant solutions to seemingly insoluble dilemmas. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Pearl Zhu

The value-added Board brings the high-performance result, "deep common sense," balance, improved strategic thinking, creativity, wisdom and more. — Pearl Zhu

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Mike Pence

Let's allow Poland and the Czech Republic to have that missile shield that they were entitled to by joining NATO. I think that's the right strategic response to Russian aggression. — Mike Pence

Strategic Thinking Quotes By David B. Yoffie

Grove continued to act on the conviction that good strategic thinking requires different points of view and clarifying those different points of view requires intensive, ongoing debate involving the executive team and domain experts inside and outside the company. — David B. Yoffie

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Michael Suk-Young Chwe

Strategic partnership is the truest foundation for marriage and intimacy. Strategic thinking does not assume atomistic individuals; indeed, Austen argues that strategic thinking in concert forms the basis of the closest human relationships. — Michael Suk-Young Chwe

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Julia Sloan

Engaging in the critical reflective processes of critical inquiry, critical dialogue, critical reflection, and critical thinking is key to understanding the complexity of strategic problems. Yet, the process is often overlooked as leaders race to find an expeditious solution to a complex problem. Like — Julia Sloan

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Pearl Zhu

A strategic board has a view of looking ahead, an insight to look deeper, and competency to look beyond. — Pearl Zhu

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Israelmore Ayivor

Don't settle for anything less. Rise up and optimize your talents through strategic thinking and big dream. Your God should be your guide in all things. — Israelmore Ayivor

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Michael Klare

Under the current U.S. policy, because of this power struggle, American oil companies can't do business with Iran. So I think the ultimate goal of the U.S. administration in Iran is regime change, to put into power a pro-Western government that will eliminate the strategic challenge to U.S. interests and, at the same time, allow the lifting of sanctions and allowing American oil companies to do business with Iran. — Michael Klare

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Carlos Wallace

Sometimes it's not about making a ton of money in one night, just to spend the rest of your life waiting on the next payday. You will fare better investing time, planning, strategic thinking in order to secure a stable, fruitful future. — Carlos Wallace

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Russell Baker

Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven's sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy. — Russell Baker

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Jeffrey Hollender

I think that today, more so than ever, corporate responsibility is the best strategic as well as financial path that most businesses can follow. For most businesses there are both compelling reasons to be responsible and compelling statistics that validate that responsible businesses do better according to traditional financial metrics. Of course, how you define "responsible" is somewhat of a conundrum. — Jeffrey Hollender

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Pearl Zhu

Strategic Thinking starts with the end in mind. — Pearl Zhu

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Jason Statham

I think that's as far as you have to think, everything happens as a coincidence. It either happens or it doesn't. It's hard to map out a strategic plan by saying, 'If I do that, that's going to get me to the next level.' I think that's the wrong way to go into movies as an actor. It doesn't happen for me that way. — Jason Statham

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Narendra Modi

From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world. — Narendra Modi

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Elizabeth Warren

With the right sources of funding and some smart, strategic thinking about how to force non-banks to follow the same rules as other lenders, the entire landscape of consumer lending would change. — Elizabeth Warren

Strategic Thinking Quotes By David E. Hoffman

I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his lifetime. — David E. Hoffman

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Barack Obama

I am a fierce supporter of domestic-partnership and civil-union laws. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been thrown about, primarily just as a strategic issue. I think that marriage, in the minds of a lot of voters, has a religious connotation. I know that's true in the African-American community, for example. And if you asked people, 'should gay and lesbian people have the same rights to transfer property, and visit hospitals, and et cetera,' they would say, 'absolutely.' And then if you talk about, 'should they get married?', then suddenly ... — Barack Obama

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Colin Powell

So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? ... I think our judgment has to be clearly not. — Colin Powell

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Tom Rath

There's a conventional wisdom that says that strategic thinking is much more important than relationship building, which doesn't seem to be nearly as highly valued as it should be, based on what some of the leaders that I've spoken with have said to me. — Tom Rath

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Anonymous

At this stage, don't take any of your statistics too literally and don't let any single number dominate your strategic thinking. — Anonymous

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Ian Kershaw

The army leadership, taking these wishes of Hitler on board and also bearing in mind the outcome of the war games, had already adjusted its strategic thinking when, on 18 February, Hitler spoke of the favourable impression he had gained of Manstein's plan the day before.42 The die was now cast. By chance, the basic thoughts of the amateur had coincided with the brilliantly unorthodox planning of the professional strategist. Further refined by the OKH, the Manstein plan gave Hitler what he wanted: a surprise assault in the most unexpected area which, though not without risk, had the boldness of genius. The — Ian Kershaw

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Hugh Hewitt

I think voters are very sophisticated, very strategic. They know that Hillary Clinton can be beaten. And so they will look at Donald Trump, and they will look at Marco Rubio, they will look at Ted Cruz, and maybe John Kasich and say, "Who can beat her? Who's the best matchup?" — Hugh Hewitt

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Cornel West

We need serious strategic and tactical thinking about how to create new models of leadership and forge the kind of persons to actualize these models. — Cornel West

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Paul Smith

While CEO of P&G, John Pepper was once asked in an interview which skill or characteristic was most important to look for when hiring new employees. Was it leadership? Analytical ability? Problem solving? Collaboration? Strategic thinking? Or something else? His answer was integrity. He explained, "All the rest, we can teach them after they get here. — Paul Smith

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Pearl Zhu

The strategy is about putting a good team together to give you a multifaceted picture zooming into the business culture. — Pearl Zhu

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Miguel Reynolds Brandao

Knowing that organisations are at the core of our society, it then becomes clear that humanity needs these organisations to prosper. There, the creation of a transparent, accessible, dynamic and meritocratic organisation model can generate sustainable organisations and as a result, a sustainable society — Miguel Reynolds Brandao

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Elliott Liu

My take on the various components of Maoist politics varies, depending on the philosophical, theoretical, strategic, or methodological element in question. In general, I consider Maoism to be an internal critique of Stalinism that fails to break with Stalinism. Over many years, Mao developed a critical understanding of Soviet society, and of the negative symptoms it displayed. But at the same time, he failed to locate the cause of these symptoms in the capitalist social relations of the USSR and so retained many shared assumptions with the Stalinist model in his own thinking. — Elliott Liu

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Rahm Emanuel

I've not been to Afghanistan or - but what people are clearly pointing to is that it becomes more difficult to have it. You could do it. I think weather is a factor. The most important factor though is credibility and legitimacy. What I wanted earlier to say is what I think Senator [John] Kerry is pointing to, which is important, is the strategic review on whether to send more troops is only one piece of the puzzle, important piece. — Rahm Emanuel

Strategic Thinking Quotes By William Morris

I think the thing that impressed me is (AT&T CEO Michael) Armstrong's strategic vision and the fact that he's got John Malone (TCI's chairman) to go along. There's a real commitment to build a new AT&T. — William Morris

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Jamais Cascio

Remember, the goal of structured futures thinking is to come up with a picture of possible futures that will help to inform strategic decisions. — Jamais Cascio

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Pearl Zhu

Strategic Thinking = Systems Thinking + Creativity + Vision — Pearl Zhu

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Dick Cheney

I think, in fact, the situation with respect to Al Qaida to say that, you know, that was a big attack we had on 9/11, but it's not likely again, I just think that's dead wrong. I think the biggest strategic threat the United States faces today is the possibility of another 9/11 with a nuclear weapon or a biological agent of some kind, and I think Al Qaida is out there even as we meet trying to figure out how to do that. — Dick Cheney

Strategic Thinking Quotes By John Brockman

Mischel refers to this skill as the "strategic allocation of attention," and he argues that it's the skill underlying self-control. Too often, we assume that willpower is about having strong moral fiber. But that's wrong. Willpower is really about properly directing the spotlight of attention, learning how to control that short list of thoughts in working memory. It's about realizing that if we're thinking about the marshmallow, we're going to eat it, which is why we need to look away. — John Brockman

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Bangambiki Habyarimana

Consider your goal like a war to win and use whatever strategies you know to win — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Kevin Dutton

Psychopathy was positively associated with in-house ratings of charisma and presentation style: creativity, good strategic thinking, and excellent communication skills. — Kevin Dutton

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Vladimir Putin

All people here have political rights, social rights, rights to employment, and no one should face discrimination, but our strategic choice is for traditional families, healthy families and a healthy nation. One does not exclude the other and does not hinder the other. I think this is a balanced approach and is entirely the right approach. — Vladimir Putin

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Winona Ryder

I was never strategic really, but back when I was starting out no one cared. In the acting community, box office didn't matter. I really think it was a mistake when they started paying people like $20 million to do a movie because now it's all people think about. Is she worth it? Is he worth it? — Winona Ryder

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Kenichi Ohmae

Analysis Is the Critical Starting Point of Strategic Thinking — Kenichi Ohmae

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Ivan Bagramyan

While thinking when sober, our success at reaching our goals by using the First Baltic Front troops, the Memel operation, it can't be disregarded, that they [the troops] not only honorably accomplished their powerful strategic operation, but also an infusion of victory for the Soviet armed forces and an entrance into the final stages of the war. — Ivan Bagramyan

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Nabil Khalil Basma

Leadership is the art of influencing people to execute your strategic thinkingNabil Khalil Basma

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Carlotta Gall

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had expounded: the Taliban, or specifically the Haqqanis, were an asset that Pakistan needed to keep in order to have a strong ally in Afghanistan when the American and international forces left.4 At the core of Pakistan's thinking was an obsessive desire to dominate Afghanistan in order to protect its own rear flank from India. In that way of thinking, the Taliban were guarantors of Pakistan's national strategic interests. As — Carlotta Gall

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Patrick Lencioni

Most of the CEO's who fail think they will find the solution to their problems in Finance, Marketing, Strategic Planning, etc., but they don't look for the solution to their problems inside themselves. — Patrick Lencioni

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Hilary Duff

I'm pretty good at thinking about everything - all of my consequences - before I make a decision, and I think about everything that's going to happen because of that decision. I'm a Libra, and I'm very strategic. — Hilary Duff

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Trita Parsi

The United States has weakened itself with Iraq; Iranians feel victorious - they feel capable of filling the void. I think from the very outset the nuclear issue has been secondary to the more strategic outlook, in which the United States has, since 1991, pursued a policy that it cannot permit any country in the region to become too powerful and challenge American hegemony. — Trita Parsi

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Helmut Schmidt

I hate the idea that someone think the destruction of Chicago as strategic affair, the destruction of Hamburg as a tactical one. — Helmut Schmidt

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Henry Mintzberg

Strategic planning is not strategic thinking. Indeed, strategic planning often spoils strategic thinking, causing managers to confuse real vision with the manipulation of numbers. — Henry Mintzberg

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Michael Hyatt

I think we're living in a time when size is not a strategic advantage, necessarily. — Michael Hyatt

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Max McKeown

Give serious thought to why your company should care about your strategy. Specifically, find problems that the board wants to be solved. What are senior managers scared of? Part of becoming a credible strategic thinker is learning effective approaches to selling ideas for your situation. You'll know that you're getting better at selling (or pitching) strategy when managers start coming to you when there is strategic thinking to be done. — Max McKeown

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Pearl Zhu

Group Thinking" or lack of courage to ask the tough and strategic questions is the chief weakness on Boards today. — Pearl Zhu

Strategic Thinking Quotes By Roger McNamee

We need to stop thinking about infrastructure as an economic stimulant and start thinking about it as a strategy. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth. — Roger McNamee