Teaching

Learning to think strategically
 

I teach strategy as a way of thinking about difficult choices rather than as a collection of tools or ready-made answers. Through cases, simulations and discussion, I encourage students to consider problems from competing perspectives, weigh alternative courses of action and exercise judgment when there is no obviously correct answer.

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Questions before answers

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Strategy problems are rarely difficult because managers lack frameworks. They are difficult because people disagree about what the problem is, which information matters, whose interests should count and what consequences are acceptable.

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I use questions to make those differences visible. Cases and discussion expose students to perspectives other than their own, while simulations create opportunities to make choices and confront their consequences. My aim is not necessarily to produce agreement, but to help students become more aware of how they reach strategic decisions.

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