Long term thinking
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Chapter 3 - Experiential Growth Method® - Deeper dive
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Welcome to the Long term thinking page
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What is long term thinking?
Strategic management is concerned with
- the determination of the basic long-term goals and the objectives of an enterprise,
- and the adoption of courses of action
- and allocation of resources necessary for carrying out these goals.
Alfred Chandler, 1962
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Thinking about the concept
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Relations of Long term thinking within Corporate futuring (and Organisational futuring)
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There exists a close vertical relationship within Corporate futuring:
- Outer focus: Operational Strategy
- Other focus: Ethical decision making
- Inner focus: Long term thinking
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On the Inner focus level, a direct affiliation exists with:
- Supporting
- Appreciation
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Corporate futuring and Organisational futuring intertwine, on the Inner focus level, through:
- Collaboration
- Motivation
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In concrete terms, this means:
- The trio - 'Long term thinking', 'Ethical decision making' and 'Operational Strategy' - is inextricably linked.
- Your 'Long term thinking' contributes substantially to 'Supporting' and 'Appreciation'.
- To convert your 'Long term thinking' into 'Supporting', you need 'Collaboration'. Even so, to enhance 'Appreciation', you need the right 'Motivation'.
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Questions we can ask ourselves when contemplating our Long term thinking
- Does our 'Long term thinking' support our 'Ethical decision making' and our 'Operational Strategy'?
- Does our 'Long term thinking' trigger 'Appreciation'?
- Are we 'Supportive' because of our 'Long term thinking'?
- Does our Long term thinking act as a collider or a mediator between 'Appreciation' and 'Supporting'?
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