Advisory Board November 15, 2023
Are you a tactical or strategic thinker? Writing for the Harvard Business Review, Rich Horwath, founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute, uncovers three core behaviors of a strategic thinker.
3 core behaviors of strategic thinkers
1. Acumen
Acumen refers to a person’s “ability to understand a situation, generate new ideas to move from the current to desired future state, and solve challenges to create new value,” Horwath writes.
Acumen is comprised of three things:
- Context awareness, which informs how you see the big picture and helps you allocate resources properly
- Insight, which refers to how you’re able to generate lessons from your context awareness
- Innovation, which occurs when you channel context awareness and insights to create new...