Now in its fifth edition, this comprehensive text is an original primer for how successful strategists learn to think strategically. It delineates and defines strategic thinking as an advanced, conceptual cognitive capability, focusing on the nonlinear and informal nature of strategic thinking.

Part 1: How did we Get Here? 1. Chronology of Strategy 2. Contemporary Competing Views of Strategy 3. Global Sketches of Strategy; Part 2: How do we Learn to Think Strategically? 4. What is Strategic Thinking? 5. Informal and Formal Learning Defined 6. Context and Learning Transfer as Factors in the Strategic Thinking Process 7. Three-Stage Model for Learning Strategic Thinking; Part 3: How do we Get Started? 8. Framing as a Structural Process 9. Learning Domains Used for Strategic Thinking; Part 4: How do we Test the Foundation? 10. Role of Critical Dialogue in the Strategic Thinking Process 11. Role of Critical Inquiry in the Strategic Thinking Process; 12. Role of generative artificial intelligence in learning strategic thinking Part 5: How do we "Know" This?: Intuition as an Outgrowth of Experience 13. Intuition as a Must-Have for Learning to Think Strategically 14. The Roles of Analysis and Intuition in Strategic Decision Making Part 6: What Role Does Culture Play? 15. The Role of Culture in Strategic Thinking 16. Debunking the Myth of the Chosen Few: Five Attributes; Part 7: How to Become a Stronger Strategic Thinker? 17. Strengthen Strategic Thinking Through the Arts 18. Three Unconventional Approaches that Support Learning to Think Strategically; Part 8: Where do we go from Here? 19. Where We've Come From and Where We Can Go: Some Suggestions