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96% of leaders say they don't have time for strategic thinking.
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Making time for strategic thinking
  1. Put time on your calendar. Even an hour for one month
    - Could I do something different and better?
  2. Multitask
    - Along with exercise, taking shower ...
  3. Practice daily writing
  4. Leverage wasted time

Finding the right place for strategic thinking : pay more attention on places
  - Change the place where you do your thinking.
  - Leverage the power of places
    1. Travel abroad
    2. Find a new location locally
    3. Try a different spot in your office
    4. Go outside
      - Reduce stress
      - Increased creativity

Make small changes to spark strategic thoughts
  1. Record conversations : allows you to capture thoughts and ideas
  2. Write things by hands
  3. Draw your ideas

Forget to-do lists
  1. To-Focus-On Lists
    - 3 months, 1 year, 5 years
  2. To-Be List : Who you are in the world

How to analyze your decisions
  1. Write down your assumptions
  2. Practice scenario thinkings
  3. Use premortem and postmortem analysis

How to constantly to improve your strategy
  1. Create an inspriration file
  2. Give yourself an assignment

Look at the root cause of problems : Identify the root cause
  1. Confirm the facts : what is the evidence?
  2. Have clear goals
  3. Use the five why processes

How can this be easier?
  1. List every step in the process
  2. Determine which steps are essential
  3. Conduct a test

What can you cut out?
  1. What is the most critical?
  2. What is the most time sensitive?
  3. What can you hand over to someone else?
  4. Where can you make cuts and improve performance or results?

What is unlikely to change?
  1. Be aware of the landscape around you
    a. Keep up on industry trends
    b. Find out what's important to your boss
    c. Know your company's priorities
    d. Read newspapers and industry publications
  2. Know the basics of your industry and of business
  3. Learn what customers want
  4. Understand what might change

Where can you get more leverage?
  - We have the same 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  - Getting more value out of the time, energy, and effort you're putting on
    1. How can we get something we've already done in front of more people?
    2. Where else can we market this product
    3. How can we do two things at the same time?
      - Look for complementary things you can do at the same time

Think strategically every day!!!