Fast Strategy: How strategic agility will help you stay ahead of the game

Yves Doz and Mikko Kosonen

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Why do some companies fail to adapt to change, while others thrive on change, disruption and discontinuity? Good question - and extremely relevant, because in today's constantly shifting business environment, if you can't adjust to change, you're doomed. This book shows you how to develop strategic agility in your business, so that your strategy is always up-to-speed and you stay ahead of your competitors.

"One of those rare managerial books that is rigorous as well as relevant."

—Michael L. Tushman, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

"Yves Doz and Mikko Kosonen provide tremendous insight into one of the most relevant issues in business today. "

—Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO, Nokia

"It has long been a dilemma - how do companies reinvent themselves? The Fast Strategy findings are an important contribution - being attentive to the evolving environment and developing the capacity within a leadership team for 'collective commitment' resonates powerfully with my own experience. A thought-provoking contribution for those seeking to renew their own business."

—Vivienne Cox, Executive Vice President, BP

"I found their treatment of the subject very useful."

—Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft

Yves Dozis currently the Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology and Innovation at INSEAD and Visiting Professor at Helsinki School of Economics. He has also taught at Harvard Business School, Stanford's Graduate School of Business and Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. He has researched and published widely on the strategy and organization of multinational companies. His previous books include The Multinational Mission, with CK Prahalad and From Global to Metanational, with Jose Santos and Peter Williamson. He consults extensively for major global companies.

Mikko Kosonenis currently Executive Vice President of Finnish Innovation Fund. Prior to this he held several senior executive positions at Nokia since joining the company in 1984, most recently as the head of strategy and CIO for Nokia Corporation from 1997 to 2005. Dr Kosonen has lectured extensively in Finland and abroad on strategic renewal based on his experiences as Nokia leader and business scholar. He is Vice Chairman of the Finland Post Board of Directors and has served on several other advisory boards, including Hewlett Packard, the Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research and the Finnish Association of Business Administration.

	Part I: Being Strategically Agile
1	The Fast Strategy Game
2	Strategic Agility
3	The Dancing Elephant
	Part II: Fostering Strategic Agility
4	Sharpening Strategic Sensitivity
5	Building Collective Commitment
6	Enabling Resource Fluidity
	Part III: Rebuilding Strategic Agility
7	Strategic Agility – Lost And Found
8	Mobilizing Minds
9	Energizing Hearts
10	Flexing The Organization
11	Conclusion
	Appendix 1: The Curse Of Success
	Appendix 2: Deciding On The Path To Take

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