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An ODD Reaction to Strategy Failure in America's Largest Telco	This is a real story about how a group of highly innovative and committed employees sought to rescue a failing telecom giant while they thought AT&T still had its chance. This is a manual in corporate revolution but it is also a document of pitfalls in claiming strategy as everyone's right and responsibility. pdf-file	TOP
Dealing with uncertainty in strategy and valuation	Uncertainty about economy and changing markets. Impact on strategy, valuation and flexibility for banks, insurance companies and pension funds. Pdf-file 2002
Disruption is Good	Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen talks about how CIOs can recognize disruptive innovations and rally their companies to take action.
Facing uncertainty - a new environmental analysis	We are in a position where businesses have been restricting spending due to an uncertain trading environment. At the same time, areas of the consumer economy have been buoyant. Faced by this apparent paradox, this article claims that uncertainty is a constant and that businesses will have to change how they plan for the future.
Governance	Governance of a Company in a Fast Changing Business and Technology Environment. Pdf-file
Living in uncertain times: Oragnisation dynamics in response to uncertainty	What happens in organisations when their environment moves from relative stability and predictability to one of turbulence, uncertainty and continuous change? Andrew Day describes how people reacted to greater uncertainty, and outlines how leaders can support people to adapt to such environments. pdf. 2007
Managing Amid Uncertainty: New Thinking on How to Win in a Volatile World	Traditional approaches to strategic planning rely for their success on accurate predictions of the future. But the nature of the uncertainty that imbues almost every aspect of today's business environment has made prediction and even forecasting essentially useless. Consequently, today's competitive environment demands a new approach to strategic planning. This report by Deloitte Research from 2001 presents just such a framework - Strategic Flexibility. pdf
Robust Organizational Fitness for Reinventing Strategy in Rapidly Changing Industry Landscapes	In fast-changing industry landscapes, companies are often engaged in both adaptive (reactive) and inventive (proactive, newly-shaping) change processes, and these require different types of organizational fitness capabilities. pdf-file
Strategy for Volatile Times	Special edition of McKinsey Quarterly focusing developing and executing a winning corporate strategy in times of economic and political uncertainty. Pdf-file 2004	TOP
Strategy, Complexity & Uncertainty	Article by Ian Turner, 1998 - and still one of our favourites	TOP