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Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations
Contributor(s): Wells, John (Author)
ISBN: 0470978287     ISBN-13: 9780470978283
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
OUR PRICE:   $44.10  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Decision Making & Problem Solving
- Business & Economics | Strategic Planning
Dewey: 658.401
LCCN: 2012006227
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.35 lbs) 336 pages
 
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In today's world, only the smartest survive. The competitive landscape is littered with graves of well-known firms whose revenues, profits and stock prices rose for decades until they suddenly imploded.

In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt their strategies and innovate to remain at the top. But many successful firms fail to do so. Instead, they succumb to inertia, hesitate, or stick blindly to their old strategies, until it is too late.

The ability to adapt to change is a measure of intelligence; so why do firms demonstrate such low Strategic IQ? What causes inertia and why is it so deadly? How can leaders help their firms to act more intelligently?

This book identifies the key sources of inertia - strategic, structural and huma - and provides practical advice on how they can be overcome to create smarter corporations. It is both a wake-up call for successful firms and a lifeline for firms struggling to succeed.

To successful firms - beware You may already be dead

To struggling firms - have hope It is possible to pass powerful competitors by raising your strategic, structural and human IQ.

Praise for Strategic IQ

Hard-hitting and stimulating, Wells' thesis carries a robust message that should make business leaders the world over sit up and think.
--Archie Norman, Chairman of ITV, UK

Wells makes a compelling case for dramatic change.
--Ron Sargent, CEO of Staples, USA