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Strategic thinking is the cornerstone of solving complex problems, aligning resources, and creating competitive advantage. It enables leaders to anticipate challenges, uncover opportunities, and make informed decisions that drive long-term success. Naturally applying strategic thinking ensures adaptability and impact in real-world scenarios.
Strategic thinking involves structured frameworks, critical analysis, and creative problem-solving. By naturally integrating this mindset, individuals move beyond rote techniques to intuitive application, leveraging observation, data synthesis, and collaborative insights. It bridges theory with actionable, contextualized solutions.
Strategic thinking is essential in moments of uncertainty, decision-making, or when facing significant challenges. It is especially critical during market shifts, product launches, organizational transformations, and competitive assessments, making it a continuous practice rather than a one-off task.
“Strategic Thinking, Naturally” emphasizes practical application—embedding strategic principles in day-to-day leadership and decision-making. It shifts focus from theoretical constructs to lived practice, empowering individuals to see, shape, and seize strategic opportunities effortlessly.
This approach is for leaders, managers, consultants, and teams tackling high-stakes decisions. It benefits those who aim to go beyond conventional methods, fostering innovation and resilience in solving strategic challenges in dynamic, real-world contexts.
HappyBunny has 5 levels of service on this (see below), from Free all the way to our fabulous $30,000 contract!
Free
There are many many sources of free information on the issue. Here are 3 we recommend:
Ask ChatGPT: “Give me 10 tips on how to be more strategic. For each, offer a 2 to 4 word title, 100 words of explanation, and a practical & specific action I could take to practise”
Listen to The Strategic Skills, a long-running (500+ episodes) podcast on the practicalities of strategic thinking
Watch Rich Howarth, a YouTube channel by the CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute
Books
Books ($10+) can help you gain clarity on your issue, including practical tips toward resolution. Books we love & recommend on this issue include:
“Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters”, by Richard Rumelt. The ultimate classic in the field
“How to Be Strategic”, by Fred Pelard. A comprehensive, concise, and practical guide that will enable anyone, in any situation, to develop their strategic thinking
“The Strategy Book", by Max Mckeown. How to think and act strategically to deliver outstanding desults
Coaching
Coaching interactions and masterclasses always provide more depth & more humanity than AI, podcasts, videos or books. Coaches we love & recommend on this issue include:
Richard Hughes-Jones, executive coach
Monika Jus, purpose coach
Fred Pelard, strategy trainer
Edd McLean, AI coach
We also recommend 6 recorded masterclasses ($100+) by Fred Pelard on specific angles of the strategic thinking process:
“The Strategic Mindset” introduces the 4 markedly different ways in which people approach problem solving
“Strategic Logic Trees” shows you how to provide early structure in framing confusing problems, project roadblocks, etc
"Classic Strategy Theories" gives you a solid grounding in the world of business strategy theories
"Modern Strategy Theories" shows you the next steps into the world of business strategy theories
“Key Strategy Frameworks" helps you broaden your understanding of strategy, with a wonderfully eclectic collection of key frameworks.
“Essentials of Landscape Analysis" covers some of the most useful tools of analytical strategy, and more importantly, how to extract the maximum insight from these to get buy in from stakeholders.
Programs
Programs ($1,000+) help go quickly from a problem to a solution. The program we recommend is :
“How to Be Strategic” contains 2 courses, that are deliver live & interactive in an open-to-all setting via Zoom. Each course is aimed at a different level of professional experience. Scroll in the image below or click here to read & download an overview of the content for the Core Training (p5) and the Advanced Level (page 6). Both courses contain brand new modules on how to practically use GenAI for strategy formulation & strategic thinking, that have already shared for repeat clients such as Deloitte, BBC, Allianz, IKEA, multiple tech startups & scaleups, etc. You can naturally privatize any program by buying 15 seats (for a maximum of 24 actual participants).
Contract
Our most advanced solution, delivered in-house by HappyBunny coaches. The contract is a fixed-price guarantee that your team will ge great at “Strategic Thinking, Naturally” within 6 months. $30,000 from you. Whatever it takes from us.
The contract is delivered by 3 specialist coaches acting together as one dedicated support system for you with only one objective: your success. The 3 coaches are:
Strategy Trainer: Fred Pelard
Executive Coach: Richard Hughes-Jones
AI Coach: Edd McLean
The content of the contract is as follows:
Objectives:
help c.20 leaders become truly fluent at strategy & strategic thinking
systematically embed classroom learnings into everyday practice
offer practical ad-hoc emergency support on specific issues
Approach:
a series of joined-up masterclasses & coaching sessions labelled “Strategic Skills Triple Boost”, including:
trainining, delivered by Fred Pelard
coaching, delivered by Richard Hughes-Jones
supporting, delivered by Edd McLean & additional specialists
the scheduling & delivery of each strand is best done slightly differently:
training is best served in classroom, with up to 20 delegates in one batch
coaching is very much 1 on 1, and typically arranged twice a month
supporting is fully ad-hoc, from a few days in a row, to nothing for months
Content
Training contains:
best-selling “How to Be Strategic” sessions (Core and Advanced)
bespoke content & materials on the company’s immediate strategic challenges
etc
Coaching focuses on:
developing each person’s individual strategic thinking skills
exploring & tackling specific areas of discomfort or frustration
etc
Supporting includes helping leaders with inter alia:
modelling data-intensive solutions to crack strategic challenges
using GenAI versions of strategic thinking tools
etc