A primer for those who want to develop their mental acumen and make strategic impact. Greg Githens' book will help you understand what it means to "be strategic" and how to craft strategy that is effective, powerful, and clever. A competent strategic thinker tolerates ambiguity, notices weak signals, defines the core challenge facing the organization, and designs effective responses with a winning strategic logic.-- From statement at Amazon.com

• Part I: The nature, purpose, and scope of strategic thinking. Are you strategic?
• Cleverness
• Big ideas
• Twelve microskills of strategic thinking
• Why strategic thinking is rare
• The fuzzy front end of strategy
• Pockets of the future
• Strategic decisions
• The spark of insight
• Part II: Personal and interpersonal mastery. Perspective
• Shoulder angels
• Dialogue and deliberation
• Being an extra-ordinary leader
• Appendix A: Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity
• B: Microskills of strategic thinking
• C: Manifesto for strategic thinking
• D: Landmarks on the map of strategic thinking
• E: Useful terms
• F: Personal branding as a strategic thinker