Introduction xi PART I Unlearn: Revisiting Our Assumptions About Leadership and Strategy 1 Chapter 1 Leadership Versus Management: Breaking Down the Executive Caste System 3 Chapter 2 Strategy as a Competency: Anyone Can Become More Strategic 7 Chapter 3 Becoming the Leader the Future Needs: The 6Es of Leadership Model 13 Chapter 4 The Myth of Strategic Planning: Why Strategy and Planning Are Not the Same 20 Chapter 5 Strategic Thinking: A Foundation for Leadership and Action 26 Chapter 6 Rebalancing Strategy: A New Era of Design and Execution 30 Chapter 7 The Strategy of Strategy: Clarifying the Strategic Planning Process 34 Chapter 8 What Most Consultants Miss: The Holy Grail of Organizational Success 39 PART II Rethink: Reimagining How Value Is Created Through Culture, Business Models, and Transformation 43 Chapter 9 AIM for Building Culture with Strategy, Structure, and Soul 45 Chapter 10 From Values to Behavior: The Culture Cascade 50 Chapter 11 North Star in Action: How Leadership Behavior Builds Culture 55 Chapter 12 Business Models and Operating Models: The Blueprint for Success 59 Chapter 13 The Living Organization: Strategy as Consciousness 64 Chapter 14 The Art of Reinvention: Why Business Models Must Evolve to Stay Alive 69 Chapter 15 When Giants Fall: The High Cost of Business Model Inertia 75 Chapter 16 Stability and Transformation Management: Leading the Paradox 82 PART III Discover: Rediscovering Purpose, Identity, and Our Inner Compass Through the North Star 87 Chapter 17 Defining Your North Star: Overview 89 Chapter 18 Defining Your North Star: Vision and Goals 94 Chapter 19 Defining Your North Star: Values and Strengths 98 Chapter 20 Defining Your North Star: Habits and Mindsets 103 Chapter 21 The Human Compass: Five Ethical Considerations for a Technological Future 108 Chapter 22 Values on the Wall Versus Values in Action: What the Fortune 100 Reveal About Leadership 113 Chapter 23 The Art of KPI Calibration and Goal-Setting Philosophies 117 PART IV Design: Building Coherent Strategies Using the Strategy Sketch and Systems Thinking 123 Chapter 24 The Strategy Sketch: 6Ms of Your Strategy 125 Chapter 25 The Strategy Sketch: 10 Elements 129 Chapter 26 Dancing Between Divergence and Convergence: The Creative and Logical Thinking Cycle 134 Chapter 27 Systems Thinking: A Leadership Superpower for Awareness and Insight 139 Chapter 28 Seven Practices That Combine Systems Thinking and Foresight 143 Chapter 29 Beneath the Surface: The Iceberg Model of Systems Thinking 150 PART V Deepen: Exploring Paradoxes, Navigating Dilemmas, and Mining Conflict for Insights 155 Chapter 30 Understanding Mental Traps: How They Sabotage Our Growth, Goals, and Leadership 157 Chapter 31 The Paradox Mindset: Holding Tensions, Finding Strategy 162 Chapter 32 The Rubber Band Model: Staying in the Stretch Zone of Dilemmas 167 Chapter 33 From My Way to Our Way: A Strategic Approach to Conflict Management 171 Chapter 34 The Empowering Leader: Coaching and Mentoring as a Leadership Practice 178 Chapter 35 Implementation Coaching: Driving Strategy Forward One Conversation at a Time 183 Chapter 36 From Knowing to Embodying: Reclaiming Self-Knowledge in Leadership 188 PART VI Execute: Translating Clarity into Action and Movement 193 Chapter 37 Humanizing Action Planning: Bridging the Doing Plan and the Being Plan 195 Chapter 38 The One-Page Action Plan Template 199 Chapter 39 Reclaiming RASCI: How Role Clarity Drives Strategic Execution 203 Chapter 40 Beyond the Comfort Zone: Navigating Growth Without Burnout 208 Chapter 41 Leader as Operator: The 4Ps of a Meeting 213 Chapter 42 From Possibilities to Priorities: The Impact-Effort Matrix 218 PART VII Evolve: Preparing for the Future and Cultivating Foresight in the Age of AI 223 Chapter 43 Leader as Technologist: Why Strategy Now Demands Technological Literacy 225 Chapter 44 AI Adoption Strategy: Integrating Technology, People, and Transformation 229 Chapter 45 The Business Model Evolution Ladder: How Organizations Evolve Value Through Technology 236 Chapter 46 AI Adoption Mindset: Building a Healthy Relationship with Intelligence 243 Chapter 47 Five Technologies That Will Shape the Next Era 250 Chapter 48 The Futures We Choose: Utopia, Dystopia, and the Tipping Points In Between 258 Chapter 49 Revisiting Organizational Design in the Age of AI: From Hierarchies to Adaptive Structures 266 Chapter 50 Emerging Departments: How AI Is Transforming Organizations 274 Chapter 51 From VUCA to FLUX 279 Conclusion: Strategy as a Mirror: What We Learned, What Comes Next 287 References 289 Acknowledgments 293 About the Author 295 Index 297.