Sentient Strategy, Alan Weiss
Sentient Strategy, Alan Weiss
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Sentient Strategy
How to Create Market-Dominating Strategies in Turbulent Economies

Author: Alan Weiss

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 4 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/31/2023


Synopsis

No pre-pandemic strategy is effective anymore. Alan Weiss has developed an original, new approach to strategy which thus far has certified over 100 people globally, delivering this approach to scores of firms of all types in four countries.

Sentient Strategy is based on two modern dimensions: awareness of the environment in which the organization exists and has influence, and consciousness of the impact of actions being considered. The old SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) approaches are currently equivalent to riding down the freeway on a horse. We must drop the hubris that has led us to believe we can see years ahead and anticipate what's coming.

It's time to turn volatility and disruption on their heads and use them as offensive weapons in the marketplace instead of trying to protect ourselves from them. Imagine a strategy that an organization can formulate in just a day or so, revisit easily and frequently, and design a series of shorter-term, viable futures.

Alan Weiss equips the listener to consider using this approach independently. These are new times—a new reality, a "no normal"—hence, it's ridiculous to use old approaches to strategy. There's a clear reason why Sears didn't morph into Amazon and why Hertz surrendered its number one spot to Enterprise.

About Alan Weiss

Alan Weiss, PhD, is a consultant, speaker, and bestselling author with the strongest independent consulting brand in the world (alanweiss.com). His firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, and over 500 other leading organizations. He keynotes several times a year at major conferences and has been a visiting faculty member at Harvard, Case Western Reserve, and a dozen other universities. His prolific publishing career includes over 500 articles and sixty books, some of which have been on universities' curricula and have been translated into fifteen languages. Weiss is interviewed and quoted frequently in the media, and the New York Post calls him "one of the most highly regarded independent consultants in America."


Reviews

“Ask five people for a definition of ‘strategy’ and you'll receive seven different responses,” proclaims Alan Weiss at the beginning of his new book, Sentient Strategy: How to Create Market-Dominating Strategies in Turbulent Economies. “The dictionary defines it as ‘a plan of action or policy design......more

Goodreads review by Miguel

Alan counterpoints the classical way of looking at strategy as a onerous 5-10 years divination, with the (modern?) need for quicker, more context-sensitive strategies with an horizon of 18 months. The book is easy to read and well structured, with frequent recaps and a nice summary epilogue.......more

Goodreads review by Antonio

I've read almost everything Alan Weiss wrote. His work is mostly about consulting business in which he has a strong brand. The Sentient Strategy is the latest book by Alan Weiss and itsaboutstrategy. Since he consulted many companies about formulating and implementing strategy, he has to say somethi......more

Goodreads review by Johanna

terrific content, stupid publisher decision for ebook Great content, exactly what you would expect from Weiss. The ebook version is a pdf. Yes, pdf. Surprised Alan agreed to this. Stupid publisher.......more