Wargaming for Leaders: Strategic Decision Making from the Battlefield to the Boardroom

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• Mark D. Frost
• Mark L. Herman

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• 275 Seiten
• 10 Lesestunden

• Belletristik
• Business & Management
• Führung
• Handel
• Kriegsliteratur

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If you could explore the future, make informed choices, and assess their impacts before committing to costly decisions, would you seize that opportunity? In today's landscape of asymmetric conflict, security threats, and economic volatility, testing plans and strategies is more crucial than ever for governments, corporations, and emerging megacommunities. This methodology equips leaders with insights that they might not grasp alone by uniting experts to engage in “cognitive warfare.” By leveraging collective wisdom, these experts can simulate future scenarios in a risk-free setting, uncovering unexpected solutions to previously unconsidered questions. With real-world examples from military, corporate, and public policy sectors, three developers from Booz Allen Hamilton illustrate the effectiveness of this problem-solving approach. They share how a major equipment manufacturer assessed the strategic value of a merger and identified unnecessary technology investments, how a four-star U.S. general refined his Iraq war plan to avoid prolonged conflict, and how a congested air-traffic system navigated security versus convenience during peak times. Wargaming empowers organizations of all sizes to organize information, envision scenarios, and harness participants' collective expertise, enabling them to identify challenges, solve problems, and innovate towards achieving performance goals. Prepare for the battle of your organizational

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Einband: Hardcover