On Strategy : What Managers Can Learn from Philosophy - PART 1

Instructor: Luc de Brabandere

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In the expression “creative thinking”, the keyword is not creativity; the keyword is thinking. With the help of great philosophers, you will rediscover the art of thinking.

To help leaders to be rigorous even without figures, great philosophers have lots of ideas. Managers are invited to rediscover the art of thinking. They should understand the role of mental models, realize the importance of cognitive bias, agree on clear definitions and efficient criteria etc. Creativity demands the ability to unshackle ourselves from conventional ways of thinking, to "think outside the box". But we need to go a step further. Once outside the box, we need to construct a new box or boxes (that is, new intellectual frameworks or models) to help us structure our thinking. Only once we have done so can we generate truly game-changing ideas.

This lecture will discuss how strategy is mostly about leading change. New ideas are required because the world of tomorrow will be, again, different. And we need to remember change has two faces : perception and reality.

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8 videos1 peer review

8 videosTotal 47 minutes

Introduction3 minutes
Change : Parmenides or Heraclites ?3 minutes
Two Types of Change : Perception and Reality5 minutes
To Change is to Change Twice5 minutes
Innovation vs Creativity5 minutes
Not a Single Idea is Born Good 10 minutes
"Yes and…"8 minutes
Three kinds of new ideas8 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

The Forgotten Half of Change: Peer Review120 minutes

In the first lecture, we’ve seen that if we want to change the world, we have to act. And if we want to change our perception of the world, we have to think. So now… it is time to think about the way we think !

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6 videos1 peer review

6 videosTotal 47 minutes

You can not Think About your Clients ! 7 minutes
To Think is Like to Play : Playground, Rules,… 5 minutes
Concepts are Simplifications6 minutes
Perfect Deduction, Possible. Perfect Induction, Impossible9 minutes
The Power of Analogy and the Black Swan 11 minutes
Knowledge, Belief, Representation and Idea 9 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Peer Review: How do we Think?120 minutes

For this third lecture, I invite you on a journey in the world of past ideas. Six guides will show us how they shaped this incredible world where everything is connected.

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7 videos1 peer review

After a short recap, we will agree on four key definitions necessary to understand the rules of thinking. Thanks to a lot of examples, optical illusions and brain treasers, we will see how we build and how we use mental models.

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6 videos1 peer review

Heraclites is definitely right, status quo is not an option, change is a must. The only alternative is either to lead the process, or to be a victim of the process. We will also understand why paradoxically creativity and rigor are good friends…

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6 videos1 peer review

As I told you from the very first minute, philosophers don't claim to be right, they hope to be helpful. This sixth and last lecture is dedicated to you, strategists. We will see how to build the five "new boxes" we need to achieve the next big thing.

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Reviewed on Mar 8, 2017

Excellent course. Very instructive and passionated lessons. Transcripts should be proofread to help students that have difficulties to understand the accent.

Reviewed on Nov 1, 2020

The course was quite good. The fact that I have peer reviewed 20 final essays and cannot seem to get my essay reviewed is MORE THAN FRUSTRATING! Bruce M. Friedman

Reviewed on Aug 18, 2015

Lot of philosophy which wasn't really related to management.But overall a great experience. I especially like the video in which he talks about thinking in new boxes. Real practical stuff.

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