In the charged atmosphere of corporate warfare the pre-eminent weapon in your arsenal is Thought Leadership. There is no substitute to critical thinking – thinking beyond, thinking through, thinking creatively, thinking collectively. Yet often in companies this thinking is assumed to be the purview of a select few. Thought is considered to be effective only when it is top-down, challenges to established patterns of thinking are regarded as unwelcome and Head Office diktats are administered through non participative rigor. Such companies are only pretending to think and their thinking if it can be called that is sub-optimal.
True Thought Leadership involves the active involvement of two critical components of business existence – customers and employees. The thinking process needs to be driven from the perspective of the customer and it must include a well developed organizational listening ability and long term relationship engagement. Equally, the thinking process must be broad and participative internally giving voice to all teams (front, mid office and back) with a 360 degree open orientation. Constructive criticism and shocking ideas (no matter how crazy they might appear) should be encouraged with the objective of inclusion, involvement and insight sharing.
IndonesiaWISE can help you embrace and implement the key aspects of Thought Leadership. It can especially help you to think effectively in relation to your customers and employees. And to then translate that thinking into actionable strategies, tactics and management disciplines.
Our CEO, Amol Titus, is a well respected senior emerging markets professional, teacher, writer and columnist. His popular columns can be accessed through the section CEO ThinkingWISE. But go beyond that make Amol Titus and the IndonesiaWISE team your Thought Leadership partners. We will provide you the vital knowledge and insight edge that you have been seeking.
For further information and to arrange a special customized de-brief please contact information@indonesiaWISE.com