Poling is the founder of The Poling Group, Inc., a firm known for its integrally informed approach to leadership development.

Systems thinking is strategic thinking. In other words, you need to incorporate all the variables that impact your market, like price, competitors, regulation, technology, human capital ...

And herein lies the paradox: Strategic thinking involves long-term planning. So how does one become a strategist in a world that feels overwhelmingly short-term? Let’s start with why strategic ...

The advanced statistical-processing capability of AI is well suited to helping with quantitative decision making. However, AI can also help with more abstract decisions. The Generative AI language ...

Strategic thinking training has become an important component of today’s corporate leadership development training program, but rapidly developing strategic thinking capability within the ...

Strategic planning. Those two words receive forced association. I would like to introduce the notion that we evaluate three words: thinking, planning, and strategy. When we evaluate these three ...

Featuring Rainer Strack, BCG, co-author of the recent HBR article, “Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want.” Complimentary HBR Webinar Monday, April 15, 12:00 pm EDT In corporate ...

Seven questions can clarify what really matters to you. by Rainer Strack, Susanne Dyrchs and Allison Bailey In times of crisis, many of us ponder existential questions about health, security ...