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What Does it Mean to Think Strategically? The Ultimate Professional's Guide

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What Does it Mean to Think Strategically? The Ultimate Professional's Guide

Strategic thinking has become a popular buzzword among business professionals, but its true meaning is often buried beneath the mystique it holds. Precisely what does it mean to think strategically? Strategic thinking is the ability to assess problems and opportunities to make the best decision that supports your overall goals.

It involves taking a holistic approach to problem-solving and decision-making while considering the big picture. Specifically, it necessitates considering long-term possibilities and understanding the ripple effects of decisions before making them.

A successful strategic thinker needs to be able to evaluate different scenarios quickly and accurately, recognize emerging trends, and anticipate how their actions will impact the future of their organization. All in all, strategic thinking skills are invaluable for leaders looking to create effective plans and navigate unknown terrain.

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Change The Way You Tackle Problems With These Strategic Thinking Examples

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Change The Way You Tackle Problems With These Strategic Thinking Examples

Examples of strategic thinking are in everything that we do. The sole outcome of ur actions are entirely contingent upon our ability to assess different situations and make rational decisions based on our desired outcome. Sometimes, the objective is to avoid consequences. Other times, it's to succeed in achieving a goal. Regardless of what dilemma you're faced with, the skills we default to to make every day decisions are our strategic thinking skills, which include both problem-solving and critical thinking among other skills. While these skills are essential for everything we do, they are not something everyone excels at. Luckily, they can be learned. Using the examples outlined in this guide, you'll acquire the foundational groundwork for a new and practical way of thinking. Once you master the art of strategic thinking and change the way your brain thinks, you'll be unstoppable in everything you do.

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Angelo in Strategy Magazine on Frictionless Retail

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Angelo in Strategy Magazine on Frictionless Retail

I had the pleasure of talking retail with Christopher Lombardo of Strategy Magazine last week. The future of retail. The future of frictionless. Machine learning. Amazon Go. McGill and Couche-Tard’s Innovation Lab. Check it out below.

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Sport Lifestyle Podcast with Growth Strategist, Lindsay Angelo

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I had the pleasure of joining the Sport Lifestyle Podcast this week. Tune in below!

Excerpt:
”Do you know any growth strategist? Lindsay Angelo is one you should know. We spoke with the former Lululemon strategist about a number of topics, including her background, time at Lululemon and where the future of fitness and lifestyle is headed.”

Sport Lifestyle Podcast with Lindsay Angelo
Sport Lifestyle Podcast
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Innovation Leader Features Consumer Thought Leader, Lindsay Angelo on Innovation Trends

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Innovation Leader Features Consumer Thought Leader, Lindsay Angelo on Innovation Trends

My prediction for 2019: the blurring of sectors will gain steam. We’ll see more sectors colliding and combining to create something bigger and more impactful than each could do on its own. Think co-working spaces meet retail, art meets yoga, burgers meet shoes. In fact, as I write this, I sit at WeWork with a live Christmas retail marketplace happening around me, representing the coming together of two concepts in a not-so-obvious way.

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Why Self Actualization Is The Future of Retail - Retail Executive Magazine Exclusive by Lindsay Angelo

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Why Self Actualization Is The Future of Retail - Retail Executive Magazine Exclusive by Lindsay Angelo

Understanding your customer’s basic, societal, and growth needs should influence your current strategies and offerings. What is the future of retail? A question that has stirred up spirited debate — one we are reminded of with a simple walk to the grocery store or while mulling over a gum purchase. The notion of looking in unordinary places to answer ordinary questions has always inspired me. Triggered by a desire to pursue a consulting venture that provoked positive change and coming off six years in strategy at Lululemon, this trail led me to none other than the field of evolutionary psychology. If that phrase conjures up Psychology 101 and images of Abraham Maslow, you’re on the right track. It is in the posthumous of Maslow’s work and its iterations that lay an undiscovered truth that, if unpacked, can open up a world of opportunity.

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The Front End of Innovation in Review - a Fascinating Talk that Turns Maslow's Tired Hierarchy of Needs on its Head, Boston, MA

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The Front End of Innovation in Review - a Fascinating Talk that Turns Maslow's Tired Hierarchy of Needs on its Head, Boston, MA

"I’m going to be honest, I went to Lindsay Angelo’s talk, Betterment, the Future of Retail & Maslow, mostly because Lindsay works for Lululemon and I’m a sucker for dropping a lot of money on a pair of Lululemon Wunder Under yoga pants. I wanted to judge the company that made yoga apparel mainstream more than I wanted to learn about the actual subject matter of Lindsay’s speech. Shame on me, I know. But here’s the thing, once I was in the room, I paid attention to the actual subject matter and it was really fascinating – Lindsay turned Maslow’s tired hierarchy of needs on its head...