Illusion to insight: The art of creative strategic thinking

Most business strategies are just plans in disguise — true strategy, like art, demands authenticity, inversion, and the courage to think differently.

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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge,” said the theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking.

Is much of business strategy, really an illusion? What can be learned from creativity wizard Rick Rubin? Should managers ditch their tight fitting restrictive corporate suits? What can an artist’s teach business about creating and capturing value – that is rarely noticed?

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