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“How Philosophy can enter the realm of management and enhance our Strategic

Thinking ability”

Dr Steyn Heckroodt

Inspiring thought leadership across Africa

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PHILOSOPHY

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Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as

those connected with reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason,

mind, and language

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STRATEGIC THINKING

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Strategic Thinking is a thought process applied by individuals or

organisations, as a collective, in the context of achieving success by

beating your competitor, be that in a game, or in business

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PHILOSOPHY AND STRATEGIC THINKING

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Epistemology

Ontology

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PHILOSOPHY AND STRATEGIC THINKING

Ontology EpistemologyWorldview

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This is how the company and SAP remember it

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They are coming to kill me/us

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Jeeze but there is a lot of them

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Don’t trust a minerwith a panga

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This must be the maintroublemaker

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If you come one step closer...

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This one’s mine

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This is how the workers remember it

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I had to bury my friend

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They murdered our people

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They killed my husband

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They don’t care about us

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The police butchered us

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The police are cowards

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God help us

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I’m going to miss you my friend

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ENVIRONMENT

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DIMENSIONS

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Source: Amended from Heckroodt, S. Strategic Thinking – GAME OVER. Epubsa.co.za

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SPIRAL DYNAMICS

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• Dr Don Beck• Spiral Dynamics – A systems framework that

categorises the manner in which a human mind filters observations of the world, forming the human mind’s worldview

SPIRAL DYNAMICS

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• LEVEL 7: ORANGE: ACHIEVER SELF • Basic theme: Act in your own self-interest by playing the

game to win • Popular name: Strive drive • The level: Test options for greater autonomy and

compete for success and influence • The worldview: The world is a rational, well-oiled

machine, full of viable options and plenty of opportunities and alternatives for success and prosperity

• The characteristic ‘energy’: Achievist — thinking is multiplistic; processes are strategic

LEVEL 7

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• LEVEL 3: BEIGE: INSTINCTUAL • Basic theme: Do what you must just to stay alive • Popular name: Survival sense • The level: Basic survival, food, warmth, sex, water

and safety • The worldview: The world is a state of nature. The

distinct ‘self’ is barely awakened and motivation is largely physiological

• The characteristic ‘energy’: Survivalistic — thinking is automatic, processes are instinctive

LEVEL 3

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ENVIRONMENT

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STATEGIC THINKING MODE

INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL FRAMEWORKS

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WORLDVIEW

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PHILOSOPHY

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“Man is not defined by making the right decision. Man is defined by dealing with the outcome of his decision.”

Plato