SKEPTICS Are Our Best Friends

Taking a helicopter view is based on precisely this broadened overview. Just as you can elevate yourself in the helicopter and hover over the landscape to see where the river cuts through town, and where the power plant is, this wide angle lens view of your organization changes your perspective. It allows you to perceive the broader pattern, understand where and how all the organizational pieces fit together, and see storm clouds gathering on the horizon. It also means adopting an integrated, more relational viewpoint that looks at all the details and the broader relationships and dynamics into which the details fit.  A helicopter view allows executives to identify, evaluate, and correlate relevant dynamics relating to Socio-demographics, Competition, Economic and Ecological factors, political and regulatory nuances, and Technical, Industrial and Customer elements that need to be considered. We call this SKEPTIC. Business risk and opportunity comes predominantly from the outside environment. In the constant swirl of change, paying attention to that environment is critical. That is the essence of strategic management - to identify emerging risks and opportunities well in advance, and take action while there is time to do so. Visit: www.hainescentre.com to download the full article: Scanning the Changing Environment.