ABSTRACT
What role do all the strategy courses and consulting seminars play in learning to think strategically? There is a seemingly weak and unconvincing role, according to the interview data. Again, differentiating between learning to think strategically and learning to plan systematically is important. As noted earlier, thinking strategically does not typically happen in meetings or at work-thinking strategically occurs informally, outside work, and in a nonlinear manner. This point is interesting for those responsible for strategic development. Thinking strategically is a considerably more conceptual and complex exercise than rational, sequential, and linear planning.
