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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
© Dr Heckroodt, S © Dr Heckroodt, SSource: Amended from Heckroodt, S. Strategic Thinking – GAME OVER. Epubsa.co.za
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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
© Dr Heckroodt, S © Dr Heckroodt, SSource: Amended from Heckroodt, S. Strategic Thinking – GAME OVER. Epubsa.co.za
© Dr Steyn Heckroodt
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