Archive for the ‘Chaotic Strategies’ Category

Caslione on Leadership Radio

By John Caslione in Business strategies, Chaotic Strategies, Leadership, The New Normality at November 18th, 2009

I had the pleasure of being a guest on Blogtalkradio’s Tom on Leadership to discuss how leaders can use Chaotics to prepare for and be successful throughout this Age of Turbulence.  We had a great discussion on leadership habits for strategic thinking and scenario planning that I wanted to share with you.

You can find the full interview below.  I look forward to hearing your thoughts.


Mind Tools: Chaotics Book Insights

By Chaotics in Chaotic Strategies at September 6th, 2009

Mind Tools has created an excellent review of Chaotics.  It is a great summary of the book and I wanted to share it with you.  Below is the audio or you can download a PDF of the transcript if you prefer.  Hope you find it useful!


Chaotics Audio Review (Mind Tools)

Chaotics Audio Review Transcript (Mind Tools)

Chaotics Management - Scenario planning back in vogue

By John Caslione in Business strategies, Chaotic Strategies, Chaotics Early Warning System at July 23rd, 2009

Just reviewing a recent Wall Street Journal article titled, “Pendulum Is Swinging Back on ‘Scenario Planning.’” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124683295589397615.html?mod=dist_smartbrief.  It is gratifying to see that companies are understanding what it takes to manage in ‘The Age of Turbulence.’  I will definitely be keeping my eye on JD Uniphase www.jdsu.com, a broadband and optical tech firm.

Peaks and valleys

By John Caslione in Business in Society, Business strategies, Chaotic Strategies, Chaotics, Economic Analysis at July 4th, 2009

On the front page of the Financial Times July 2nd, the lead article was titled Signs of global recovery in data . It stated that any euphoria about the encouraging data is muted by serious concerns that any “recovery” will not be sustained.

Moreover, the positive news was more couched in terms of the global financial crisis ending as opposed to than the global recession ending, particularly in Western markets in the US and North America, the UK and Europe, Japan, Australia, etc.

By the end of the day, markets in America had sufferred a crushing blow based on worse than expected employment data.  Today’s FT headline: US jobs data scupper lingering optimism over speedy recovery  

The Age of Turbulence is in full force.  The best businesses will manage accordingly.