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12 Strategic Thinking Questions That Yield Big Results. The Bonus Question Is The Punch Line.

The Empowered Buisness

As you envision where you want your company to be in 10 years, what BHAGs (big hairy audacious goals) do you see your company achieving? In order to achieve your BHAGs, what innovative ideas and strategies did you have to come up with? What “enemies” (external or internal) will you have to defeat along the way to achieve your BHAGs?

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The Infinite Game

Leading Blog

A Jus Cause must be for something (affirmative and optimistic), inclusive (open to all those who would like to contribute), service-oriented (for the primary benefit of others), resilient (able to endure political, technological and cultural change), idealistic (big, bold and ultimately unachievable). A Just Cause is more than a goal.

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7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

The Empowered Buisness

QUESTION 1: What is your BHAG? BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” The best definition that I seen is that a BHAG is a statement of strategic intent. Starbuck’s BHAG is to overtake Coke as the world’s leading brand. QUESTION 2: For what purpose ….?

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Leadership Lessons from Pfizer-BioNTech’s Vaccine Development

The Practical Leader

An especially exciting medical breakthrough is the development of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology now used in Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines. ” Depending how they’re used, BHAGs (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals) can enervate or elevate. They’re a major step toward getting life back to some semblance of normal.

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Tackling Local and Global L&D Trends – A Dialogue with Sandeep Khanna & VJ Posadas

Experience to Lead

They are proactive, set BHAG goals and get things done. Technology becoming omnipresent —Asia has always been ahead of the curve in terms of technology adoption. Also, the wave of tech-based startups has created a very powerful ecosystem and an environment that is conducive to technology.

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Q&A With Millennial CEO And Book Author Rick Lindquist

Eric Jacobson

The intersection of these three circles is your BHAG, or big hairy audacious goal, The BAHG forms the basis for your company’s great opportunity. Fifth, use technology to accelerate momentum. Third, figure out what you are all deeply passionate about, what you can be the best in the world at, and what drives your economic engine.

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Stop Searching for That Elusive Data Scientist

Harvard Business Review

The goal is to make all of the organization — not just the geeks and quants — more conversant in how to align probability, statistics, technology and business value creation. Limited ambition did a better job attracting credibility and support than BHAGs. Information & technology Leadership Organizational culture'

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