strategic capabilities
Definition
Strategic capabilities refer to the capabilities of the members of the organization that enable the formation and deployment of strategy in pursuit of a sustainable advantage. Working within the
Tiers of capabilities --
There are three tiers of capabilities, from the basics to the advanced capabilities needed to sustain advantage --
- Leadership & Management
- leadership
- discipline
- communicativeness
- concern
- courage
- creativity
- analytical thinking
- systems thinking
- perspective skills - judgment & flexibility to have the right reaction for the situation
- pattern recognition
- strategic thinking
- intuition
- business savvy
- entrepreneurship
- learning
- development
- Innovation
- creativity
- learning -- for self-development and an adaptive learning organization
- development
- uniqueness
- strategic focus
- strategic intent
- innovation
- continual innovation
- democratic principles (Ackoff)
- strategic management as a self-improving learning process
- dynamic capabilities (Teece)
- synergistic process integration -- business model synergy and harmony
- Business Architecture
- capability creation - harness imagination to produce distinctive competencies and value
- synergy creation - Innovative designs with uniquely synergistic networks of business model elements
- modularity in design - Optimization of structure, complexity, and economies
- adaptability - design in adaptive learning and continuous innovation
- business model types - e.g. complex, volume, value disciplines