On Strategy: What Managers Can Learn from Great Philosophers (Part 1)
- Platform: Coursera
- Length: 6 weeks
- Time commitment/Pre-requisites: 2 to 3 hours of work per week. No background knowledge or skills are required, though an interest in philosophy is recommended.
- Why you should consider it:With the help of great philosophers, you will rediscover the art of thinking. The success of a business depends on its capacity to make a difference regarding competition. Creativity demands the ability to unshackle yourself from conventional ways of thinking, to “think outside the box”. However, once outside the box, you need to construct a new box or boxes (new intellectual frameworks or models) to help you structure your thinking, so you can generate truly game-changing ideas.