Strategy and Change: Finding Opportunity in Disruption Through Insight, Choice, and Risk
A powerful guide to becoming a strategic leader who makes insightful business decisions and manages risk in volatile and unpredictable environments

Written by a team of seasoned strategy consultants, Strategy and Change: Finding Opportunity in Disruption Through Insight, Choice, and Risk delivers an insightful playbook on recognizing relevant patterns, making consistently sound business decisions, and effectively managing risk in a world defined by disruption and volatility. This follow-up to the authors' first book, Leading with Strategic Thinking, covers major business developments and trends occurring since 2015. It explores disruption from technological advancements, like generative AI, as well as unforeseen crises, like the global COVID-19 pandemic.

In this book, readers will find invaluable insights into:

  • The four ways to lead strategy in today's complex business environment: visionary leadership, directive leadership, incubating leadership, and collaborative leadership
  • How to analyze problems and make decisions that achieve short- and long-term success
  • New methods to evaluate hazards as both threats and opportunities in a marketplace that has become increasingly disruptive and unpredictable

Grounded in the latest research and real-world case studies, Strategy and Change earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all executives, consultants, and entrepreneurs seeking proven guidance to navigate the new world of business. It's also an invaluable resource for risk management professionals, academics, and early-career professionals involved in strategy and leadership.

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Strategy and Change: Finding Opportunity in Disruption Through Insight, Choice, and Risk
A powerful guide to becoming a strategic leader who makes insightful business decisions and manages risk in volatile and unpredictable environments

Written by a team of seasoned strategy consultants, Strategy and Change: Finding Opportunity in Disruption Through Insight, Choice, and Risk delivers an insightful playbook on recognizing relevant patterns, making consistently sound business decisions, and effectively managing risk in a world defined by disruption and volatility. This follow-up to the authors' first book, Leading with Strategic Thinking, covers major business developments and trends occurring since 2015. It explores disruption from technological advancements, like generative AI, as well as unforeseen crises, like the global COVID-19 pandemic.

In this book, readers will find invaluable insights into:

  • The four ways to lead strategy in today's complex business environment: visionary leadership, directive leadership, incubating leadership, and collaborative leadership
  • How to analyze problems and make decisions that achieve short- and long-term success
  • New methods to evaluate hazards as both threats and opportunities in a marketplace that has become increasingly disruptive and unpredictable

Grounded in the latest research and real-world case studies, Strategy and Change earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all executives, consultants, and entrepreneurs seeking proven guidance to navigate the new world of business. It's also an invaluable resource for risk management professionals, academics, and early-career professionals involved in strategy and leadership.

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A powerful guide to becoming a strategic leader who makes insightful business decisions and manages risk in volatile and unpredictable environments

Written by a team of seasoned strategy consultants, Strategy and Change: Finding Opportunity in Disruption Through Insight, Choice, and Risk delivers an insightful playbook on recognizing relevant patterns, making consistently sound business decisions, and effectively managing risk in a world defined by disruption and volatility. This follow-up to the authors' first book, Leading with Strategic Thinking, covers major business developments and trends occurring since 2015. It explores disruption from technological advancements, like generative AI, as well as unforeseen crises, like the global COVID-19 pandemic.

In this book, readers will find invaluable insights into:

  • The four ways to lead strategy in today's complex business environment: visionary leadership, directive leadership, incubating leadership, and collaborative leadership
  • How to analyze problems and make decisions that achieve short- and long-term success
  • New methods to evaluate hazards as both threats and opportunities in a marketplace that has become increasingly disruptive and unpredictable

Grounded in the latest research and real-world case studies, Strategy and Change earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all executives, consultants, and entrepreneurs seeking proven guidance to navigate the new world of business. It's also an invaluable resource for risk management professionals, academics, and early-career professionals involved in strategy and leadership.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781119988717
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 09/23/2025
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

AARON K. OLSON is Executive Vice President at Aon, where he has held various leadership roles focused on client engagement, corporate strategy, organizational effectiveness, and talent management. Aaron serves as adjunct faculty at Northwestern University teaching graduate and executive courses on strategy and leadership.

WARD CHING is an Adjunct Professor of Risk Management at the University of Southern California Marshall Business School where he teaches courses in enterprise risk management and disruptive risk innovation. Ward led the Strategic Solutions and Innovation Practice at Aon, where he focused on client risk strategy development, advanced decision analytics and alternative risk finance.

RICHARD WATERER is the Global Risk Consulting Leader at Aon. In this role, he is responsible for leading a team of 1,500 full-time risk consultants, helping clients to identify and quantify risk, select and implement strategies around risk transfer, retention and mitigation, and provides post-loss consulting.

B. KEITH SIMERSON, EdD, provides consultation, executive coaching, and advisory services in the areas of strategic leadership and strategy formulation and execution. He is on the adjunct faculty of Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy where he teaches graduate courses on strategy and leadership.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Preface xv

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 The Evolving Nature of Disruptive Change 9

Chapter 2 Implications for Strategy and Leadership 35

Chapter 3 Three Lenses 61

Chapter 4 Insight 69

Chapter 5 Choice 105

Chapter 6 Risk 129

Chapter 7 How to Lead Through Disruptive Change 161

Chapter 8 A Call to Action 195

Notes 199

Acknowledgments 209

About the Authors 211

Index 215

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