Strategic Management is a deep-dive series exploring how organizations think, adapt, and endure in an era where change is faster than planning cycles. It bridges classic strategy discipline with modern adaptive thinking, translating theories into the practical realities of consultants, policymakers, and leaders in the GCC and beyond.
Each article uncovers a new layer — from timeless principles to contemporary frameworks — showing how strategy has evolved from a static plan to a living capability.
This series is designed to help professionals build resilient organizations, capable of sensing opportunities early, navigating uncertainty, and shaping their own future instead of merely reacting to it.
What’s Modern Strategic Management! Some organizations survive by following plans.The truly enduring ones survive by listening — learning — adapting — before the world demands it. Once, strategy meant a five-year plan with milestones, forecasts, and rigid structures. It gave comfort but not always survival. Today, markets reshape overnight, citizens demand agility, and technology redraws…