Strategic Readiness

JOHN C. REDDING is executive director of the Institute for Strategic Learning, a leading consulting firm that specializes in innovative approaches to strategic planning, project management, and leadership development. He is the author or co-author of numerous articles and books, including Strategic Readiness: The Making of the Learning Organization. He is also a frequent keynote speaker at professional conferences and chair of the American Society for Training and Development Research-to-Practice Committee.

"Redding and Catalanello's concepts of 'strategic readiness' and 'strategic learning' should take the place of strategic planning for any manager and for corporations interested in staying ahead in rapidly changing, increasingly competitive business environments." --Judy O'Neil, education manager, AT&T "An exceptional resource filled with practical, actionable ideas and information.... It demonstrates that creating a learning organization will yield a significant sustained strategic advantage. This is a definite long-term keeper on my bookshelf." --Alan Honeycutt, manager, organization development and training, Nestle USA

• Prologue: The Call for Learning OrganizationsPart One: From Strategic Planning to Strategic Learning: Elements of the Learning Organization1. The Strategic Learning Cycle: How Learning Organizations Learn to Change2. Speed, Depth, and Breadth: How Organizations Accelerate Learning3. Strategic Readiness: How Organizations Prepare to LearnPart Two: Accelerating Strategic Learning4. Continuous Learning5. Improvised Implementation6. Deep ReflectionPart Three: Building Strategic Readiness7. Heighten Strategic Awareness: Understand the Need for Continuous Learning8. Making Learning a Way of Life: Enhancing Individual, Team, and Organizational Learning9. Become Self-Organizing: Continuously Changing Shape Based Upon Continuous LearningEpilogue: Improvising the Future: Learning Organizations and Jazz