AI+ Strategic Thinking
Frame Better Problems, Make Better Decisions
Reframe the problem. See what you were missing.
You're working on something important, but something feels off — the problem keeps resisting the analysis you've thrown at it, or the answer you've reached doesn't quite hold up. This book gives you the QUEST Framework: five stages for AI-assisted strategic thinking that surface the real question, map what you're taking for granted, scan the landscape, build scenarios, and name the tensions you can't make disappear. Includes a 33-prompt Strategic Thinking Toolkit and a one-page Strategic Brief template that works for any challenge, any sector, any level. Built by an AI engineering firm that makes consequential strategic calls for a living.
- 36 ready-made, market-tested prompts: problem framing, assumption surfacing, landscape mapping, scenario building, second-order effects, strategic brief
- The QUEST Framework — five-stage AI-assisted strategic analysis across any challenge
- A problem-reframing discipline that surfaces the real strategic question before solving the wrong one
- A scenario-building workflow that pressure-tests futures instead of forecasting one
- A 30-day plan for managers, directors, strategy leads, consultants, analysts, and policy professionals
Any professional who needs to think strategically — managers, directors, strategy leads, consultants, analysts, policy professionals, and project leaders whose roles require them to make sense of complex situations and determine the right path. Cross-industry by design: strategic thinking is not a skill reserved for boardrooms. A nurse planning a care pathway, a teacher redesigning a curriculum, a project manager scoping a complex build, and a business leader evaluating a market opportunity are all doing strategic thinking. The skill is universal; the contexts vary.
Also for:Team leaders and senior professionals who need to facilitate strategic thinking in others — building team-level strategic capacity and running structured strategy sessions. Learning & development professionals designing strategic thinking programmes.
- Apply the QUEST Framework to structure AI-assisted strategic analysis across any challenge or situation
- Use AI to surface hidden assumptions, reframe presenting problems, and identify the real strategic question
- Build a strategic landscape map using AI-assisted research and synthesis across forces, trends, and stakeholders
- Develop and stress-test multiple plausible scenarios for a given strategic situation using AI as a thinking partner
- Identify second-order effects and fundamental tensions in complex situations using structured AI dialogue
- Synthesise AI-assisted analysis into a clear, actionable strategic brief
- Diagnostic
- How sharp is your strategic thinking?
- Chapter 1
- AI in Strategic Thinking Right Now
- Chapter 2
- The Strategic Thinking Gap
- Chapter 3
- The QUEST Framework
- Chapter 4
- Question — Framing the Strategic Challenge
- Chapter 5
- Unpack — Surfacing What You're Taking for Granted
- Chapter 6
- Explore — Scanning the Strategic Landscape
- Chapter 7
- Scenarios — Thinking in Multiple Futures
- Chapter 8
- Tension — Navigating Trade-offs and Second-Order Effects
- Chapter 9
- Synthesis — From Analysis to Strategic Clarity
- Chapter 10
- Your 30-Day Strategic Thinking Starter Plan
- Back matter
- Skill Summary · Recommended Next Reads · Glossary · Tool Reference
Built by an AI engineering firm — for professionals who need to make sense of complexity, not just react to it.
