Strategy Reading List
Essential books and articles about strategy, recommended by the Wardley Mapping community
Start Here: The Original Source
Everything started with Simon Wardley's original writings (also known as the mapping book). Begin your journey here, then explore additional strategy literature below.
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French Translation
Traduction française du livre
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Spanish Translation
Traducción española del libro
Access Simon Wardley's book in Spanish. Ideal for Spanish-speaking communities and organizations.
Additional Strategy Literature
Curated from the Wardley Maps community forum, these books provide additional foundational knowledge for strategic thinking
Classic Strategy
Competitive Strategy
Complexity Economics
Customer Strategy
Digital Strategy
Innovation
Competing for the Future
by Gary Hamel
How to build capabilities and position for future competition rather than just current markets.
Competing Against Luck
by Clayton Christensen
The Jobs to be Done theory of innovation and how to understand what customers really want to accomplish.
Leadership
Mission Command
by Donald Vandergriff
Explores decentralized command structures and how they can be applied to modern organizational leadership.
Leadership Strategy and Tactics
by Jocko Willink
Practical field manual for leadership, combining military experience with business applications.
Military Strategy
Organizational Design
Strategy
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
by Richard Rumelt
Distinguishes between genuine strategy and bad strategy, emphasizing the importance of identifying and overcoming key challenges.
Strategy Safari
by Henry Mintzberg
A comprehensive tour through different schools of strategic thought, providing multiple perspectives on strategy formation.
Mapping Strategic Diversity
by David Jacobs
Examines different strategic perspectives and how they can be mapped and understood systematically.
The Geometry of Strategy
by Robert Keidel
Uses geometric concepts to understand strategic relationships and organizational dynamics.
Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick
by Chris Bradley, Martin Hirt, Sven Smit
Challenges conventional strategy planning and shows how to make big moves that actually beat the odds.
Playing to Win
by Roger Martin
A practical guide to strategy that works, focusing on making clear choices and building capabilities.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning
by Henry Mintzberg
A critique of traditional strategic planning and how it often fails to produce real strategy.
Contemporary Strategy Analysis
by Robert Grant
Comprehensive textbook covering modern strategic management concepts and frameworks.
Your Strategy Needs a Strategy
by Martin Reeves, Knut Haanaes, Janmejaya Sinha
How to choose the right strategic approach based on your business environment and context.
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