In his insightful 2005 book The Master Strategist, Ketan, J. Patel points out some important gaps where it comes to effecting important change in our organisations:

1. The Methods and Concepts Gap
   A key question indicating this gap is the failure to ask the question: So we have adequate methods and conceptual frameworks in our toolkit to enable us to formulate good strategy?

1. The Ideas Gap
   Have we adequately explored the field and challenged our world-view? Is the question being neglected here?

1. The Leadership Gap
   This third point has some interesting and rather challenging questions which include: Do we have the leaders for the job? Can we execute our plans?

Ketan’s apparently benign gaps would challenge any thoughtful leader concerned with results. Does this resonate with you at all?

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