Ep 195: John Hillen on Strategic Thinking

School of War · May 6, 2025 · 46m

John Hillen, James C. Wheat Professor in Leadership at Hampden-Sydney College and author of The Strategy Dialogues: A Primer on Business Strategy and Strategic Management, joins the show to talk about how to think strategically in war, business, and life.

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• 01:55 Introduction

• 02:31 An Army start

• 05:17 Cold War ends

• 10:14 The Gulf

• 13:15 Changing styles

• 18:00 73 Easting

• 22:59 Policy and business

• 26:09 Strategos

• 29:04 In the doing

• 32:17 Inside out & outside in

• 36:41 Seeking horizons

• 42:22 Goals are not strategy

• 43:42 Call of Duty

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