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Chinese strategic consultancy looks to work of Prof. Henry Mintzberg to understand domestic context

Published: 5 September 2024

Shanghai-headquartered KMIND provides strategic consulting advice to billion-dollar companies. Its success is built on a blend of both Eastern and Western philosophies, according to President Noah Xie. “Utilizing Eastern wisdom doesn’t mean we can get rid of the Western theories,” says Xie in a Forbes interview with Professor Karl Moore. “We need to integrate both, East and West, to be successful.” One Western management thinker that resonates with Xie is Prof. Henry Mintzberg of ֱ Desautels. Mintzberg argues that strategy is inherently dynamic, and proposes the 5 Ps–Plan, Ploy, Pattern, Position and Perspective– meant to encompass the holistic features of strategy. “His theories, the results of his ideas, have become a reality in China,” says Xie.

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