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Developing Strategic Thinking:
The Power of Open Questions
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Leading with the AI Frontier:
From Disruption to Direction
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JULY 2025 | Framing the Issue
Highlighting AI in leadership and developing strategic thinking
STRATEGIC THINKING
Developing Strategic Thinking: The Power of Open Questions
By Kate Liu-Bevan | July 2025 | 541 words | 3 MIN READ
It was a crisp Saturday morning when I witnessed a powerful exercise in strategic thinking. A local vicar, faced with declining congregation numbers and waning appeal of church gatherings, gathered a small group of volunteers to brainstorm solutions. The church community, once thriving, was now struggling, and they needed a way forward.
Instead of rushing into solutions, the vicar had a different approach. He asked everyone to sit in a circle and start asking open-ended questions: “What are the changing demographics of our community? Are our services held at competing times with other community events? Which members of our community are we losing from services? What possible solutions could we explore?"…
INNOVATION
Leading with the AI Frontier: From Disruption to Direction
By Kate Liu-Bevan | July 2025 | 542 words | 3 MIN READ
As a leadership advisor and coach, I often begin conversations with clients around familiar themes: leadership mindset, talent development, and culture transformation. But increasingly, a deeper topic surfaces—artificial intelligence (AI). It may not be the starting point, but it's almost always in the room. Quietly, but powerfully, it is reshaping the conditions in which leadership operates.
Many leaders aren’t just aware of AI—they’re feeling the pressure of its speed, complexity, and impact. The change hasn’t arrived like a storm—it’s come like a fog: everywhere, yet difficult to fully grasp. Behind it hums the quiet rhythm of algorithms and the promise (and unease) of AI. In this context, leadership isn’t about controlling the narrative or chasing the next tool. It’s about offering clarity, creating direction, and building the space for reflection and capability to grow…
