Strategic Decisions and Weak Signals

An increasing number of business executives, managers andpolitical leaders are using the concept of „weaksignals“ nowadays. There are also an increasing number ofpeople trying to find out exactly what this concept means, as wellas when and how to use it. Such questions arise particularly whenit comes down to making strategic decisions. To help withthese questions, this book defines the concept of the „weaksignal“ and then demonstrates how it would be useful inrelation to strategic decisions, and more precisely in relation tothree moments of the strategic decision, i. e.: - The trigger of the strategic decision (what is the trigger, whyand when) - The development of the strategic decision - The implementation of the strategic decision