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Astrid Tran 28 Meyi, 2025 8 min funda

Zintoni ii izakhono zokucinga zobuchule? Ngaba zibalulekile kubunkokeli obusebenzayo?

Ukuba uyazibuza ukuba kutheni ubunkokeli obusebenzayo buyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yempumelelo yenkampani kunye nenzuzo, kufuneka ungene nzulu kwingcambu yayo, yintoni echaza ubunkokeli obukhuthazayo, okanye yeyiphi into enegalelo kwimpembelelo yenkokeli.

The secret lies in strategic thinking. Mastering strategic thinking skills is not easy but there're always noble ways to do it. So what strategic thinking means, why it is important and how to practice it in a leadership position, let's take the plunge. So, let's check out a few examples of strategic thinking skills as below!

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Yiba yinkokeli eyoyikisayo enezakhono zokucinga zobuchule-Umthombo: Getty image

Yintoni izakhono zokucinga ezicwangcisiweyo?

Ukucinga ngobuchule yinkqubo yokuhlalutya izinto ezahlukeneyo ezinokuphembelela iziphumo zesicwangciso okanye iprojekthi phambi kokuba kwenziwe isigqibo. Abantu bacinga ngobuchule xa kufuneka bathathele ingqalelo uluhlu lwamathuba kunye neengozi phambi kokuthatha inyathelo lokugqibela. Ikwagxininisa amandla okuhlaziya kunye nokwandisa isicwangciso sokuziqhelanisa neenguqu eziguqukayo neziqhubekayo zokusingqongileyo ngaphakathi nangaphandle. 

People sometimes confuse the concept of strategic thinking with strategic planning. Strategic planning starts with strategic thinking before taking action. Strategic thinking is looking for answers to the question of " why” and the “what” of the work you want to complete. In contrast, strategic planning is a further step of answering “how” and the “when” of the implementation process. 

Xa kuziwa kwingcinga yeqhinga, kuyimfuneko ukukhankanya isakhono sayo. Kukho izakhono ezihlanu ezibalulekileyo ezixhasa inkqubo yakho yokucinga enobuchule.

#1. Isakhono sokuHlalutya

Isakhono sohlalutyo ichaza ukukwazi ukuqokelela kunye nokuhlalutya ulwazi ukusombulula ingxaki kunye nokwenza izigqibo ezifanelekileyo. Isakhono sokuhlalutya sisetyenziselwa ukufumanisa iingxaki, ukungqubanisa ingqondo, ukujonga, ukuqokelela, ukutolika idatha kunye nokuqwalasela izinto ezininzi kunye nokhetho olukhoyo. Ubuchule bokucinga bokucazulula obunamandla buboniswa xa umntu ecinga ngeempumelelo ezinkulu ezinokwenzeka kunye nokuphumelela. 

#2. Ukucinga ngokugxekayo

Critical thinking is often the vital step in the strategic thinking process and helps develop a strategic mindset. It is an innovative technique to identify issues or areas for improvement by questioning and making a judgment about what you read, hear, say, or write. It forces you to think clearly and rationally before accepting any fact or argument. 

#3. Ukulungisa ingxaki

Ukucinga okubanzi okucwangcisiweyo kubandakanya izakhono zokusombulula iingxaki ezithi zinyanzelise ukusebenza ngempumelelo kumntu ngamnye ekusombululeni iingxaki nasekufumaneni isisombululo. Kubalulekile ukuba abacinga ngobuchule baqale ukubona ingxaki ukusuka kwingcambu kwaye basebenzisane nabanye ukuqwalasela uluhlu olubanzi lwezisombululo ngaphambi kokufudukela kwinyathelo elilandelayo.

#4. Ukuguquguquka kwengqondo

Cognitive flexibility can switch their thinking, quickly adapt to a new environment, look at issues from multiple perspectives or conceive multiple concepts simultaneously. Strategic thinking starts with curiosity and flexibility to develop new concepts and learn from experiences either good or bad. Strategic thinkers rarely stop adjusting their management and old mindset and consider changes as positive. They are likely to show their respect for cultural diversity and gain inspiration from them simultaneously.

#5. Ingqalelo kwiiNkcukacha

Ukucinga ngobuchule kuqala ngokuqwalasela ngenyameko, ngamanye amazwi, ingqalelo kwiinkcukacha. Kubhekiselele ekukwazini ukugxila kuzo zonke iinkalo ezibandakanyekayo kungakhathaliseki ukuba zincinci kangakanani ngelixa ukunikezelwa kwexesha kunye nezibonelelo ngokufanelekileyo. Ijonge ukuzalisekisa imisebenzi ngokucokisekileyo nangokuchanekileyo.

izakhono zokucinga zobuchule
Yintoni ukucinga ngobuchule kubunkokeli? Izakhono zokucinga ezicwangcisiweyo zinceda iqela lakho ukuba lisebenze ngokufanelekileyo - Umthombo: Freepik

Zithetha ntoni izakhono zokucinga ngobuchule kubunkokeli?

A huge gap between a normal employee and a managerial level, and even to a director-level role, is the quality of your strategic thinking. Effective leadership and management cannot lack strategic thinking skills. You may have heard about strategic leadership, which is the broader area of strategic thinking, as great leaders often think strategically outside-in direction from the external factors, such as market, competition, and lastly, organizational internal factors.

Imodeli yokuCinga yeQhinga leFMI

The Imodeli yokuCinga yeQhinga leFMI promotes 8 competencies that account for successful strategic leadership including:

  • Ukubhetyebhetye kwengqondo ilungele imeko eguqukayo, ukubuza izibonelelo zokuqala, kunye nokucinga ngendlela engagxili.
  • Inzululwazi yengqondo ingasetyenziswa njengesixhobo sokuphonononga imiba ethile emitsha okanye izihloko kunye nokubuza imiba yehlabathi engacwangciswanga.
  • Creativity isenokusetyenziswa ukufumana ubuchule kunye nokubeka umngcipheko kunye nokuphelisa izimo zengqondo ezingalunganga.
  • Intuition can be practiced to increase the chance of gathering deep learning about an issue and boost quick thinking
  • uhlalutyo kufuna ukusetyenziswa kwezakhono zokuhlalutya ezinjengokunika ingqwalasela engqongqo kakhulu kwidatha kunye nolwazi, olunokunceda ukuqeqesha ingqondo yakho ukuba icinge ngokufanelekileyo.
  • Indlela yokucinga ikhuthaza ukujongana neengxaki ngendlela epheleleyo kunye nesiphumo sobudlelwane phakathi kwezinto ezahlukeneyo, indlela ezisebenzisana ngayo kunye nefuthe lomnye nomnye.
  • Ukuqokelela ulwazi sisiqalo sokuhlalutya ingxaki. Inokomelezwa ngokugxila kwimithombo yolwazi kunye nokuhlala ubhetyebhetye xa udibana neziphumo ezingalindelekanga. 
  • Ukwenza isigqibo Inkqubo inokusebenza ngakumbi ukuba iqala ngokuchaza izisombululo ezinokwenzeka okanye iinketho kunye nokwenza uphononongo kunye nokulinganisa umngcipheko wokhetho ngalunye okanye izisombululo phambi kokwenza isigqibo sokugqibela. 

Iinzuzo zokuphuhlisa izakhono zokucinga ngobuchule kwisikhundla sobunkokeli

When applying strategic thinking in an organizational strategic management process, it can promote competitive advantage for a firm or organization by generating new insights and emerging opportunities for business success. A leader possessing strategic thinking skills can inculcate a noble systems thinking approach and empower themselves to think more innovatively and out of the box, but always attached to business goals. 

Ukongeza, nazi ezinye izibonelelo ezongezelelweyo zokuphuhlisa izakhono zokucinga ngobuchule kwisikhundla sobunkokeli

  • Assist the team in identifying different possibilities for accomplishing the same objectives
  • Yehlisa umngcipheko wokungahambelani okanye isiphithiphithi
  • Thatha amathuba amaninzi okufunda kumava kunye nabasebenzi osebenza nabo
  • Sebenzisa impendulo ngendlela eyakhayo ukomeleza amaqhinga kwaye ubenze bazinze ngakumbi.
  • Ziqhelanise neemeko ezivela ngokukhawuleza kwaye usebenzise izimvo zakho ezibalaseleyo
  • Nceda iqela lakho lihlale libhetyebhetye kwaye lizithembile kwaye lisebenze ukujongana nengxaki ngesicwangciso sokugcina
  • Get your job done well and get further promotion

Zeziphi izinto ezi-5 eziphambili zokucinga ngobuchule?

IiNqaku eziHlanu zokucinga ngoBuchule (Liedtka, 1998, p.122) - Umthombo: UMateyu Foster

Ingcamango yokucinga ngobuchule ichazwe kakuhle phantsi kophando lukaDkt Liedtka. Iquka izinto ezi-5 eziphambili ezichaza ngokupheleleyo ukucinga okucwangcisiweyo okunokuthi kube yireferensi efanelekileyo kumashishini kunye neenkokheli.

#1. Injongo igxininise uzimisele ukuqonda uxhulumaniso phakathi kwabantu kunye nenjongo yeqhinga njengoko ukucinga ngobuchule kunokuphucula ukugxila kunye nokuthintela ukuphazamiseka ngamandla engqondo. 

#2. I-hypothesis iqhutywa ibonisa iingqikelelo zovavanyo njengemisebenzi engundoqo. Ukucinga ngobuchule kuza namathemba okudala kunye nabalulekileyo. Ukuze ucinge ngokuyilayo ngakumbi, inkqubo yokunqumamisa umgwebo obalulekileyo kunye ne-hypothesis eveliswa kunye nokuvavanya ukulandelela ngemibuzo inganceda ukuphonononga iingcamango ezintsha kunye neendlela.

#3. Imbono yeenkqubo ikhankanya imizekelo yengqondo ebumba indlela yokuziphatha kwabantu. Umbono unokuqondwa kwiinkqubo ezithe nkqo nezithe tyaba njengoko zibhekisa kukubaluleka kwenqanaba lomntu kunye nobudlelwane babo neshishini liphela ngokusebenzisa imilinganiselo emininzi. 

#4. Amathuba akrelekrele ibhekisa kwindlela abantu abajongana ngayo namava amatsha ngengqondo evulelekileyo, evumela iinkokeli ukuba zisebenzise iindlela ezizezinye kubasebenzi abakwinqanaba eliphantsi. Ukunika ukulingana kubo bonke abantu ukuba babelane ngelizwi labo kunokukhuthaza ukulungelelaniswa ngokukhawuleza kwimeko yoshishino eguquka ngokukhawuleza.

#5. Ukucinga Ngexesha sisikhumbuzo sokuba into entsha ihlaziywa rhoqo ngomzuzwana. Awusoze ufikelele kubakhuphisana bakho ukuba uyasilela ukugcwalisa umsantsa phakathi kwenyani yangoku kunye nenjongo yekamva. Kwizibonelelo ezinikiweyo ezilinganiselweyo, iinkokeli zibonisa izakhono zabo eziqinileyo zokucinga ngokulungelelanisa izixhobo kunye namabhongo.

How to develop strategic thinking skills in leadership position

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Ziqhelanise nezakhono zokucinga zobuchule-Umthombo: flywheelstrategic.com

You can build a strategic thinking skill set involving the following 12 tips:

  • Chonga usukelo olusengqiqweni nolufikelelekayo
  • Buza imibuzo yobuchule
  • Hlalutya amathuba kunye nobungozi
  • Jonga uze Ucamngce
  • Yamkela impixano
  • Misela amaxesha
  • Khangela iintsingiselo
  • Hlala uqwalasela ezinye iindlela
  • Ukucinga ngobuchule bophuhliso lobuchwephesha okanye umqeqeshi
  • Funda kufundo lwesifundo sobuchule bokucinga
  • Yakha iimeko zokucinga zobuchule
  • Funda kwiincwadi zokucinga ezicwangcisiweyo

The Line Bottom

Ukucinga ngobuchule nangobuchule yeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokukhokelela ekuthathweni kwezigqibo ezinolwazi kunye nokuphunyezwa kwesicwangciso esinokuthathwa. Kuthatha ixesha kunye nomzamo ukuba iinkokeli zihlakulele ingqondo yobuchule. Kodwa ungakhathazeki xa ujongana nobunzima ngelixa uziqhelanisa nokucinga ngobuchule okokuqala.

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Izakhono zokucinga ezicwangcisiweyo zibaluleke kakhulu kwiinkokeli kuba kufuneka zibe nezi zakhono zilandelayo ukulawula iqela labo, kubandakanywa: umbono wexesha elide, ukuguquguquka, ulwabiwo lwezibonelelo, ukusombulula iingxaki, ukwenza izinto ezintsha, ukukwazi ukuthatha umngcipheko, ukuqinisekisa ukulungelelaniswa ... ukuqinisekisa unxibelelwano ngokutyibilikayo noluvo olukhulu ngexesha lenkqubo yokwenza izigqibo.