Anomaly-driven strategy requires being open to

unexpected ideas that may overturn long-held

assumptions

Discovering anomaly needs to analyze business data regularly. An

organization data must be managed electronically and different
statistical tools must be applied. When we do this, we can see trends
of our sales, revenue, costs, and other trends of activities around
our business. These data have not be only the internal one but it
must include external data such as social media, consumer statistics
data and data from any other sources. Thus, managers need to
adopt an external perspective too. Those of which are out of regular
trends might be anomalies and worth to be examined in depth. Data
anomalies don’t always signify an issue, but they are all worth
investigating to better understand why a deviation occurred and if
that anomaly is a valid point within a dataset. collecting
this information is not enough to new patterns. We base our
thinking models of the world on what we can see, but those models
are not the real fact, but they are simply a representation of it. And
they don’t automatically change when reality changes. So, we must
make sure we don’t have to easily get stuck in them and thus
discount or ignore new information.
 Leaders have to Take an external
perspective
External perspective fosters proactive versus reactive
decisions. It leads to innovation and idea generation that may
positively influence the future of an organization. Unfortunately,
most businesses lack managers who have an external perspective
despite executives valuing the capability highly. This contradiction
is due to a lack of understanding about the concept and company
politics forcing it down the priority list. However, businesses and
their leaders need to look outward to see the future, then shape and
secure it. The following points are designed to help executives build
external perspective development into their busy schedules.

1. Technology: - As technology continues to advance, companies can

benefit from these breakthroughs or face challenges in competing with

them. So, business leaders must take lead to look for immerging

technology at their embryonic stage before they are taken by their

peers and increase their competitiveness.

2. Economic Condition:- The state of the economy plays an important role

in every aspect of daily life from the well-being of personnel to the

ability of a company to thrive. So, business leaders have to keep eye on

economy and look for what has to be changed and what new product

or service has to introduced to the market.

3. Political and legal changes: - the policy implementation often affect
businesses in relevant industries. Because of the inconsistent nature of

politics, businesses monitor legislative bills closely to prepare for

potential changes. So, managers need to follow legal changes and look

for what it can offer to the market and benefit from it. For example if a

new bill passed that force vehicles to install GPS company must need to

prepared how it can fill market gap for the product.

Managers should switch their Mental Model to Incites (Open

Mind)
‘’It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most

intelligent but the one most responsive to change”

Charlies Darwin