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‘The iconoclastic Henry Mintzberg’ is the classic opening to any article about the Canadian strategy guru. Yet, in many ways, his career and work fit the traditional academic pattern. His PhD research set him on his way. "The Nature of Managerial Work" was the result—one of the few (very few) books which actually examines what managers do rather than discussing what they should do.

Since then Mintzberg has set the agenda in the sphere of strategic management with a combination of academic rigour and a devotion to seeking out new perspectives, which has generally set him apart from his contemporaries. This reached a climax with the publication of "The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning" , a coherent tour-de-force which sounded the death knell for the strategic planning orthodoxy that had long dominated management thinking and education. His most recent strategy book is "Strategy Safari" , co-authored with Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel.