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Roger Martin

Playing to Win, Integrative Thinking, Strategy Choice Cascade

Former Dean of the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and founder of the Martin Prosperity Institute. Co-authored Playing to Win with A.G. Lafley, outlining a five-choice strategy cascade used widely in corporate strategy. Developed Integrative Thinking as a discipline for resolving opposing models to generate superior solutions.

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Frameworks

Attributed to Roger Martin

Mental models, principles, and operating frameworks extracted from sources where Roger is the credited author or speaker.

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Reverse Engineering Strategy
Work backwards from what would have to be true to find the best strategic choice
Strategy·from Playing to Win_ How Strategy Really Works
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Strategy as an Iterative Process
Strategy is an endless pursuit of winning, not a destination you reach once
Strategy·from Playing to Win_ How Strategy Really Works
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The Strategy Choice Cascade
Five interconnected choices that define a winning strategy for any organization
Strategy·from Playing to Win_ How Strategy Really Works
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Where to Play / How to Win
The heart of strategy is choosing your playing field and defining how you will win on it
Strategy·from Playing to Win_ How Strategy Really Works
Domains

Framework distribution

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Bibliography

Sources by Roger Martin

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Book
2013
Playing to Win_ How Strategy Really Works
Book·8 frameworks extracted
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Playing to Win
Book
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The Opposable Mind
Book
Appears alongside

Top neighbors of Roger Martin

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Adam Brandenburger
Co-opetition, value nets, game-theoretic strategy
1shared list
02
Alfred Chandler
Strategy and Structure ("structure follows strategy")
1shared list
03
Andrew Campbell
Parenting Advantage, corporate-level strategy
1shared list
04
Andy Grove
Strategic Inflection Points, Only the Paranoid Survive
1shared list
05
Anita McGahan
Industry change trajectories (radical, progressive, creative, intermediating)
1shared list
06
Annabelle Gawer
Platform Leadership, industry platforms (with Cusumano)
1shared list
07
Barry Nalebuff
Co-opetition, game theory in business
1shared list
08
Bharat Anand
Content Trap, connections-over-content strategy
1shared list
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10 May 2026
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