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Geoff Tuff and Steven Goldbach

Provoke

Disrupt inertia, challenge fear, and lead boldly into the future by making the first move.
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What's You Learn?
Provocative thinking creates breakthrough strategies in uncertain markets – Provoke by Tuff and Goldbach shows how to challenge assumptions productively.

This comprehensive strategic thinking summary and key concepts outline:

  • Assumption Challenging - Question beliefs limiting strategic options
  • Productive Provocation - Create disruption without destruction
  • Trend Anticipation - See changes before competitors recognize them
  • Bold Action - Move decisively when others hesitate


What most summaries miss: Provocative strategies succeed because they exploit competitor blind spots.

Provoke progress with Click.Apply.Grow™: Challenge three assumptions tomorrow. Design provocative experiments. Act boldly. Companies using provocation achieve 5x innovation rates.

Question everything. Create breakthroughs.

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About the Author

Geoff Tuff and Steven Goldbach are strategic futurists and behavioral business thinkers who help companies confront uncertainty with courage, clarity, and bold action.

As senior partners at Deloitte and co-authors of “Detonate” and “Provoke,” they advise Fortune 500 leaders on innovation, decision-making, and growth under ambiguity. Their frameworks have shaped strategy in industries from energy to healthcare to consumer goods.

What sets Geoff and Steven apart: They teach leaders how to stop admiring problems—and start attacking them with urgency.

Companies applying their Provoke Framework report faster time-to-market, clearer innovation pipelines, and increased executive alignment on bold moves.

The uncertainty tacticians who make disruption a source of advantage—not anxiety.

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