Teaching strategic management well involves instilling in students a lifelong process of improving critical thinking that can lead them to sound judgments (i.e., wisdom) concerning strategic issues. This activity is devilishly difficult, yet profoundly rewarding. The difficulties come from our still-new and emerging discipline, from change and uncertainty in the business world, and from various institutional factors. The rewards arise during the process of pursuing a worthy goal with one's students. This essay outlines a process-involving teaching tools such as "flipping" the classroom, examining past and current strategy narratives, evidence-based management, and case studies- aimed toward "nudging" strategy students onto a continuing path of improving their critical thinking. No summit exists that, once reached, represents goal achievement for professors or for students. Instead, profound satisfaction can result simply from deep engagement in the process of becoming more complete teachers and learners of strategic management.
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