Crafting Strategy

the cleverest strategies, the ones we study down through the years, begin with very few strategic resources, obtaining their results through the adroit coordination of actions in time and across functions.

intuitive thinking, the design thinker uses an explicit form of logic and a process that, while less certain and clear than analytical thinking, has promise for producing advances with greater consistency and replicability than pure intuition.

Thinking strategically involves “going round the loop” to establish coherence between aims, opportunities, and capabilities.

The most subtle aspect of “thinking strategically” lies in “knowing what needs to happen.”