In Defense of Strategy
26: distinguish good strategy vs meh strategyGood: all about connecting the dots to get people from a to bIf you are given a metric, you have to get every artifact you have and match it to that goal.
Pay close attention to assumptions you are making unknowingly- look for confusion in people when you explain
33: when you start at a new company and wor... See more
Pay close attention to assumptions you are making unknowingly- look for confusion in people when you explain
33: when you start at a new company and wor... See more
Lenny Rachitsky • Jackie Bavaro on getting better at product strategy, what exactly is strategy, PM pitfalls to avoid, advancing your career, getting into management, and much more
It’s often straightforward to identify a strategy needed to achieve a goal, but what trips up companies is figuring out how to execute the strategy once identified.
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters
Richard Rumelt • 17 highlights
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A great deal of strategy work is trying to figure out what is going on. Not just deciding what to do, but the more fundamental problem of comprehending the situation.