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Most of them had first identified a problem area—manufacturing, cable companies, software rivalry, and so on—and then created a recommendation aimed at that area. No one using this two-step approach had gone back and considered rethinking the initial identification of a key problem area. Nor had any of them investigated more than one response to
... See moreRichard Rumelt • Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters
A decade later, I had risen through the ranks to become the CEO of another company. I was that most senior of executives. The company would live or die by the strategic choices I made, or so I thought. I wrote the strategy or at least variations were presented to me and I would decide. But, something had gone terribly wrong in my journey. Somehow... See more
medium.com • On Being Lost
It seems pedantic to have a discussion about “better,” but it’s actually at the heart of your strategy. Better for who?