strategy as facilitation
I like the term generalist, it’s one of the best descriptions of my career(s) and also a good representation of something I see as vital: being able to understand different domains and translate between them.
Patrick Tanguay • Generalists
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Organizing, on the other hand, is a more specific set of practices. It is a craft that requires us to cultivate a variety of skills, such as intentional relationship building and power analysis.
Kelly Hayes • Let This Radicalize You
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The strategist of tomorrow won't be the smartest person in the room. They'll be the person who knows how to shape the room. And that room will include machines.
zoe scaman • The Work
great strategy is more about facilitation than it is about creation. It’s the process of unearthing what is true for an organization, matching that with opportunities in the world and creating pathways so that more people can participate in that work.
Strategy is an act of democratization in an organization. It’s prying the understanding from the f... See more
Strategy is an act of democratization in an organization. It’s prying the understanding from the f... See more
who makes a good midwife?
For too long, we've treated strategy like a board game: static pieces on a flat surface, governed by logic and turn-taking.
But the real world isn't orderly. It's dynamic. Interdependent. Shaped by weather, mood, emotion, timing, attention, trust.
zoe scaman • The Work
“I think of organizers,” Ransby told us, “as people who really are trying to move other people, [and] create collective movement in a very conscious, deliberate and strategic way, informed by a larger social change agenda.”