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A series of 17 questions shines a light on the work to be done. It brings tomorrow forward to today, right here and right now, allowing us to articulate a strategy. • Who are we here to serve? • What is the change we seek to make? • What are our resources? • What is the genre we’re working in? • Who has done something like this before me? • What sy
... See moreSeth Godin • This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans (Create a Strategy to Elevate Your Career, Community & Life)
other words, strategy is not a discrete analytical event—something decided, say, in a meeting of top managers based on the best numbers and analysis available at the time. Rather, it is a continuous, diverse, and unruly process.
James Allworth • How Will You Measure Your Life?
strategy as living practice; responsive, responsible, and radically attuned to the world as it actually is.
zoe scaman • The Work
The most subtle aspect of “thinking strategically” lies in “knowing what needs to happen.”
Art Kleiner • The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
I asked Paul to stop thinking of “creating real differentiation” and “developing new capabilities” as being strategies. “They are,” I said, “more accurately described as being ambitions, intentions, or aspirations. However wise they may be, there is no bite to them. You need to take each and break off a smaller ‘chunk’ that can be tackled and overc
... See moreRichard Rumelt • The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists
executives, by and large, had no trouble describing the strategy of the leader in their sectors. The standard story was that some change in demand or technology had appeared—a “window of opportunity” had opened—and the current leader had been the first one to leap through that window and take advantage of it. Not necessarily the first mover, but th
... See moreRichard Rumelt • Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters
Clearly, Benioff began with some underlying set of ambitions for Salesforce.com. Yet there were numerous strategic challenges that had to be met during his ongoing quest. And, obviously, as each challenge was met, the ambition shifted and escalated. At each step, the response was a design for dealing with the challenge. It is common to say that str
... See moreRichard Rumelt • The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists
To be a strategist you will need to embrace the full complex and confusing force of the challenges and opportunities you face. To be a strategist you will have to develop a sense for the crux of the problem—the place where a commitment to action will have the best chance of surmounting the most critical obstacles. To be a strategist you will need p
... See moreRichard Rumelt • The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists
A good strategy does more than urge us forward toward a goal or vision. A good strategy honestly acknowledges the challenges being faced and provides an approach to overcoming them.