Why don’t we have a strategy?
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Why don’t we have a strategy?
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#2> The problem isn't that people can't think strategically.
The problem is that real life has a way of making your strategy obsolete.
As Mike Tyson said: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy.
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#3> The problem isn't that people can't think strategically. The problem is that real life has a way of making your strategy obsolete. As Mike Tyson said: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy.
Or alternatively:
"No Plan Survives First Contact With the Enemy"
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#4> The problem isn't that people can't think strategically. The problem is that real life has a way of making your strategy obsolete. As Mike Tyson said: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy.
> Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy.
Hard disagree:
Those things are important, but I’ve seen teams with those qualities spin or fail to produce impact because they don’t have a strategy.
You need an objective and you need a plan to get there — “objectives and key results”.
Communication and agility allow for tactical changes in completing that strategy, which are important, but having no strategy will go nowhere.
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#5You cannot escape strategy. Not having a strategy is a strategy.
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#6> The problem isn't that people can't think strategically. The problem is that real life has a way of making your strategy obsolete. As Mike Tyson said: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy.
> Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy.
Why is this necessary?
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#7> The problem isn't that people can't think strategically. The problem is that real life has a way of making your strategy obsolete. As Mike Tyson said: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy.
Only that Tyson and others do have a game plan that accountsvfor the fact of being punched in the mouth.
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#8> The problem isn't that people can't think strategically. The problem is that real life has a way of making your strategy obsolete. As Mike Tyson said: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy.
Or alternatively: "No Plan Survives First Contact With the Enemy" https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/05/04/no-plan/
Which doesn't mean you can afford to have no plan at all. Because: "Failing to plan means planning to fail".
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#9> The problem isn't that people can't think strategically. The problem is that real life has a way of making your strategy obsolete. As Mike Tyson said: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy.
What’s more important than that is to update your strategy openly when new information arises
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#10> The problem isn't that people can't think strategically. The problem is that real life has a way of making your strategy obsolete. As Mike Tyson said: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy.
> Having a team that communicates effectively and and is agile (in the normal sense of the word) and executes effectively is more important than strategy. Why is this necessary?
So you can dodge if someone tries to punch you in the mouth I guess