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08 Jun, 2010 – 126 comments
project in process: what is strategy?
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I’ve been working on a little project … and I’d like your help.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what exactly strategy is, and though I have a few answers myself, I happen to know a pantsload of clever, strategy-minded people who might be able to help me answer the question (that’s you, silly) more thoroughly and set the record straight(ish) for a large swath of our combined social graphs. Think of it as partly codifying the term to yourself and also finally explaining to dear ol’ mum just what you do all day.
So what is strategy?
Here’s my first crack at it – but I do need your help to really attack the question (how to help is below).
How you can help:
Option # 1 – Drop your response to the question in the comments below. I’ll try to think up a clever image for every comment that lends itself to one (but don’t let that box you in).
Option #2 – Grab the blank card image and go to town. Upload your finished product to Flickr and be sure to tag it ‘whatisstrategy’ – in case you’re wondering, I’m using the Knockout family of fonts (but feel free to make your contribution in your own flavor).
Option #3 – If you’re stumped right now, you can still share this post. Go ahead, twitter to your heart’s content.
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Strategy is the ability to identify what is unique, meaningful and worth acting on amidst a plenitude of mostly vacuous information.
Strategy is much like critical reasoning 101: who, what, why, when and how.
Strategy = 1 + 1 > 2.
Strategy is condensing the most complex of ideas, challenges and objectives into an equation that makes business sense.
Strategy is having the courage to say NO.
Strategy is about framing the problem
strategy is a filter to make any decision.
strategy is understanding what role each component plays.
strategy is… more fun when pronounced strategery..
Strategy = Aim + Adjustable Action plan
Strategy is what turns something complicated into something [much] simpler.
Inspire
putting your pants on BEFORE your shoes = strategy.
Strategy is the creative insight that reality overlooks.
Here’s where I use all the German I know:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51184404@N07/4706075965/
I don’t give a fuck about strategy, do it, if it works, do it again, if it doesn’t, don’t
Tactic without strategy is the noise before defeat
Sun Tzu
Strategy = Google Maps
Strategy is conscious decision making
Strategy is the blueprint of action.
Strategy = Coherence
strategy is to think about what you want to do in your holidays.
Strategy is the plans you make to enable your vision