Strategy
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Strategy is the approach to realize the creation or production of a valuables, see business model (focus in communication, influence and motivation and not coercion)
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- For most of us, the traditional idea behind strategy is the deployment of people against some objective. “If we do X, then we will achieve Y!” This approach entails a “means-ends” model, which creates only first-order effects and limits leadership to the choice of which objective to pursue. An alternative approach is to examine the conditions that would make desirable consequences inevitable. Instead of pursuing one particular objective, the cultivation of the inherent potential within the situation to enable second-order effects makes many different desirable outcomes possible. Means-ends thinking is tactical in nature, while conditions-consequences thinking makes a grand-strategic approach possible. Think of it like tending a garden. What are the conditions that enable life? Success isn’t about putting seeds in the ground. Success is an inevitable outcome when the seeds, soil, lighting, watering, weeding, pruning, pest control, temperature, and seasons are all considered and integrated into a complete picture of what it means to have a garden. Any one of those conditions can threaten the success of the garden if not accounted for. Study the inherent potential of the context closely. What are the indirect options that create multiple desirable possibilities, of which that outcome is one? See Deciphering Sun Tzu for a more in-depth exploration of these ideas.