Strategy Without Purpose Will Always Fail

Strategy Without Purpose Will Always Fail

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• Author: Greg Satell
• Full_Title: Strategy Without Purpose Will Always Fail
• Category: articles
• URL: https://medium.com/p/6665d891073d
• Last Highlighted Date: 2023-01-29 19:04:14.226603+00:00

Highlights

• When you see the world as the “sum of all efficiencies,” the optimal strategy is to dominate. However, if you see the world as made up of the “sum of all connections,” the optimal strategy is to attract. You need to be careful to be seen as purposeful rather than predatory.
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• Nothing you can derive from military or economic statistics will give you insight into human agency. Excel sheets may not be motivated by purpose, but people are.
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• For a strategy to be meaningful, it needs to speak to people’s values, hopes, dreams and ambitions
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