4 Metaphors for Strategy

A good strategy defines a critical challenge. What is more, it builds a bridge between that challenge and action, between desire and immediate objectives that lie within grasp. -- from Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt There’s so much I didn’t understand about strategy before I read this book.

We need to see the problem clearly so that we can create a range of solutions that make sense for that particular problem. Of course, there’s never just one problem. Everything is always a maze of interlocking problems, of causes and effects, of systems issues and policy issues and individual