Allow me a philosophical parallel.
Plato is known as the philosopher of ideas, inventing great theories and ideas. Aristotle, on the other hand, is much more realistic and experienced-based. He is known as the philosopher of actions.
If strategists were philosophers, they would like the idea of inventing a new world into Platoโs Academia. But more importantly they would love to activate it intoโs Aristotle Lyceum.
โStrategy is a fancy word for coming up with a long-term plan and ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ says Ellie Pidot in an unorthodox but terribly correct definition of strategy. Too often organisations end up with the right theoretical ideas, with the critical choices made, but stop at the design phase, as Platoโs disciples.
๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ. How do you ensure that your strategy is not just a fancy document?
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?
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Author: Anael Granoux