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Strategy Is Action

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Aug 1, 2024

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 Platoโ€™s Academia. But more importantly they would love to activate it intoโ€™s Aristotle Lyceum.

โ€œStrategy is a fancy word for coming up with a long-term plan and ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€ 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 Platoโ€™s disciples.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. How do you ensure that your strategy is not just a fancy document?

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?

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Author: Anael Granoux