Estratégia versus plano

"Strategy myopia occurs when we fail to identify who we seek to serve, and focus on what we seek to produce instead. Empathy gives us a strategic advantage.

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Empathy begins with the humility to acknowledge that you don't know what others know, want what they want, or believe what they believe ... and that's okay. If we're not prepared to move to where our customers are hoping to go, it's unlikely that they'll care enough to adopt what we care about.
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You cannot compromise your way to an elegant strategy. Effective strategies come from tiny teams and insightful individuals, not committees. While it's tempting to invite people with power on the org chart to sit with us as we develop our strategy, this myopic move will likely amplify the defense of sunk costs.
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To avoid strategic myopia, begin by looking for problems.
Problems demand solutions, and solutions become projects, and then, eventually, projects become industries.
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An ongoing study of strategy implementation has repeatedly found that leaders typically spend less than one day a month working on and discussing the organization's strategy. The likely reason: It's easier to focus on plans and performance instead. Strategy feels soft, while there's "real work" to be done right now. [Moi ici: Isto faz-me lembrar algo que li há mais de 20 anos: "Nobody takes them seriously. They do "sissy work"... compared to "real men" who toil in "steel mills." (Oops, the latter are about gone.)" retirado de "Re-Imagine" de Tom Peters]
But as many other strategy experts have warned over the years, if you're going in the wrong direction, it doesn't matter how fast you're going.
Work on strategy today. You can always make plans tomorrow."

Trechos retirados de "How to Avoid Strategy Myopia" de Seth Godin.