Rumelt escreveu um capítulo dedicado ao tema da coerência estratégica, "Creating Coherent Action". Nele faz um exercício que julgo já ter feito aqui no blog várias vezes. Por exemplo:
- Recordo Acham isto normal? Ou a inconsistência estratégica! Ou jogar bilhador como um amador! de Agosto de 2009
- Recordo No país do Chapeleiro Louco (parte II) de Março de 2022
"In companies ... coherence is the consequence of a deep narrow focus, assiduously avoiding product proliferations and growth for growth’s sake....COHERENT ACTIONS SUPPORT one another. At the simplest level, coherence means that actions and policies do not contradict each other. In the best of cases, coherence comes from actions working synergistically to create additional power."
"Having seventeen inconsistent goals is the indulgence of politicians. A strategist would face such an exuberance of inconsistent ambition by selecting a consistent subset and pushing the rest aside, at least for a while....One sees how coherence is easily lost. The cost of coherence is saying no to many interests with reasonable values and arguments. A strategist tries to not be a politician. The art of compromise and building the big tent that everyone can shelter under is not that of the strategist. [Moi ici: Num país a precisar de reformas estruturais, num país a precisar de escolhas... temos a alquimia da negociação, os tavares desta vida com os seus estudos e observatórios. Só temos o que colectivamente merecemos. Como diz e repete Joaquim Aguiar: o povo tem sempre razão, mesmo quando não a tem: Lemingues ao poder!!!] Rather, it is coherence aimed at the crux of the problem. The politician arrives after the strategist's victory, sharing the gains among those who have won the day and those who stood aside. [Moi ici: Vêm fazer as reversões. Só que sem criar riqueza primeiro...]...[Moi ici: Bazookas] The United States spent about $2 trillion on the Afghan project. When large amounts of money are thrown at a problem, not only is there corruption, but each element of the military and each civilian government agency sees the opportunity to fund its own favorite programs. This, of course, leads to incoherence of action on the ground."