Seven Deadly Sins of Strategy
Don’t be a sinning strategist
Changing our life for the better is simple – we all know what to do.
But the world is full of temptations and distractors.
So, we unconsciously lose our way.
When we strategize, our intentions are always good at first. But then, temptations and distractors can lead us astray.
So, falling into one of the seven deadly sins of strategic thinking is easy.
These seven sins are:
Selfishness: Customer neglect
Greed: Shareholder-focused orientation
Naivety: Strategy as a list of goals
Myopia: Ignoring of processes
Laziness: One-page strategy
Arrogance: Overly dense document
Fuzzy thinking: Vague wording
1. Selfishness: Customer neglect
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