Strategy Is Not About Deciding What To Be
This is a dangerous misconception.
I plan to live forever. So far, everything is going according to plan
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“Strategy is about deciding what to be.”
I spotted this idea in one of my fellow strategist’s posts on LinkedIn.
And I believe this is a dangerous misconception.
Strategic thinking biases – part 3
It’s not about ambitions
Frank Underwood, the main character of the first five seasons of House of Cards, is a very unpleasant man. He is definitely not the person you would hold up as an example to your children.
But what makes him so disgusting? Is it the fact that he’s ready to do everything for the power, including killing or framing people?
Would Underwood be nicer if he hadn’t broken laws or violated moral principles? I don’t think so. At the end of the article, I’ll explain why.
According to a survey, 51% of men and 38% of women said they were “very” or “extremely” ambitious – while 23% of women and 16% of men called themselves “not so ambitious,” or denied being amb…