The Idea That You Can Take Smart

Strategy Is A Pattern In A Stream Of Decisions

Strategies Grow Initially Like Weeds In A Garden, They Are Not Cultivated Like Tomatoes In A Hothouse.

The Great Myth Is The Manager As Orchestra Conductor. It's This Idea Of Standing On A Pedestal And You Wave Your Baton And Accounting Comes In, And You Wave It Somewhere Else And Marketing Chimes In With Accounting, And They All Sound Very Glorious. But Management Is More Like Orchestra Conducting During Rehearsals, When Everything Is Going Wrong.

When The World Is Predictable You Need Smart People. When The World Is Unpredictable You Need Adaptable People.

Learning Is Not Doing; It Is Reflecting On Doing.