“Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and ninety-nine percent alignment.” [Jim Collins]
In the olden days, the term strategy was chiefly used in the context of military and warfare. It was a plan of execution centered around one goal: To defeat the enemy. At the time, strategy was broadly a two-step process: first, an assessment of the relative strengths and vulnerabilities, and second, a plan to exploit them to vanquish the enemy. The battle maneuvers and tactics stemmed from the strategy.
History is brimming with accounts of triumphs that resulted not from greater strength in numbers or superior weaponry, but better strategy. The battle of Thermopylae fought around 500 BC is the story of ...
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