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Mismatch – the Heart of a Strategy
Trick question Question 1: What do successful strategies for drilling a board, catching a pass and winning a dogfight have in common? Answer: a mismatch between an advantage and a vulnerability. Question 2: In what way is Question 1 a trick question? Answer: because at bottom all successful strategies are based on a mismatch – it has nothing to do with the specifics of the 3 examples. And that’s the point. To have a successful strategy of any kind, you have to arrange for a mismatch that will result in getting to your objective. And what is a mismatch? It’s a disparity in some … Continue reading →
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