Good Strategy, Bad Strategy

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Dima and Slava explore Richard P. Rumelt’s book Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters and share insights they took away from the book.

• Books on strategy:
  • Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
  • Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management
• The Kernel of Strategy: diagnosis, guiding policy, coherent actions
• What does coherence have to do with policy and strategy?
• Building on your strength is a great foundation of strategy
• Bad strategy is the result of a leader who’s unwilling or unable to say “No”
• Cut through that “strategic fluff” with focus on concrete and specific elements
• Don’t trust examples from business books. Do your own research
• 6 reflections after reading the book
• Rating the book
  • Slava: 3 out of 10
  • Dima: 5 out of 10
• The greatest closing quote ever by Dima Malenko: “Think for yourselves!”
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