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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Strategic thinking...

Too many politicians - and business people - engage in very sloppy thinking driven by emotion and preconceived ideas. What is really needed is a thoughtful consensus on where we want to go before we try to decide what to do.

Lewis Carroll, in the classic 'Alice in Wonderland' defined the problem better, and more succinctly, than any of the management gurus who opine on strategy:

"Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?', responded the Cheshire cat. 'I don't know.' Alice answered. 'Then,' said the cat, 'it doesn't matter.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."


Enough said!

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