Quotes About Strategy

I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.

MY STYLE of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I'm after.

Managers do not solve problems, they manage messes. —RUSSELL ACKOFF,

Managers are not confronted with problems that are independent of each other, but with dynamic situations that consist of complex systems of changing problems that interact with each other. I call such situations messes.... Managers do not solve problems, they manage messes. -RUSSELL ACKOFF,' operations theorist

Managers do not solve problems, they manage messes.

In the end, it seems that mastery has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with strategically, profoundly, madly, letting go and dancing with the system.

Managers are not confronted with problems that are independent of each other, but with dynamic situations that consist of complex systems of changing problems that interact with each other. I call such situations messes. . . . Managers do not solve problems, they manage messes. —RUSSELL ACKOFF,

Physical structure is crucial in a system, but is rarely a leverage point, because changing it is rarely quick or simple. The leverage point is in proper design in the first place.

Wear pink. It confuses the enemy.

Fighting with a woman who has set her mind on something is harder than fighting a battalion of armed men The woman is more strategic mentally

You proved your skill and exposed their deceit without uttering a single word of accusation. Brilliant!

If you are going to be underestimated by people who speak more rapidly, the temptation is to speak slowly and strategically and outwit them.

And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing.

A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved.

You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life.

The test conditions that are chosen will depend on the test strategy or detailed test approach. For example, they might be based on risk, models of the system, likely failures, compliance requirements, expert advice or heuristics. The word 'heuristic' comes from the same Greek root as eureka, which means 'I find'. A heuristic is a way of directing your attention, a common sense rule useful in solving a problem.

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top.

Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.

An adventure is usually the penalty for lousy planning.

Vision without implementation is counterproductive.

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; and when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other dumb bastard die for his.

assume I'll be driving in the opposite direction from the decoy pickup truck," said Vargas.