#strategy

Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed that when it is needful to be otherwise you may be able to change to the opposite qualities. And it must be understood that a prince, and especially a new prince, cannot observe all those things which are considered good in men, being often obliged, in order to maintain the state, to act against faith, against charity, against humanity, and against religion. And, therefore, he must have a mind disposed to adapt itself according to the wind, and as the variations of fortune dictate, and, as I said before, not deviate from what is good, if possible, but be able to do evil if constrained. ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

#strategy #change

They are not working in sync. Working on the same thing at the same time is not as effective as working on the same thing a the same time with the same strategy. ↗

— Reggie Joiner

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Numerical superiority is of no consequence. In battle, victory will go to the best tactician."- G. A. Custer ↗

— Robert Lynn Asprin

#strategy #humor

The smart strategist allows strategy to be shaped by events. Good reactions can make great strategy. Strategy involves competition of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the organization to achieve them. So part of the risk is created by the strategy. ↗

— Max McKeown

#goals #innovation #leadership #management-and-leadership #risk

The real heart of strategy is the strategist. ↗

— Max McKeown

#leadership #strategist #strategy #leadership

Learn how to think a few moves ahead at once. In life, if you can anticipate the human mind, you can anticipate all possible futures. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#life-philosophy #possibility #strategy #inspirational

Whether you say you can or you can't, you're right. ↗

— Doug Worley

#saugus-high-school #strategy-class #life

Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number. The other rule is, never fight against heavy odds, if by any possible maneuvering you can hurl your own force on only a part, and that the weakest part, of your enemy and crush it. Such tactics will win every time, and a small army may thus destroy a large one in detail, and repeated victory will make it invincible. ↗

— Stonewall Jackson

#operations-strategy #tactics #men

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood. ↗

— Joanne Harris

#motive #planning #purpose #strategy #motivational

Corporate strategy is usually only useful if you get people engaged with helping you to make it work. ↗

— Max McKeown

#empowerment #engagement #hr #management #motivation