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The key takeaways from "Your Strategy Needs a Strategy" that are actionable for entrepreneurs or managers are:
1. Understand the five strategy archetypes: Be Clear, Be Fast, Be First, Be the Orchestrator, and Be Viable. Each archetype is suited to a different kind of business environment.
2. Apply the right strategy archetype based on your business environment: Stable, Predictable, Unpredictable, Malleable.
3. Manage your strategy approach deliberately within each subunit of your organization.
4. Be flexible and switch between approaches over time or mix them as needed.
5. Allow each unit to choose which strategic approach to implement, fostering self-organization.
6. Source different approaches externally through an ecosystem of players that self-organize.
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Separation: Deliberately manage which approach to strategy belongs in each subunit; division, function, etc. Switching: Manage a shared pool of resources and switch between approaches over time or mix them as needed. Self-organization: Each unit chooses which strategic approach to implement. External ecosystem: Different approaches are sourced externally through an ecosystem of players that self-organize.
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We live in a business world that is in constant flux. But when you learn and understand the five strategy archetypes and how to execute them, you will...
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