Category Archive: Strategy

Nov
22

Frogs and Pigs Can Talk, Penguins and Chickens Can’t

From a NYTimes piece on Bret McKenzie’s work writing songs for the new Muppet Movie: It’s a sacred endeavor because, to a certain generation, of which McKen­zie is part (he is 35), the Muppets are a found­ational part of childhood; writing a song for Kermit is a bit like writing a song for a blankie …

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Oct
21

Edward Luttwak on Strategy and Organizational Behavior

From this Tablet Interview, Edward Luttwak on Strategy: [Strategic thinking is] a gift like mathematics. The paradoxical logic of strategy contradicts the logic of everyday life, it goes against all normal definitions of intelligence we have. It only makes sense if you understand the dialectic And on styles of leadership and bureaucracy: But when such a …

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