June 2009
5 posts
Relevance: New Insights on Strategy
I just finished the book Relevance by David Apgar. It’s a heady read but after plowing through it I think Apgar lays out some pretty insightful and down-to-earth ideas that I can put to use.
The essence of the book is this: strategy should be more about clarifying and testing assumptions and perhaps less about tactics and execution. Making this shift, argues Apgar, is what enables an...
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