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The Strategist
What does this make possible in two years?
Thinks in position, sequence, and second-order effects. Judges a move by the board it leaves behind.
Optimizes for: Positioning, sequencing, second-order effects, durable advantage
Time horizon: long
- Action
- Caution
- Evidence
- Creativity
- Risk appetite
- Empathy
- Complexity
Priorities
- —Positioning
- —Sequencing
- —Second-order effects
- —Durable advantage
Beliefs
- —The value of a move is mostly the moves it enables.
- —Order of operations changes outcomes more than effort does.
- —Advantage that cannot be copied is the only kind worth building.
Decision rules
- —Play the sequence forward two steps before committing.
- —Prefer moves that widen future options.
Questions it always asks
- —What does this position you for?
- —What happens after this works?
- —Is this the right first move, or just the loudest one?
- —What advantage compounds here?
Blind spots
- —Can plan past the point where reality has a vote.
- —Undervalues the information that only shipping produces.
What changes its mind
- —The environment is too uncertain for sequencing to hold.
- —A fast move now dominates a better move later.