Let the sparrow out of your hand –

and what else there is to say about the strategy

My 10+5 favourite quotes on strategy. 

With the Strategy term we describe our idea of how we could get there from here.

This idea shows the plan to get from an actual state to a target state, describes the path from here to the imagined, desirable goal.

These The power of our imaginationwhich we have already seen emerge in our collection of quotes and aphorisms on the modern idea of the „future“, is sometimes ridiculed („Plans are what you make while life is happening.“ or something like that…), but the‘ fundamental upheavals that go hand in hand with this are impressively demonstrated by our individual and social development.

So here are my 10 favourites for strategy.

PS: If you miss a quote, please let us know in the comments section! The readers – and the author – will thank you.

Strategic findings

1. Start by looking at the essence of the whole. Parts and the whole must always be considered together.

(C. von Clausewitz)

2. Go where the puck will be when you get there, not where the puck is right now.

(W. Gretzky)

3. Recognise yourself. Be aware of the limits of your knowledge.

(Socrates)

4. Know your enemy and recognise yourself.

(Sun Tsu)

5. the cat must jump into the future of the mouse

(unknown)

Strategic decisions

6. Decide and act in a way that creates more options.

(H.v. Foerster)

7. Nothing in life is really as important as you think it is when you think about it.

(D. Kahneman, Focus Illusion)

8. Identification of the few really important levers (20% of possible actions) to achieve the majority (80%) of the objectives.

(V. Pareto)

9. Plans usually require more time and take longer to realise than one might expect, even if the Hofstadter principle is taken into account.

(D. Hofstadter)

10. we must let the sparrow out of our hands so that the dove can find its place from the roof.

(S. Weigel)

A few more…

11. "Culture eats strategy for breakfast."

(Peter F. Drucker)

12. "In reality strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell."

(Jack Welch)

13. „Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.“

(Mike Tyson)

14. „Once you are seen as a man of power who coolly plans everything, chance coagulates into strategy “

(Gerhard Schröder)

15. "We tried a different strategy in the second half, but it was clearly the wrong one."

(Kurt Jara)

Are you missing a quote that you would definitely add to the strategy?

Please let us know in the comment function…thank you!