| Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. | | | | | | | | | | | | | MARCH 9, 2010 | | Answer these Strategy Questions Simultaneously | | | The two essential strategic choices are where to play and how to win. Answering these questions requires analysis and logic, yes, but most importantly, creative integration. Many good strategists only focus on one of those questions, trying diligently to figure out how to globalize or deliver a new product. A master strategist addresses both questions simultaneously and ensures the answers fit together. Don't rely on a single logic or analysis, but creatively integrate your company's choice about what market to play in and how to win there. The integration is what sets superb strategies apart from those that go nowhere. | | | | | | Read the full post and join the discussion » | | | | | | | | RELATED PRODUCT |  | | | HBR's Must-Reads on Strategy | | | HBR Article Collection | | | Is your company spending enormous time and energy on strategy development, with little to show for your efforts? We've combed through hundreds of HBR articles on strategy and selected the most important ones to help galvanize your organization's strategy development and execution. | | | | | | | | | | ADVERTISEMENT | | | |  | | | | | | | Follow the Tip: |  |  | | | | | | | BEST SELLERS | | | | | | | | PREVIOUS TIPS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Copyright © 2010 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved.
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