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Planning
**Planning** is an
• Internally-focused,
• Analytical approach
Focused on making the most of things *within* our control:
• Our People
• Time
• Resources
With the goal of optimizing for *efficiency*.
To produce some end result we think *should* achieve our internal goals.
Strategy
**Strategy**, on the other hand, is a
• Client-centric,
• Creative
• Problem-solving framework
Focused on making choices to influence something *out* of our control:
**Customer behavior**
With the goal of optimizing for *effectiveness*.
In ways that mean success both for *our clients*, as well as for *our business.*
Starting With Planning Is the Best Way to Sabotage Your Product – Do This Instead
Mike Goitein
Strategy is about how an organization will move forward. Doing strategy is figuring out how to advance the organization’s interests.
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
Richard Rumelt
The Role of Leadership And finally, and really the root of the problem, is that in the vast majority of companies I see that are struggling to get any value out of OKRs, the role of leadership is largely missing in action. They literally think that the idea is to let teams identify a set of objectives, and then let them pursue those objectives, and we'll see where we are at the end of the quarter.
Empowered
Marty Cagan and Chris Jones
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