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To align teams and strike this balance, the GDS uses what it calls “mission statements.” Mission statements give “broad direction and boundaries to a problem space” that each team owns. This information provides strategic direction, guidelines about the constraints teams must observe, and, at the same time, the autonomy for teams to find the best solution to the problem they’ve been given.
Sense and Respond
Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden
The purpose of data is *knowledge*. We shall define knowledge as “theories or models that allow you to predict the outcomes of your business actions.”
Becoming Data Driven, From First Principles
Commoncog
Bad strategy is long on goals and short on policy or action. It assumes that goals are all you need. It puts forward strategic objectives that are incoherent and, sometimes, totally impracticable. It uses high-sounding words and phrases to hide these failings.
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
Richard Rumelt
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