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How to Use Benchmarks for Positioning
The Six Extreme Positions
Gary Gagliardi
Jan 21, 2022
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Five Aspects of Command
Strategy Requires Conscious Choice
Gary Gagliardi
Apr 12, 2021
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Discovering Shared Values
Strategic success depends on our enjoying making others happy.
Gary Gagliardi
Apr 26, 2021
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How to Avoid Spread-Out Positions
In this week’s article, we are going to discuss several analogies that can help us recognize spread-out positions. As we discussed in our last article…
Gary Gagliardi
Jan 26, 2022
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Direction from Mission
Positions are no points but paths whose direction is determined by mission.
Gary Gagliardi
Apr 8, 2021
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How to Use Fixed Positions
My next two articles will be about a special characteristic of strategic positions called “holding power.” Holding power determines the“stickiness” or…
Gary Gagliardi
Feb 24, 2022
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Finite Resources = Infinite Value
The human mind is limited so we cannot deal with a million moving parts. Sun Tzu's strategy teaches us to focus on a handful of key ingredients: the…
Gary Gagliardi
Oct 11, 2022
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How Crises Changes Friends into Enemies
"Your rivals will multiply as your army collapses and they will begin against you." Sun Tzu's The Art of War 2:1:20 In Sun Tzu’s strategy, we normally…
Gary Gagliardi
Sep 9, 2022
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Competitive Ground
Where we are now dictates where we can easily go next.
Gary Gagliardi
Apr 14, 2021
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The Future of the Science of Strategy Institute and Its Training Products
For over twenty years, I have been building up a wealth of valuable training material about Sun Tzu’s principles at ScienceOfStrategy.com. However, the…
Gary Gagliardi
Jun 24, 2022
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Specific Moments for the Surprise of Momentum
"If your position is everywhere, your momentum is zero." Douglas Hostadter The momentum created by surprise can be used to overcome inertia in all its…
Gary Gagliardi
Apr 29, 2022
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How to Recognize Opportunities
"A good deal happens in a man's life that he isn't responsible for. Fortunate openings occur; but it is safe to remember that such "breaks" are…
Gary Gagliardi
Dec 1, 2021
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