1. The World of Strategic Thinking

Question 1

What distinguishes genuine strategy from other forms of planning?

Answer 1

1. The dynamic of action and reaction that yields optimum results

Question 2

What does Strategic Intent mean?

Answer 2

1. The big ideas that strategy aims to advance, or the intent that compels us to think about the future

Question 3

What is “Strategy”?

Answer 3

1. A way of perceiving and considering the future of our aims in mind

Question 4

What major lesson can we learn from Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War?

Answer 4

1. Reality is a fluid nature and every practitioner of strategy must constantly adapt to it

Question 5

What contribution did the French general Antoine de Jomini give to strategy in his 19th Century book “Summary of the Art of War”?

Answer 5

1. The importance of interior lines of communication and a concentration of force

Question 6

Who was Carl von Clausewitz

Answer 6

1. A Prussian general

Question 7

How did Carl von Clausewitz contribute to the world of strategic thinking?

Answer 7

1. He believed uncertainty, chance, and probability were 3/4 of conflict

Question 8

Who was Sir Basil Liddel Hart?

Answer 8

1. A 20th Century strategist who coined the “Indirect Approach”

Question 9

What does the concept of the Indirect Approach refer to?

Answer 9

1. The idea that one should never attack the enemy head on if possible, but find an alternative route

Question 10

How are strategy and tactics related?

Answer 10

1. Strategy encompasses tactics, but cannot be divorced from them