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May 2023
11m 54s

The Difference Between a Plan and a Stra...

Harvard Business Review
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Planning is comforting but it’s a terrible way to make strategy, says Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. In contrast, setting strategy should push your organization outside its comfort zone. 
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