Being Strategic

being "strategic" largely means being less myopic than your undeliberative self.

Being strategic is being less myopic--less shortsighted--than others.  You must perceive and take into account what others do not, be they colleagues or rivals.  Being less myopic is not the same as pretending you can see the future.  You must work with the facts on the ground, not the vague outlines of the distant future.  

Whether it is insight into industry trends, anticipating the actions and reactions of competitors, insight into your own competencies and resources, or stretching your own thinking to cover more of the bases and resist your own biases, being "strategic" largely means being less myopic than your undeliberative self.

ACTION POINT: Work with the facts on the ground to perceive and take into account what others do not.