Writing a Strategy Paper

A step-by-step guide to researching, structuring and writing concise strategic advice.

Strategy Lessons From Executives

Six executive strategy questions answered with frameworks, trade-offs and actionable advice.

Gilbert's Law

Responsibility includes finding the way

The Contrarian CEO

Why credible disagreement requires sharper evidence, clearer framing and more disciplined communication than consensus language does

Beer Distribution Game

Local decisions can destabilize the whole supply chain

Zermelo's Theorem

Deterministic games have forced outcomes or drawable positions

Falkland Law

Not deciding can be the best decision

Lucas Critique

Policy changes can break past statistical patterns

Gresham's Law

Equivalence rules often reward the lower standard

Cobra Effect

Reward Outcomes, Not Loopholes

Strategy: Poker Not Chess

Imperfect information, luck and bluffing make poker the better analogy for strategy.

Digitization Drives Schumpeterian Change

Digitization boosts profits and wages but rewards only the prepared industries.