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Isn't strategy the answer to the how question? Why is usually called "vision", even though in many cases it amounts to "making money with the tools and knowledg

• blowski 5y ago
  I define strategy as how you are going to leverage your strengths and overcome your weaknesses (in comparison to competitors) in order to achieve your vision.
• icegreentea2 5y ago
  From a top down perspective, strategy is a how. As you say, it is how you accomplish your vision. But from a bottom up (implementation) standpoint, it can also be a why. Why are you doing these particular actions? As part of the strategy to accomplish the goal. A well articulated strategy acts as a linking layer between ultra-high level goals and lower level decisions. We don't expect all actors in a large enough organization to re-derive all of their plans from first principles (nor do we want them to always do that), so a well defined strategy is essentially a pre-determined framework to operate in.