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Klein
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Strategic ManeuverEngage with the Expected, Win with the Surprising
Mental ModelSnowmobile Synthesis from Unrelated Parts
Implementation TacticPromote the Practitioners, Remove the Resisters
Strategic ManeuverShape the Market Before the Fight Begins
Operating PrincipleFingerspitzengefühl Through Deliberate Apprenticeship
Mental ModelImplicit Communication Beats Explicit by Orders of Magnitude
Identity & CultureGarden Design Over Seed Selection
Competitive AdvantageEinheit Outweighs Weapons Count
Mental ModelOrientation Is the Schwerpunkt, Not Speed
Structural VulnerabilityTwenty-Eight Years to Install Toyota's System
Mental ModelIf You Can Be Sand-Tabled, You Have No Strategy
Competitive AdvantageAsymmetric Fast Transients Beat Superior Force
Identity & CultureSurvival on Your Own Terms as Strategic North Star
Risk DoctrineClosed Systems Always Run Down
Strategic ManeuverReconnaissance Pull Over Central Planning
Capital StrategyCost Reduction as Daily Operating Discipline
Implementation TacticMission Contract Replaces Micromanagement
Structural VulnerabilityFog Grows Inside the Slower Organization
Decision FrameworkBe the Customer, Literally
Mental ModelSchwerpunkt Is a Focusing Concept, Not a Goal
Mental ModelBad News Is the Only Useful Intelligence
Primary Evidence
"Klein labeled it as one of the primary “sources of power.”"
Source:Certain to Win
"Boyd used the term “implicit guidance and control” similarly to Klein’s “recognition primed decisions,” that is, in contrast to a formal decision-making methodology that creates and selects among alternatives."
Source:Certain to Win