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Pentagon
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Strategic ManeuverEngage with the Expected, Win with the SurprisingMental ModelSnowmobile Synthesis from Unrelated PartsImplementation TacticPromote the Practitioners, Remove the ResistersStrategic ManeuverShape the Market Before the Fight BeginsOperating PrincipleFingerspitzengefühl Through Deliberate ApprenticeshipMental ModelImplicit Communication Beats Explicit by Orders of MagnitudeIdentity & CultureGarden Design Over Seed SelectionCompetitive AdvantageEinheit Outweighs Weapons CountMental ModelOrientation Is the Schwerpunkt, Not SpeedStructural VulnerabilityTwenty-Eight Years to Install Toyota's SystemMental ModelIf You Can Be Sand-Tabled, You Have No StrategyCompetitive AdvantageAsymmetric Fast Transients Beat Superior ForceIdentity & CultureSurvival on Your Own Terms as Strategic North StarRisk DoctrineClosed Systems Always Run DownStrategic ManeuverReconnaissance Pull Over Central PlanningCapital StrategyCost Reduction as Daily Operating DisciplineImplementation TacticMission Contract Replaces MicromanagementStructural VulnerabilityFog Grows Inside the Slower OrganizationDecision FrameworkBe the Customer, LiterallyMental ModelSchwerpunkt Is a Focusing Concept, Not a GoalMental ModelBad News Is the Only Useful IntelligenceCapital StrategyCorporation as Conscience-Free MachineCapital StrategyControl Wealth, Don't Just Own ItCornerstone MoveGovernment Steel In, Foreign Flag OutCornerstone MoveCharter First, Build With Their CreditStrategic PatternCargo Creates the Need for ShipsRisk DoctrinePrivate Companies Beyond Government EyesSignature MovePay Yourself Through Your Own CompaniesCapital StrategyFloat Capital as Free LeverageSignature MovePaper Clip Frugality as Operating ReligionSignature MoveYacht Diplomacy to Close ChartersSignature MoveFrontier Ventures Where No One Else Will GoStrategic PatternProfitable Service Over Growth for GrowthOperating PrincipleIncorporating Problem Causers Into SolutionsCapital StrategyMoral Obligation Bond InnovationStrategic PatternBear Hug Takeover StrategySignature MoveRelationship Banking Over Transaction FocusSignature MoveGovernment Partnership During Business CrisisSignature MoveTheater in High-Stakes NegotiationsDecision FrameworkSquare Pegs Into Round HolesSignature MoveCrisis Action Before Complete Data
Primary Evidence
"In all the battles and business examples noted in chapter II, as well as in the Pentagon and World Trade Center attacks, groups of dedicated people found and exploited weaknesses in their larger and better-financed adversaries."
Source:Certain to Win
"From everyday life: The art of the possible in a world where constraints force us to choose between unpleasant or imperfect alternatives. Retired Pentagon official and long-time Boyd associate Franklin C. Spinney, author of Defense Facts of Life."
Source:Certain to Win
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