Saddam Hussein

Strategic Concepts & Mechanics

Strategic ManeuverShape the Market Before You Enter It

Mental ModelTrust Is the Bandwidth of Implicit Communication

Structural VulnerabilityBad News Is the Only Useful Intelligence

Implementation TacticSchwerpunkt Over Vision Statement

Strategic PatternAmbiguity Outperforms Deception

Strategic ManeuverEngage with the Expected, Win with the Surprise

Decision FrameworkBe the Customer Literally

Mental ModelReorientation Speed Beats Execution Speed

Identity & CultureGardens Not Machines

Operating PrincipleDirections Beat Goals

Competitive AdvantageGroup Feeling as the Ruling Factor

Strategic ManeuverReconnaissance Pull Over Central Planning

Strategic ManeuverDelight Is the Ch'i of Business

Implementation TacticFingerspitzengefühl Through Decades, Not Seminars

Mental ModelIf You Can Be Modeled, You Have No Strategy

Strategic PatternToyota as Maneuver Warfare in Manufacturing

Mental ModelFog Grows Inside the Slower Organization

Implementation TacticPromote the Doers, Remove the Resisters — One Night

Competitive AdvantageSnowmobile Building as Innovation

Operating PrincipleOrientation as the Schwerpunkt

Implementation TacticThe Mission Contract Replaces Over-Control

Cornerstone MoveOutsider-to-Kingpin Control Loops

Strategic PatternWinning Through Distressed Takeovers

Relationship LeverageCourt of Brokers and Right Hands

Cornerstone MoveAsset Cycling to Capture Volatility

Signature MoveNo-Sentiment Steel Disposal

Strategic PatternOption-Loaded Contract Structures

Risk DoctrineTax Residency as Strategic Moat

Signature MoveMicro-Managed Outsourced Operations

Decision FrameworkBuy Control, Outsource Operations

Competitive AdvantageInformation Edge from Broker Web

Operating PrincipleNo Sentiment for Old Steel

Signature MoveShareholder Cash-Flow Relentlessness

Operating PrincipleDeal-First, Fix-Later Mentality

Cornerstone MoveDeal With Myself for Maximum Leverage

Risk DoctrineFlags and Structures as Shields

Signature MoveRisk Appetite As Primary Weapon

Primary Evidence

"Similarly in the First Gulf War (Desert Storm), the Marines offshore, and a visible massing of forces next to Kuwait, set up Saddam Hussein for Schwarzkopf’…"

Source:Certain to Win

"During the waiting period, on the night of August 2nd, Saddam Hussein attacked his neighbors in Kuwait, changing the global picture. For shipowners with large tankers, this was a day of terror. Instantly, all of Iraq and Kuwait's oil production was cut off from the world market. That was four million barrels a day, most of which was carried by the world's aged and rust-through tanker fleet. If Saddam crossed the border into Saudi Arabia, he could quickly reach the massive oil fields at Ras Tanura and shut off the taps for another eight million barrels a day. Such prospects were the worst imaginable for tanker owners. The world fleet of roughly 300 large tankers has no mission without the oil flow from the Gulf. No other shipowner in the world would have been more heavily affected than John Fredriksen, with two new supertankers delivered and six more on order. Steel worth over four billion kroner without use."

Source:Storeulv (translated)

Appears In Volumes

Certain to Win Storeulv (translated)