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Wolfram
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 Intelligence
Primary Evidence
"All the complexity in the real world can be generated, Wolfram shows, by the repeated action of these “simple machines.”"
Source:Certain to Win
"Wolfram shows that all complex systems are in a sense equivalent to a simple type of system known as a “cellular automata,” and his company even sells a program that will let you experiment with them yourself."
Source:Certain to Win