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Max McKeown is a writer born in 1969, whose works cover a range of fields including business, technology, and personal development.

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“The future is more than the sum of the past”

Change History Learning Future Strategy Strategic Adaptability

Book:The Strategy Book

Source: The Strategy Book

“Innovation is about practical creativity - it's about making new ideas useful...”

Ideas Creativity Dreams Innovation Strategy Value Making A Difference Practicality

Author:Max McKeown

“You can tell a fool they oughta, but can you make them think?”

Thinking Leadership Learning Strategy Wisdom Quotations Foolishness Strategic Adaptability

Book:The Strategy Book

Source: The Strategy Book

“Strategy is simple, but simple is complex.”

Strategy Strategic Strategy Quotes Strategic Thinking Strategy For Life

Book:The Strategy Book

Source: The Strategy Book

“Strategy is not a solo sport, even if you're the CEO.”

“Strategy is about shaping the future.”

Business Strategy Shaping The Future

Book:The Innovation Book: How to Manage Ideas and Execution for Outstanding Results

Source: The Innovation Book: How to Manage Ideas and Execution for Outstanding Results

“The smart strategist allows strategy to be shaped by events. Good reactions can make great strategy. Strategy involves competition of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the organization to achieve them. So part of the risk is created by the strategy.”

Goal Differences Ability Risk Achieve Events Smart Organization Strategy Competition Reactions Strategist

Author:Max McKeown

“Strategy is about out-thinking your competition. Mark Zuckerberg, while at Harvard, built a website called Facemash ‘for fun’. Even today, Facebook believe that ‘done is better than perfect’.”

Thinking Believe Done Today Fun Perfect Built Mark Strategy Competition Website Harvard Zuckerberg

Author:Max McKeown

“Strategy was first used in Athens (508 BC) to describe the art of leadership used by the ten generals on the war council. Some argue for the more creative, human side, while others argue for the more analytic side of strategy.”

Firsts Humans Art War Used Sides Creative Ten Strategy Arguing Council Analytics Athens

Author:Max McKeown

“A great strategy meeting is a meeting of minds.”

Mind Strategy Meetings Meetings Of The Minds

Book:The Strategy Book ePub eBook: How to Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding Results

Source: The Strategy Book ePub eBook: How to Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding Results

“Strategy and culture should have breakfast together.”

Should Together Culture Should Have Strategy Breakfast

Author:Max McKeown

“Give serious thought to why your company should care about your strategy. Specifically, find problems that the board wants to be solved. What are senior managers scared of? Part of becoming a credible strategic thinker is learning effective approaches to selling ideas for your situation. You’ll know that you’re getting better at selling (or pitching) strategy when managers start coming to you when there is strategic thinking to be done.”

“The real heart of strategy is the strategist.”

Heart Real Strategy Strategist Real Heart

Book:The Strategy Book ePub eBook: How to Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding Results

Source: The Strategy Book ePub eBook: How to Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding Results

“Brilliant strategy is the best route to desirable ends with available means.”

Mean Ends Strategy Available Brilliant Routes Desirable

Author:Max McKeown

“With a clever strategy, each action is self-reinforcing. Each action creates more options that are mutually beneficial. Each victory is not just for today but for tomorrow.”

Self Today Action Victory Tomorrow Strategy Clever Beneficial Just For Today

Author:Max McKeown

“How much time have you invested in thinking about strategy? How many options have you considered before the plan was written? How have you ensured that the thinking behind the plan is challenged? How much time do you spend exploring trends, possibilities and cool stuff? How much time is spent playing with ideas, hopes and dreams?”

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Author:Max McKeown

“Corporate strategy is usually only useful if you get people engaged with helping you to make it work.”

People Ifs Helping Strategy Corporate Engaged

Book:The Strategy Book ePub eBook: How to Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding Results

Source: The Strategy Book ePub eBook: How to Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding Results

About the Author

Born: 1969
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 40

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The Strategy Book ePub eBook: How to Think and Act Strategically to Deliver Outstanding ResultsRelated source material

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#NOW: The Surprising Truth about the Power of NowRelated source material

Innovation Book, The: How to Manage Ideas and Execution for Outstanding ResultsRelated source material

The Truth about InnovationRelated source material

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