Strategic Intelligence Club · Session 1
Stop Solving
The Wrong
Problem
We’re discussing Richard Rumelt’s Good Strategy/Bad Strategy to show you how to catch AI handing you a polished answer to the wrong problem, and build a strategy worth spending your time and money on.
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Session 1Richard Rumelt
Everyone walks around like they are the CEO of McKinsey these days now that they have AI tucked into their pocket.
Which all may sound good on Substack but when you try to actually execute any of it? Not quite what Claude promised.
The problem is that they skipped the proper frameworks and the real strategic THINKING behind what it takes to build “Good Strategy.”
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Lenny’s PodcastA conversation
with Richard Rumelt.
Lenny Rachitsky and Richard Rumelt discuss the elements of good strategy, the pitfalls of bad strategy, and how to turn a challenge into an action agenda.
Session 1
Good Strategy/
Bad Strategy
Name the problem your plan is supposed to solve. Then use Rumelt’s kernel to examine how your proposed actions address it.
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01A question to bring with you ↗02The strategy kernel ↗03Richard Rumelt on Lenny’s Podcast ↗Read with us
Bring the plan you’re
about to act on.
For Session 1, bring a current business plan and the obstacle it needs to overcome. We’ll use Good Strategy/Bad Strategy to question the reasoning behind it.
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