The Principle of Strategy — Part 3: A Worksheet for Strategic Thinking

Format: PDF
Page Count: 2 (Not Including Cover)

Part 3 is about the difference — and about the altitude problem underneath it. Most people try to solve problems from ground level, where every detail is visible and none of the shape is. One teaching page, four questions, and a final prompt that asks you to identify which level you've been stuck on.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK THROUGH

The teaching page — The Foundation

• The jigsaw puzzle

• The honest math of it

• Levels of Perspective

• The essence of it

• Closing quote from The Art of War

FORMAT

• 8.5in × 11in, US Letter — prints on standard paper

• Print-ready PDF, designed for handwriting

• Part 3 of the Learning to Develop Powerful Strategies series

WHO IT'S FOR

Anyone who is genuinely working hard on a problem and getting nowhere. Usually that isn't an effort problem — it's an altitude problem. Also strong for team sessions: the three puzzle groups give people fast, non-defensive language for how they each default to working.

WORKS BEST WITH

Part 1 (What Strategy Actually Is) and Part 2 (Strategy, Plan, and Action), which establish the definitions this sheet builds on. Part 3 is where the framework starts pointing back at the reader.