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Dima and Slava explore Richard P. Rumelt’s book Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters and share insights they took away from the book.

• https://www.amazon.com/Good-Strategy-Bad-Difference-Matters/dp/0307886239
• https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Safari-Through-Strategic-Management/dp/0743270576
• The Kernel of Strategy: diagnosis, guiding policy, coherent actions
• What does coherence have to do with policy and strategy?
• Building on your strength is a great foundation of strategy
• Bad strategy is the result of a leader who’s unwilling or unable to say “No”
• Cut through that “strategic fluff” with focus on concrete and specific elements
• Don’t trust examples from business books. Do your own research
• 6 reflections after reading the book
• Rating the book: 3 and 5 out of 10

• The greatest closing quote ever by Dima Malenko: “Think for yourselves!”
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