Ruminations from the Compass Desk

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The two grand objectives of most businesses are: knowing the state of one's competition and knowing the future. ... Since none of us are not psychics, we preferred the former option. ...

From our view, the Big Tangible Picture should have some of the following attributes:

• the state of your competition;
• the configuration of your terrain and beyond;
• the cyclical state of the competitive terrain; etc.

By knowing the relevant information from the Big Tangible Picture, one mitigates the risks and the impact of possible black swans.

q: Currently, what is in your Big Picture?

q: Can you see the strategic points that lead to the current and the new profit opportunities?

q: Can you see the strategic points that lead to the current and the new cost cutting opportunities?

q: Can you see the strategic risk benefits and the risk consequences that are behind the discovered opportunities?

q: Does your Big Picture connects with the Big Tangible Picture?