http://www.scottgatz.com/2006/02/16/strategic-and-tactical/ I learn something new every day Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:56:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.scottgatz.com/2006/02/16/strategic-and-tactical/#comment-127146 5 Great Blog Posts on Product Management « jeffbirkeland.com Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:56:12 +0000 http://www.scottgatz.com/blog/2006/02/16/strategic-and-tactical/#comment-127146 [...] Post: Strategic AND Tactical Who: Scott Gatz, (former Yahoo!) Favorite quote: “Winning companies have always recognized [...] [...] Post: Strategic AND Tactical Who: Scott Gatz, (former Yahoo!) Favorite quote: “Winning companies have always recognized [...]

]]> http://www.scottgatz.com/2006/02/16/strategic-and-tactical/#comment-592 Duncan Unwin Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:33:56 +0000 http://www.scottgatz.com/blog/2006/02/16/strategic-and-tactical/#comment-592 Fundamentally Strategy without Tactics is futile and Tactics without Strategy is pointless. My experience is that those you claim to be tactical (and not Strategic) usually mean they don't like thinking about hard problems. Sometimes those claiming to be strategic are just vague and disconnected. I once posed this distinction to a Maj Gen. commanding an infrantry division and they broke into laughter - it is such a silly distinction. Fundamentally Strategy without Tactics is futile and Tactics without Strategy is pointless. My experience is that those you claim to be tactical (and not Strategic) usually mean they don’t like thinking about hard problems. Sometimes those claiming to be strategic are just vague and disconnected. I once posed this distinction to a Maj Gen. commanding an infrantry division and they broke into laughter - it is such a silly distinction.

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