From Other Sources · Leadership & Work
A Plan Is Not a Strategy
Shared from Alan (AJ) Silber on LinkedIn
The picture in words
Top, Strategy (Logic): Money, Means, Market and Meaning around a central Magic, all linked by two-way arrows, with Momentum feeding in and Meaning branching to three goals.
Bottom, Plan (Process): a one-way flowchart of activities passed across four departments, ending in two goals.
Many confuse a plan with a strategy.
But they are fundamentally different.
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- --> A plan is a set of actions.
- --> A strategy is a direction towards a goal.
Why does this matter?
Plans alone don’t win wars. Strategies do.
Think of it like this:
- --> A plan outlines steps.
- --> A strategy gives purpose to those steps.
With a strategy, you adapt. With a plan, you follow.
Plans can fail. Strategies evolve.
👉 Here’s why a plan is NOT a strategy:
--> Plans are about doing.
--> Strategies are about thinking.
--> Plans are finite.
--> Strategies are ongoing.
--> Plans are tactics.
--> Strategies are visions.
It's time to shift your mindset.
Build strategies, not just plans.
Source: Alan (AJ) Silber on LinkedIn; adapted from the work of Jeroen Kraaijenbrink.