Executive Summary
In this episode, I lay out a strategic implementation lesson I learned during my corporate time that can be applied equally to the political world, which emphasizes the importance of aligning people with your new strategy. Trump, Elon, and Vivek will be well-served if they utilize this approach as will anyone and everyone who wishes to implement change effectively. I also explore the concept of “war by other means,” examining the currency hits being taken by the BRICS countries.
Strategy Adoption Framework
In my experience, a successful strategy is about knowing where you want to go and how you’re going to get there. It’s crucial to understand that when a new strategy is introduced, people will fall into one of four ‘boxes’: openly supportive, openly against, covertly supportive, or covertly against. The goal is to move as many people as possible into the openly supportive category, or “box one.” Those who are covertly against the strategy, or “box four,” can be particularly damaging and need to be addressed decisively. The term for this is to conduct a “public hanging” which means firing them, on the spot, in front of their colleagues. Doing this has a delightful effect on the attitudes of the remaining people. Magically, most of them will suddenly see the importance of supporting the new strategy.
War by Other Means
Next, we are witnessing an economic war where it seems possible that currencies are being targeted to destabilize nations.
by mrwisit 
