Comments on: von Clausewitz, openness, Web 2.0 and War 2.0 http://ceoblog.calicojack.co.uk/2006/10/30/von-clausewitz-openness-web-20-and-war-20/ Calico Jack CEO Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:11:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Paul Sergeant’s Blog » Blog Archive » Telco 2.0 Survey, strategy and von Clausewitz book http://ceoblog.calicojack.co.uk/2006/10/30/von-clausewitz-openness-web-20-and-war-20/#comment-74 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:34:33 +0000 http://ceoblog.calicojack.co.uk/2006/10/30/von-clausewitz-openness-web-20-and-war-20/#comment-74 [...] I say “unfortunately” because, whatever emerges from the survey - I’m looking forward to the results - the process itself was interesting. For so many questions I found myself explaining why I would probably agree with statements that I had supported and vice versa. Then, towards the end, interviewees were given a set of options and asked to formulate a strategy. The point is that making hard choices is much harder than commentating. Sometimes there are no obvious options - prefabricated strategies are unlikely to yield real competitive advantage. In a previous posting I mentioned von Clausewitz. If strategy is your business, you may want to add this abridged translation by Tiha von Ghyczy, Bolko von Oetinger and Christopher Bassford to your Christmas reading. I just wish my German was good enough to read the original. [...] […] I say “unfortunately” because, whatever emerges from the survey - I’m looking forward to the results - the process itself was interesting. For so many questions I found myself explaining why I would probably agree with statements that I had supported and vice versa. Then, towards the end, interviewees were given a set of options and asked to formulate a strategy. The point is that making hard choices is much harder than commentating. Sometimes there are no obvious options - prefabricated strategies are unlikely to yield real competitive advantage. In a previous posting I mentioned von Clausewitz. If strategy is your business, you may want to add this abridged translation by Tiha von Ghyczy, Bolko von Oetinger and Christopher Bassford to your Christmas reading. I just wish my German was good enough to read the original. […]

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