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the plan that survives until it meets the enemy, then improvises like everyone else.
means A high-level plan designed to achieve a major aim, weighing resources and obstacles to decide the overall approach rather than the moment-to-moment details.
from From Greek 'stratēgia,' the office or art of the 'stratēgos' — the general — built from 'stratos' (army, a spread-out encampment) plus 'agein' (to lead). So at its root the word literally means 'army-leading.' It came into English through French and Latin in the early 1800s, and only later widened from battlefields to boardrooms and chessboards.
battlefield originFrom Greek strategos, meaning the general himself.
no planEisenhower called plans useless but planning indispensable.
chess mythGrandmasters win on tactics far more than grand schemes.
corporate disguiseMost company strategies are just expensive to-do lists.
war originNearly every business buzzword started as military doctrine.