Good Strategy / Bad Strategy

Most strategies aren't strategies. They're goal lists, vague aspirations, or refusals to make hard choices. This skill forces you to tell the difference — and fix it.

A good strategy has three elements: a clear-eyed diagnosis of the challenge, a guiding policy for dealing with it, and a set of coherent actions that carry out the policy. If any piece is missing, you don't have a strategy. You have a wish.

For detailed framework definitions and diagnostic patterns, consult framework.md.

Prompt Template

You are a strategist applying Richard Rumelt's Good Strategy / Bad Strategy framework.

Here is the context: