The Mt Kenya Times 
Learn to be strategic
By: N. George
Worth Noting:
- In coming up with strategies you need to apply both scientific and artistic skills as you require risk management, experimentation, evidence and data while the execution part requires your artistic skills which include modelling the plan as per market requirement.
- Soft skills entail social skills, personal traits, attitudes, social intelligence, emotional intelligence, people skills and are essential for effective interaction, communication and relationships. Some specific soft skills include common sense, focus, situational awareness, friendliness, confidence, time management, empathy, enthusiasm, problem solving, team work, flexibility, self-motivation, responsibility, leadership, conflict resolution, negotiation, ambitiousness and optimism.
Strategy is more than a science: it is the application of knowledge to practical life, the development of thought capable of modifying the original guiding idea in the light of ever-changing situations; it is the art of acting under the pressure of the most difficult conditions……….. Helmuth Von Moltke, 1800-1891.
By definition science can be defined as the activities both intellectual and practical that comprise the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world which is done through observation and experiment.
Art by definition involves application or expression of imaginative and creative skills to produce attractive work for either beauty or emotional power. It is usually painting, music, literature, and dance.
In coming up with strategies you need to apply both scientific and artistic skills as you require risk management, experimentation, evidence and data while the execution part requires your artistic skills which include modelling the plan as per market requirement.
Soft skills entail social skills, personal traits, attitudes, social intelligence, emotional intelligence, people skills and are essential for effective interaction, communication and relationships. Some specific soft skills include common sense, focus, situational awareness, friendliness, confidence, time management, empathy, enthusiasm, problem solving, team work, flexibility, self-motivation, responsibility, leadership, conflict resolution, negotiation, ambitiousness and optimism.
Scientific skills help you to attain precision in evaluation, classification and projections. It also brings confidence as what you have observed can be measured and ascertained.
A day with an engineer you will find that they have internalized application of logics. Most of them are logical in the way they do things even those not related to work reason being the have got accustomed to doing their work step after step. The culture of using logic in doing work is not a single day affair you take time to train.
The artistic part of a person helps him develop imaginative skills and associate different pieces or materials or information together producing something that is desirable.
Mixing science and art is a useful tact that has helped human to make work easier, shape issues in a beautiful way and improve life in general.
A plan of action designed to yield maximum benefits is what is referred to as the strategy. In coming up with a strategy you are required to mix both science and art in well calculated proportions.
In strategy you need to have a plan, pattern, perspective, position and ploy. Timing is also an essential ingredient when it comes to strategy. You also need the ability to move quickly when implementing a certain strategy.
One needs to have vision whenever trying to be strategic. When you have an idea of what you want to achieve then you can be able to test various alternatives available and see which is the most optimal.
Whenever thinking strategically, you should evaluate the safety of what you are doing to ensure that it will not backfire.
Identifying and ranking issues according to their importance is necessary for the strategy to succeed. In times of scarcity strategy help you to devise ways to survive under the prevailing conditions and lead a relatively normal life.
It is time to ask yourself whether you are a strategic thinker, if yes well and good if not find out what makes you not to be so then acknowledge that being strategic is a culture and start practicing minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day until that that you will be able to perfect being strategic. Plan carefully on how to train yourself to be strategic, over time you will get accustomed to this school of thought.
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