A strategy of sorts

by Nikhil

Welcome back!

If there is any term that makes me feel sick because of the over use ,misuse and other kinds of uses just to sound a bit cool and MBA ish, be it a newspaper ,newsreader or even someone at work…its the word STRATEGY…This is used 90% of the cases when NOT at all required,when other words can convey the meaning in a better way….The ones who puke this word at the drop of a hat don’t understand the true meaning which is far away from a tactic,idea or a game plan!

Strategy is not about choosing a restaurant for dinner.
It is not about the administration diverting traffic during President’s visit. What is strategy in this?
Deciding which queue to join at the reservation counter is not strategy.
Having a wacky status message on Gtalk is not strategy either.
Nothing day to day is strategic.
BJP deciding candidates for elections 3-4 months away is not strategy.
That smart statement that you blurt out to impress your manager is also not strategy.(I’m confused here )
Booking air tickets way ahead to save money is planning not strategy.
Bribing the cop when caught for breaking rules is risky not strategy.
Moving a batsman up or down the order is part of the game plan not strategy!

Confused if to carry your sweater to work…….may be you need to strategize…..

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11 comments

1 Sruti { 12.20.07 at 2:39 pm }: Lol.. well written. Keep it coming.
2 | Balu | { 12.21.07 at 7:02 am }: lol Nikhil… u made me think and read up a bit… and yes am ready to comment nw

First I need to confess that I too like a fool used to ‘strategise’ many situations..

in most of the above cases you mentioned, the word that should have been used was tactics..
3 parul { 12.25.07 at 5:21 pm }: and you thought only you could write shitty posts?
4 cafm { 01.07.08 at 5:13 am }: You have left me totally confused

Guess that your MBA gyan kicking in
5 Abby { 01.10.08 at 8:02 am }: Well it seems to me that you have belled the cat. While I was doing my mgmt studies, i did come across the word in plenty, where the author, didn’t bother to elaborate, just used the word strategic, which i soo tactfully used in my examination.

Think of it, its a blessing in disguise, learn to use it to your advantage. Cheers!!
6 tenalirama { 01.19.08 at 5:45 am }: But at home, aren’t u always sitting strategically near the Net connection?
7 tenalirama { 01.19.08 at 5:46 am }: And then this was a grt strategy on ur part.Asking me to check if Google Ads is working on ur blog or not, n in effect making me read ur posts and adding to ur comments! ;P
8 Nikhil Narayanan { 01.19.08 at 5:53 am }: @tenalirama
smartness eh???
9 Sabarinath { 02.11.08 at 5:46 pm }: At my b-school, we found that prefixing the word ‘Strategy’ and suffixing the word ‘Management’ by itself makes a good strategy..!… so profitability becomes ‘Strategic Profitability Management’…
10 Dipsy { 04.13.08 at 8:11 pm }: i’m not confused..simply strategising whether to comment or not !!
11 Nikhil { 09.18.08 at 11:49 am }: @Sabarainath
LOL, trust me , it works.

@Dipsy