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    I.19 — The Question Has Altitude: Don’t Solve Strategy in an Ops Room

    “It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?” — H. D. Thoreau Many decisions fail not because the idea was wrong, but because the wrong room tried to do the wrong kind of deciding. You demand operational certainty before you will approve a strategic direction. Or you…