How To Devise A Strategy

1. Problem

 Objective - Decide on the objective

 Barrier - Identify key barrier to the objective

2. Opportunity

 Vulnerability - Find vulnerability in the barrier

 Advantage - Find advantage relative to the vulnerability

3. Solution

 Resource - Identify resource that enables advantage

 Exploit - Decide on best employment of advantage against vulnerability

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[Example:]

PROBLEM
 OBJECTIVE:    move a big rock a few inches
 BARRIER:    it’s heavy

OPPORTUNITY
 VULNERABILITY:    the weight can be overcome with a tool
 ADVANTAGE:       can make a lever and fulcrum out of 2x4 lumber

SOLUTION
 RESOURCE:     a pile of lumber in the back yard
 EXPLOIT:   position the lever & fulcrum, push down
on the lever to move the rock