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Hey Colin: The future of strategy is design, launch and learn

(Next stop, Eskimo Jo's Flickr page.)

Hey Colin, This is late. Several months ago you asked me "What's the future of strategy?" I've been tossing this around in my head since then. No shit.

You have a William Gibson quote at your desk: "The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed." So you know the answer.

The future of strategy is: design, launch and learn.

The past of strategy was: deliberate and decide.

And as the William Gibson quote so aptly illuminates, the future is already here. It's Eric Ries, lean startup stuff. It's Clover Food Labs. It's your Business in Beta pattern.

Clay Shirky - The Collapse of Complex Business Models

So, so good...

http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/04/the-collapse-of-complex-business-models/

Thanks to @dave_blanchard for pointing me to it.

I hope it's not an April Fool's joke.

Non sequitur: Questions are the new answers

Working on my Brite Conference talk earlier this week, I wrote this sentence. Then I saw this on the walk to work this morning. I wonder if I saw it before and the phrase stuck.

I'm excited about the talk. It's one of my first times talking somewhat comprehensively (though likely not coherently) about Venture Design.