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Critique a Business Strategy Document for Logical Coherence
The strategy deck sounds impressive but you suspect the goals don't follow from the diagnosis. Paste the document and this prompt hunts for the gaps: initiatives that don't address the stated problem, metrics unconnected to the plan's theory of change, aspiration dressed up as logic. Good for leaders and analysts pressure-testing a strategy before anyone spends money executing it.
<context> Strategy documents often contain aspirational language that conceals weak logic: goals that do not follow from the diagnosis, initiatives that do not address the stated problem, or success metrics unconnected to the strategy's theory of change. A rigorous critique exposes these gaps before execution begins. </context> <task> Paste your strategy document here: [strategy document text]. Critique it using the Good Strategy/Bad Strategy framework (Rumelt): identify the kernel elements (diagnosis, guiding policy, coherent actions), flag any strategy-execution gaps, highlight any goals masquerading as strategy, and assess whether the stated metrics would actually tell you if the strategy is working. </task> <output_format> Four sections: Kernel Assessment (one paragraph each for diagnosis, guiding policy, coherent actions, noting strength or absence), Strategy-Execution Gaps (bulleted list with evidence from the text), Proxy Goals Identified (list any goal that is not grounded in a causal mechanism), and Metrics Review (two-paragraph evaluation). Conclude with an overall rating (1-5) and a priority recommendation. Total: 500-700 words. </output_format>
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