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Val Sklarov — Strategic Thinking: Second-Order Effects Before First Moves

First moves feel decisive. Second-order effects decide outcomes.Val Sklarov’s Strategic Thinking perspective treats strategy as the discipline of anticipating what happens after the obvious happens, where most failures originate—not from the initial action, but from its consequences. 1. First-Order Thinking Is Incomplete by Default Immediate effects are the easiest to …

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