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> [More strategies fail because they are overripe than because they are premature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/more-strategies-fail-because-they-are-overripe-than-because-they-are/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

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## More by Kenichi Ohmae

> [Nobody knows how Honda is organized, except that it uses lots of project teams and is quite flexible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/nobody-knows-how-honda-is-organized-except-that-it-uses-lots-of/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [More strategies fail because they are overripe than because they are premature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/more-strategies-fail-because-they-are-overripe-than-because-they-are/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/rowing-harder-doesn-t-help-if-the-boat-is-headed-in-the-wrong/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [The best possible solutions come only from a combination of a rational analysis based on the nature of things, and imaginative reintegration of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/the-best-possible-solutions-come-only-from-a-combination-of-a/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [In Japan, organizations and people in the organization are synonymous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/in-japan-organizations-and-people-in-the-organization-are-synonymous/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [Without competitors there would be no need for strategy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/without-competitors-there-would-be-no-need-for-strategy/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [What business strategy is all about-what distinguishes it from all other kinds of business planning-is, in a word, competitive advantage. Without competitors there would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/what-business-strategy-is-all-about-what-distinguishes-it-from-all/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [The strategist's method is very simply to challenge the prevailing assumptions with a single question: Why?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/the-strategist-s-method-is-very-simply-to-challenge-the-prevailing/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [The sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable the company to gain, as effectively as possible, a sustainable edge over its competitors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/the-sole-purpose-of-strategic-planning-is-to-enable-the-company-to/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [What we are left with is an overmanipulated economy that can't function normally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/what-we-are-left-with-is-an-overmanipulated-economy-that-can-t/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [Analysis Is the Critical Starting Point of Strategic Thinking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/analysis-is-the-critical-starting-point-of-strategic-thinking/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [It is hard to let old beliefs go. They are familiar. We are comfortable with them and have spent years building systems and developing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/it-is-hard-to-let-old-beliefs-go-they-are-familiar-we-are-comfortable/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

> [New World Order: The Rise of the Region-State](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenichi-ohmae/new-world-order-the-rise-of-the-region-state/)

[Kenichi Ohmae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenichi-ohmae/)

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