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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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> [One of the problems many leaders report is a gap between strategy and execution. Usually this "gap" arises because the so-called "strategy" is a set of financial performance goals, not an approach to overcoming challenges. The two key ways to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-rumelt/one-of-the-problems-many-leaders-report-is-a-gap-between-strategy-and/)

[Richard P. Rumelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-rumelt/)

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