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Long-term strategy

How a system maintains direction when leaders, evidence and operating conditions change over time.

Why it matters

A durable mission can coordinate action, but it can also turn yesterday’s assumptions into today’s constraints.

Recurring mechanisms

1

Mission continuity across leadership transitions

2

Feedback that challenges the original plan

3

Decision rights for changing strategic assumptions

Discussion prompt

Which parts of a strategy should endure, and which must remain open to revision?