(3) Fokus the Strategy on delivering superior Customer Value – NOT Profit!
For entrpreneurial type of businesses profit is the result of Strategy – not the objective.
(4) (Immaterial) Values taking precedence over material benefits.
The objective of Strategy is finding a superior way of helping customers solving a pain point problem. This is called a job. Every job has functional, emotional and social dimensions of the result that is needed to satisfy the customer and get the job done perfectly.
Customers purchasing decisions are primarily driven by unconscious, emotional factors. They are superior to any cognitive – rationally – presented argument.
Therefore, Strategy is all about HUMAN CENTRIC solution development.