Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
— Sun Tzu
Every time you hear about some conjectured great new idea on how to solve a vexing problem, ask what's the actual problem to be solved, what's the root cause of that problem, what domain is this problem found in and what domain is this problem already solved in, and finally ask what's your strategy for assuring that your solution will actually result in a solution that doesn't break something else, violate a business principle, and create an obligation that you didn't think of because you were too busy admiring your cleaver idea?
