S2E5: The Rhythm of Strategy

Our People think strategy is about finding the right position.

But, so far...

We've discovered that thinking emerges from doing, not the other way around.

We've seen how our language creates prisons for strategic thinking.

We've learned that the ultimate strategic goal is to disappear completely.

We've explored how masters oscillate between visibility and invisibility with intention.

But what is this rhythm, really?

It's the rhythm of learning itself.

When we learn something new, we start visible—clumsy, conscious, deliberate.

As mastery develops, we disappear into the skill.

When we need to improve again, we surface back into consciousness.

This rhythm—conscious incompetence to unconscious competence to conscious competence—isn't just how we learn skills.

It's how strategy evolves.

The child building with blocks doesn't separate strategy from execution because they're learning through doing.

The rhythm of disruption is simply the rhythm of continuous learning.

Strategy isn't a position you find.

It's a dance you do.

What if unlearning strategy means learning to dance with the rhythm instead of fighting it?

What rhythm is your strategy following right now?