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Playing to Win

Disciplines:
strategy
management
p&g
lafley
martin

Summary

A.G. Lafley and Roger Martin's 2013 strategy framework — the choice cascade (Winning Aspiration, Where to Play, How to Win, Capabilities, Management Systems) — grounded in Lafley's experience transforming P&G.

Core Contribution

Provides the most actionable executive strategy framework — the choice cascade's five questions create a logical structure for strategy that moves from aspiration to specific operational requirements.

Historical Influences

A.G. Lafley Roger Martin

Intellectual Lineage

A.G. Lafley Roger Martin Harvard Business Review Press

Allied Works

Good Strategy Bad Strategy The Opposable Mind

Contemporaries & Peers

Good Strategy Bad Strategy Competitive Strategy

Minds Influenced

Strategy consulting and practiceLenny's Podcast

Intellectual Posterity

Playing to Win Choice cascade

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