How to be Strategic. So you might have heard that the more… | by Julie Zhuo | The Year of the Looking Glass | Medium

So you might have heard that the more you progress in your career, the more “strategic” you should aim to be. WTF does that mean? Here is what I used to think “being strategic” meant: As a result, I tried to do as many of the above as I could. I brainstormed! I wrote epic, sweeping docs! I familiarized myself with the language of KPIs and measurements. *check, check, check* went the boxes. See how well I was strategizing? Unfortunately, as it turns out, I was doing the equivalent of strumming a guitar and assuming I was making music. The core problem was that I didn’t really understand what strategy was. Nobody had ever explained it to me. I figured “being strategic” was just engaging in high-level product discussions. If you find yourself in the same boat, this note is for you. Basically, a strategy is a set of actions designed to achieve a particular objective. It’s like a route designed to get you from Point A to Point B. A more interesting question is “what makes for a good strateg

So you might have heard that the more you progress in your career, the more “strategic” you should aim to be. WTF does that mean? Here is what I used to think “being strategic” meant: As a result, I tried to do as many of the above as I could. I brainstormed! I wrote epic, sweeping docs! I familiarized myself with the language of KPIs and measurements. *check, check, check* went the boxes. See how well I was strategizing? Unfortunately, as it turns out, I was doing the equivalent of strumming a guitar and assuming I was making music. The core problem was that I didn’t really understand what st