The Strategist
Sees all possible moves and plays to win
You see possibilities and immediately assess risks and opportunities, gaming out scenarios. You combine visionary thinking with strategic risk management. Your blind spot is how your strategies affect people emotionally.
Archetype: Metis — Goddess of wisdom and cunning
- Exceptional at strategic analysis and scenario planning
- Sees opportunities while managing downside
- Combines vision with practical risk awareness
- Designs strategies that account for multiple outcomes
- May strategize without considering emotional impact
- Can treat people as pieces on a board
- Might optimize for outcomes at the expense of relationships
- Human factors often underweighted
You see what's possible, assess the risks, and design strategies to win. Game theory is your mode.
Excels in roles where strategic analysis of opportunities and risks, combined with sophisticated scenario planning, drives competitive advantage.
Analytical and strategic. Explains scenarios and optimal moves.
Maps possibilities, assesses risks, chooses optimal strategy. Winning is the goal.
Can become coldly strategic, treating everything as a game. May miss human elements.
Thrives in competitive environments where strategic thinking wins. Needs data access and analytical freedom.
You approach relationships strategically, thinking through scenarios. You may need to prioritize emotional connection over optimization.
You're the friend who helps game out decisions. Friends value your strategic mind.
You naturally analyze situations strategically. You're the tactician others consult.
You learn through analysis and strategic frameworks. Case studies and scenario planning engage you.
You analyze conflict strategically, looking for optimal resolution paths.
- Include people impact in your scenario analysis
- Partner with Affect-dominant thinkers who humanize strategy
- Ask "How will people feel about this outcome?" not just "What's the best move?"
- Remember that sustainable wins require human buy-in
- Include "people impact" as a formal factor in your strategic analysis
- Partner with emotionally intelligent colleagues for human reads
- Before executing a strategy, check how it will land with people
- Build relationship maintenance into your strategic plans
Saw PC revolution, strategic philanthropy, systematic and analytical approach
Operational excellence with Lean In advocacy and strategic platform building
Spots business opportunities early
Analyzes deals ruthlessly on Shark Tank
Built and sold companies
Can be harsh, dismissive with entrepreneurs
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