The Tactician
Sees all the threats and knows the winning angle
You see threats and spot opportunities in managing them. You combine risk awareness with strategic vision. Your blind spot is how your tactics affect people emotionally.
Archetype: Ares — God of war and battle
- Exceptional at strategic risk management
- Spots opportunities in threats others fear
- Combines defensive awareness with offensive thinking
- Turns risk into competitive advantage
- May strategize without considering emotional impact
- Can treat people as pieces in tactical games
- Might win battles while losing hearts
- People impact often secondary to tactics
You assess threats, see opportunities in them, and develop winning strategies. Tactical advantage is your goal.
Excels in strategic roles where seeing threats and opportunities simultaneously creates tactical advantage.
Strategic and calculated. Frames risks and opportunities tactically.
Assesses risks, identifies strategic opportunities, executes tactically. Winning drives choices.
Can become coldly tactical, ignoring human costs. May optimize for victory at relationship expense.
Thrives in competitive environments where strategic risk management wins. Needs analytical freedom.
You approach relationships strategically. You may need to balance tactics with emotional connection.
You're the friend with strategic advice. Friends value your tactical thinking.
You naturally see threats and strategic opportunities. You're the tactician others consult.
You learn through strategic analysis. Case studies and competitive dynamics engage you.
You address conflicts tactically, looking for strategic advantage.
- Include people impact in your tactical analysis
- Partner with Affect-dominant thinkers who humanize strategy
- Ask "How will people feel about this outcome?"
- Balance winning with sustainable relationships
- Include "people impact" as a factor in your tactical analysis
- Partner with emotionally intelligent colleagues
- Before executing tactics, check how they'll land with people
- Build relationship maintenance into your strategic plans
Contrarian investor who sees strategic opportunities in threats others fear
Strategic litigation, principled stance, and incremental approach to equality
Sees threats to democracy, monopolies, competitive risks
PayPal Mafia, Palantir, early Facebook bet
Makes things happen when committed
Political controversies, doesn't care about feelings
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