Creating a (semi-)polished strategy/ToC document is no longer costly. The latest models on your go-to LLM can operationalize the M&E metrics, specify forecasts for risks and contingencies, and draft agreements in legalese to the T.
Many aspiring fieldbuilders mistake this LLM-granted prowess for their own prowess of thought and action. And this is dangerous. Over the past 10 months, we've encountered strategy docs that seem to better calibrated than the authors and authoring initiatives that circulated them. However, to a reasonable extent, calibration can now be performed without any real-world practice. This means new fieldbuilders constantly violate basic rules as they try out chaotic, poorly reasoned tactics to figure out what sticks. Eventually, they'll encounter more experienced people who'll be dismayed by what they see. And so we've also encountered one too many individuals of merit who're confused or concerned when faced with the tactics of inexperienced fieldbuilders with a misplaced sense of their capability.
What this means:
More to come in this series in the coming months!
