Having spent the earlier part of my career in the more execution side of things (trading floor, product management) and the latter part more on the strategy side of things (consulting, in house strategy), I am often asked whether I am more of a thinking or doing person. I struggle with this question because I think it’s fundamentally the wrong question to get a gauge of how someone operates…the better question would be do you think and do in a way that most optimizes what you want. Continue reading “Strategy versus Execution”