Stephen Bungay

“If…there is a conflict between structure and strategy, the structure will win.”
― Stephen Bungay, The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results

“In any case, a leader who believes that he can make a positive difference through continual personal interventions is usually deluding himself. He thereby takes over things other people are supposed to be doing, effectively dispensing with their efforts, and multiplies his own tasks to such an extent that he can no longer carry them all out. The demands made on a senior commander are severe enough as it is. It is far more important that the person at the top retains a clear picture of the overall situation than whether some particular thing is done this way or that.”
― Stephen Bungay, The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results