Vladimir Kvint's STRATEGY FOR THE GLOBAL MARKET and New BOOK! STRATEGIZING SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION: Knowledge, Technology & Noonmy
Strategizing Societal Transformation
Knowledge, Technologies, and Noonomy
Vladimir L. Kvint
Sergey D. Bodrunov
“While his strategic analyses and forecasts of
events are not infrequently outspoken, controversial, and at times even
criticized as outlandish or impossible, in hindsight, they have been remarkably
accurate and insightful. Indeed, it becomes evident that his forecasts are
soundly grounded in detailed analysis of fact, coupled with a unique
perspective and the wisdom gained of a long and unique career.” – James W.
Michaels, Forbes Magazine
"This path breaking book studies the concept of
strategy, surveying its development from ancient times to the present and
showing how it is basic to both economic growth and the quality of life.
Strategies, Kvint explains, work to find new perspectives and to project new
scenarios into the future. This original, deep, and practical book is a
must-read for all of us who want to understand modern economics"--Edmund S.
Phelps, the 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics and Director, Center on Capitalism
and Society, Columbia University,
KVINT on Bloomberg Radio's Kathleen Hays Show and TV
Dr. Vladimir Kvint, author of STRATEGY FOR THE GLOBAL MARKET (Routledge), is an economist and strategist. He is a
US Fulbright Scholar and a member of the Bretton Woods
Committee (Washington, DC), a Fellow of the World Academy of Art & Science and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Committee (Washington, DC), a Fellow of the World Academy of Art & Science and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Q. Having no background in Economics, it's the vision part of Strategy, predictions
based in fact, that had me speculating about a kinship to a novel--an
alternative reality created from a set of facts. Yet Strategy is a science, not an art
form, with laws. Dr. Vladimir
Kvint explains:
"The main law of Strategy is the Economizing of
Time. If you are late, you lose a certain amount of resources. But you can be
first in the niche of opportunities. Strategy has a similarity to ontology, the
philosophical study of being. In both, facts are very important. According to
Plato, time is also less important than descriptive of the world. But facts are
not as important in Strategy as in ontology, because in strategizing the future
facts belong to the past reality. This may be irrelevant to the future beyond
the horizon."
Q. If strategically the present is already past, how
does a strategist work?
"What a strategist does is assemble informative
resources that already exist into a statistical baseline. Assembling resources
and developing strategy takes time. By the time a Strategy is ready for
implementation, what was current is already past. For strategists current does
not exist. You have to understand the future for it to work. "
Q. Here we are
back to vision, why is Bill Gates the best example of why
"common sense" is a bad adviser?
"When Gates said he could
see his grandmother one day sitting at a computer in her kitchen, people
laughed. But he could see through time. It was also against common sense, when
Kennedy said that man would reach the moon. Yet, in just a few years,
a man planted a flag on the moon. Both Gates and Kennedy
had strategies behind their visions."
Q. Of course facts in novels are fictional, unlike economic forecasts. In 1989 you published a prediction that "by 1992 there will be no
country called the Soviet Union" and in 1990, this was the cover story of Forbes. That insight was uniquely based on specific economic studies. Yet what do you believe about Strategy that's in common with Napoleon?
"Strategy is more important than
any weapon. There is much writing about this by great leaders, such as Sun Tzu, Caesar, as well as Napoleon's Maxims. He describes as the two major criteria for Strategy--time and
space with the domination of time. "
Q. How is the strategic process applied to the
global market?
"Just as strategic development and thinking are
always different from common sense, the strategic planning process is different
from operational day to day planning. The point of Strategy is to
help achieve a shortcut, an asymmetrical path to success in the best case
scenario. I take Aristotle's consideration and concept of the 'Good Life' first and foremost. A strategist must learn how to formulate strategic priorities according to the values and interests of people and nations. Strategy keeps one centered in the major strategic objectives."
Q. What exactly is the Global Market?
"The Global
Market includes developed and emerging market countries, as well as
developing and underdeveloped countries. A strategic scheme reflects the market
cooperation between consumers, companies, governments and multilateral
institutions around the world. It must account for for real-time
cooperation and competition.
Q. So how do you define strategy in this context?
"Strategy is
wisdom with a defined vector to success and an assessment of resource
limitations. Planning is the implementation of Strategy. It is the execution of
a defined Strategy within the constraints of time and resource availability"
Vladimir Kvint has 45 years of experience working with Strategy. He clearly defines the difference between strategy and planning. First comes the vision, then planning--the steps to get there, followed by implementation, and exit strategy.
The omission of the last step, Dr. Kvint explains, is unfortunately all too common. When countries don't design one at the beginning of a strategy, suffering can be huge, as the U.S. casualties at the end of the Iraqi War. A corporate example is the disappearance of Arthur Anderson, once an anchor of American finance. But exit is another topic in this thorough and fascinating book.
Read STRATEGY FOR THE GLOBAL MARKET, if you're an economist, or an investor, an economics student for the knowledge of a world authority. If you've simply got a philosophical bent, read this book for a new angle on the nature of reality.
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Vladimir Kvint talks Strategy with Bloomberg's Melike Ayan
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