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Content Strategy
Creative geniuses are those
rare individuals who have, among other qualities, the discipline
and gifts to master the large domains of knowledge that allow
them to come up with such surprising combinations. They play
in larger fields than most other people: more athletic moves,
more musical memories, more images and words, deeper knowledge
of mathematics, of history, of art. They mentally map their fields
in ways that allow them to access the right combinations at the
right time. Along the way, they may make new maps for others
to follow --- the periodic table or Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
--- or so thoroughly explore their own domain that they in effect
create it anew, as Shakespeare recreated English. Virginia Postrel
I don't speculate about the
future. It's not given to mortals to see the future. All one
can do is analyze the present, especially those parts that do
not fit what everybody knows and takes for granted. Then one
can apply to this analysis the lessons of history and come out
with a few possible scenarios...Even then there are always surprises.
Peter
Drucker
Content Strategy is about forms
in which knowledge can be cast so that the knowledge can be used
most effectively for whatever purpose is dictated by strategic
considerations. How can you channel the knowledge in your organization
to support strategic goals? How can you present and frame that
information, using all of the media resources that are available
to you? Content strategy is knowledge management with an edge
--- knowledge management that supports strategic goals. Competitive
advantage depends more than anything on knowledge. Strategy is
the framework for strategic and operational plans. Strategy refers
to what you are trying to accomplish, the vision of the future
that you hold for yourself and your organization. In order to
achieve a successful framework for action, you must have mastery
of all your resources, including information resources and thoughtware,
that is, human knowledge and talent. Content strategy is the
process of deploying these resources in order to pinpoint and
then implement your strategy --- the vision of where you want
to go.
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