Strategy Drills: A Sample

Here is an example of a strategy drill.

Prompt: What are some challenges in data privacy?

Use the rule of three + one. (The human brain remembers 4 things so one extra on the rule of three will not hurt, and in this case, it goes a long way.)

• Regulation

• Consumers

• Business Model Complexity

• Cyber Threats

With these four things listed, I can now riff.

• Regulators

  • US vs. EU different but equally vigilant

  • Don’t know what they are doing

  • Most regulation backfires

  • Most regulation creates new complications

• Consumers

  • Don’t know what they don’t know

  • Get overwhelmed and behave rationally but create more problems

    • simple passwords

    • writing passwords on sticky notes

  • Not there problems when tech solutions are overly complicated

• Business Model Complexity

  • Regulations make it difficult for small businesses

  • Well-intentioned solutions drive people out of business

  • Only the big guys can afford requirements

• Cyber Threats

  • Biggest threats are with Health & Gov’t

  • Those most at threat can’t afford the experts

  • Newest forms of warfar

What I did here is finds 4 themes and then riffed on them. Try it at home.

Here is a list of strategy prompts to practice drilling.