Following my recent realization that for business theory "if it can't be decomposed into a 2x2 matrix, it's not worth knowing", I hereby present my meta 2x2 matrix to describe all 2x2 business matrices:
| can it be expressed as a 2x2 matrix? |
yes | simplify until it hurts |
great! tenure awaits. |
| no | go back to physics, pointdexter |
you're overthinking it |
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| Karl's Business Logic | no | yes | |
| should it be expressed as a 2x2 matrix? | |||
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The hard part is picking the salient bits for the 2x2. People get very attached to their ideas, their words, etc. Simplifying therefore can be as much an an exercise in emotional resilience as in intellectual integrity and crispness. Not saying that's optimal, just what I've observed (and am no doubt guilty of).
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