Strategy Praxis™ Institute Launches YouTube Channel

Feb. 1, 2010 - PRLog -- The Strategy Praxis™ Institute has launched a YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/strategypraxis dedicated to strategy and related topics. On a fundamental level, strategy teaches you how to compete. Since competitive forces shape almost every aspect of our lives and businesses, learning strategy can be one of the best investments a person will ever make. Unfortunately, very few people understand strategy. The objective of this channel is to introduce the discipline of strategy and demonstrate how knowledge of just a few aspects of strategy can address some of the challenging issues facing executives today.

YouTube is one of the top sites on the Internet with more than 100 million videos viewed each day.  The website is known for its entertainment value.  However, more businesses are creating YouTube channels than ever before and The White House even created a YouTube channel for the first time on January 20, 2009. The Strategy Praxis™ Institute believes that business use of YouTube will increase significantly over the next few years and has decided to invest in the medium.

The first video posted provides a brief introduction to strategy. The video starts by discussing some of the hard evidence supporting strategy as an important indicator of future success. Prominent executives, multinational corporations, members of the media and business community have also heralded the importance of strategy and examples are given. The video briefly explains the concept of strategy and discusses some of the definitions of strategy that one is likely to encounter. There are many benefits to learning strategy and some of the most outstanding are mentioned. Strategy is clearly important and worth an investment of ones time, but many people find strategy difficult. Five of the biggest challenges to mastering strategy are mentioned.

To view the video, visit:

http://www.youtube.com/strategypraxis

A pdf summary of this video can be found at:

http://www.strategypraxis.com/videosummary01.pdf

The presentation is also available on the Strategy Praxis™ website where it can be played in five different formats: Flash, AVI, WMV, MOV and RM making it compatible with 99.5% of all modern operating systems and browsers.  Users simply select the format that they prefer or the user can try them all to find the one that works best with their computer, OS and browser.

The Strategy Praxis™ Institute intends to add one of two short videos each month on their website and to their YouTube channel on strategy and related topics geared especially for entrepreneurs and business professionals.

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The Strategy Praxis Institute is a research and educational organization dedicated exclusively to the advancement of strategy. The Institute offers pragmatic, results-oriented, client-centered programs on all aspects of strategy.

Knowledge alone will not make you a strategist. You must build skills, develop expertise and expand your cognitive capabilities. Strategic Transformation Begins With You is more than a slogan. It captures the essence of what The Strategy Praxis Institute is all about.

Strategy Praxis refers to the comprehensive system for strategy formulation, implementation and assessment developed by the Institute. The goal is to assist practitioners in doing strategy in real life where the stakes are high, information often inadequate, conditions constantly shifting and the consequences of actions uncertain.

For further information, visit:
http://www.strategypraxisinstitute.org