Indirect Approach

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Category: Strategy

Foundational Lexicongoing around
Executive Parlanceflanking maneuver
Scholarly Discourseasymmetric engagement
Babel ZenithLiddell Hart's Way
Origin: B.H. Liddell Hart

Etymology & Meaning

The strategy of attacking along the line of least expectation.

In the Boardroom

Competing in adjacent markets before attacking the core.

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