---
slug: "Strategy"
name: "Strategy"
type: "Strategy"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Strategy#3dc5"
sema_id: "sema:Strategy#mh:SHA-256:3dc598d0c6af12389df445c204e17df03950dbc886656b85700e6c87c31b2eef"
tags: ["Mind","Strategy"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Strategy/
related: ["Plan","CreativeBlend","Decompose","DesignArchitect","FractalIntelligence","GracefulDegradation","NoiseInjection","OODA","Parallelize","Promisehinge","SacrificialProbe","Promisehinge#680a"]
---

# Strategy

Adaptive high-level planning

Layer: Mind · Category: Strategy

## Mechanism

A high-level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty. Unlike a fixed [Plan](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Plan.md), a Strategy is adaptive and focuses on 'How to win' rather than just 'What steps to take'.

## Invariants

- States what it optimises for, and what would count as having won.
- States the observation that would cause it to be revised. A course with no revision trigger is a [Plan](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Plan.md).

## Failure modes

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## Builds on

- [Plan](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Plan.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

- [CreativeBlend](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/CreativeBlend.md) (Mind; References)
- [Decompose](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Decompose.md) (Mind; References)
- [DesignArchitect](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/DesignArchitect.md) (Mind; Composes with)
- [FractalIntelligence](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/FractalIntelligence.md) (Mind; References)
- [GracefulDegradation](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/GracefulDegradation.md) (Society; References)
- [NoiseInjection](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/NoiseInjection.md) (Mind; References)
- [OODA](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/OODA.md) (Mind; References)
- [Parallelize](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Parallelize.md) (Mind; References)
- [Promisehinge](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Promisehinge.md) (Society; References)
- [SacrificialProbe](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/SacrificialProbe.md) (Mind; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Strategy#mh:SHA-256:3dc598d0c6af12389df445c204e17df03950dbc886656b85700e6c87c31b2eef`
- Ref: `Strategy#3dc5`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Strategy#mh:SHA-256:47a4c030647570c7e911543e9d0feaa3d8f0917b6e20371e93c37fb5e85fb7d4`
  - `sema:Strategy#mh:SHA-256:0f2fcc85aff835c79ab80064df1655f8707bc5c80bbde7c3e1a2ba672a9cd49c`
  - `sema:Strategy#mh:SHA-256:e3579dd6c91b02a1e00837926422e6fd724e692544d2447540759ac637fd38c6`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Strategy/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#Strategy)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Strategy.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)