Strategic Interaction Module Takeaways

In this episode of Strategic Interaction Module Takeaways, Prim and Obinna unpack the moment strategy “clicked.” It’s not just what a firm does—it’s how every move triggers countermoves from rivals, regulators, suppliers, and customers. Through three vivid cases—Ryanair (retaliate or accommodate?), Fiber Optics (Corning vs. Alcatel in a game-theory chess match), and Keroche (competing when the rules keep shifting)—they show how to play the long game with dynamic consistency: do today what sets you up to win tomorrow.

Expect punchy frameworks and real-world judgment:

• Retaliation vs. accommodation—when fighting destroys value and when it preserves it.
• Closed vs. open worlds—from payoff matrices to messy markets where power and politics matter.
• Commitments & signals—visible, credible, hard-to-reverse moves that reshape rivals’ choices.
• GSCA (Goals–Strategy–Capabilities–Assumptions)—see your opponent’s blind spots before they see yours.
• Ethics & choice of game—because not every victory is worth the cost.

Fast, clear, and practical—this conversation teaches you to anticipate reactions, redesign the game, and look forward, reason back.