Part III: Stage II: Incremental Development and Evolution
Charles Minard’s 1869 chart showing the number of men in Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign army, their movements, and the temperatures they encountered on the return path
“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.”
—Okakura Kakuz
(1862–1913), author of The Book of Tea
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
—Winston Churchill
As Minard’s illustration so elegantly depicts, while there must be solid planning up front (something Napoleon did poorly ...
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