The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.

Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can't be constantly reinvented.

So companies have to be very schizophrenic. On one hand, they have to maintain continuity of strategy. But they also have to be good at continuously improving.

The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing.

He was trying to find his footing in a world both familiar and foreign

The aesthetic and the agonistic are one, according to the ancient Greeks.