I was reminded of this while thinking about how far ahead we look, plan, and design for in our projects at work. I think academics have a further 'horizon of interest' because, basically, their short term is all set. What is taught is material that has been vigorously worked over already, and it isn't changing drastically in the short term. On a personal level, their positions are relatively stable too. By contrast, we web-workers might focus too much on the short term.
Strategy is long term.
There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness. Great strategies are a cause. I think we could benefit from this thinking, and make sure our designs are following solid strategies. Of course, operational effectiveness is still important, so it would be nice to see more academics apply all that knowledge to some short term challenges as well. Or read a verbatim transcript of a speech or monologue you found interesting.