Any strategic initiative, ranging from terrain mapping, path finding, leverage points, or, more broadly, reality poking, will require space.
The strategist needs space.
Space to think, space to manoeuver.
Space can be found in the solitude that strategic requires at first: finding space by delaying the moment strategic thinking is done in group.
Creating space can also mean creating time. Allowing the “lag” to exist. Adding slack.
Creating space by slowing things down.
In a world of permanent urgency, creating space is a tough ask, but I believe a prerequisite for any strategic to emerge.