The profound success of ancient texts, like Sun Tzu’s — Art of War, Lao Tzu’s — Tao Te Ching, Marcus Aurelius’s — Meditations, and others, is their teachings are relevant regardless of the scale and context of a given situation. For example, the well known quote from the Art of War: “know your enemy and… Continue Reading
The problem with failing fast …
Born out of the startup movement in Silicon Valley, Minimum Viable Products (MVP’s) have quickly gained popularity, spreading to both small companies and larger enterprises across numerous industries, and understandably so — new businesses have a 10% success rate so investors; angels, vc’s and the like need a way to limit their downside in the… Continue Reading
What is your decisive terrain?
“See what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg is the key! The war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket…We can take all the northern ports of the Confederacy, and they can [still] defy us from Vicksburg.” — Abraham Lincoln, Incidents and Anecdotes of… Continue Reading
In strategy, how you move is the second most important thing
One of the most focused on elements of Strategy is how you move aka “game play”. But movement, like many things, can’t exist in a vacuum — movement can only exist in a space. Game Play (Movement) Game play relates to the steps we need to take in order to progress, as well as our… Continue Reading
Strategic thinking versus gut feel …
How do you approach difficult decisions like switching careers, or dealing with competition, versus everyday decisions like the route you take to work, or the time you go to bed? In his book “Thinking Fast and Slow” Daniel Kahneman, tells us that most of the time the answer is the same: Many of our decisions are… Continue Reading