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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b>Lets begin this post with the<b> </b><b><a href="http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-question-of-day.html">question</a></b>. It is an interesting question for those who are competitive. Now, click <b><a href="http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-answer-1.html">here</a></b> for part one<b> </b>of the answer (This post offers the perspective from the Art of War). If it does not make sense, then click <b><a href="http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-answer-2.html">here</a></b> for part two of the answer (This post offers another viewpoint from the game of Go (Weiqi).)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>The Next to the Final Stage of the Answer</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is not a game theory situation, where there is a direct contest between two principals and everything is near-obvious. In a competitive situation where there are many involving strategic factors. Depending on the quality of information, the situation could be quite complex.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The clues to this approach can be found in the first two sections of Jiang Tai Gong (JTG's) Six Secret Teachings and chapter one of the Art of War.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><b>Step One: Understand the scope of the situation. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">By being two steps ahead of the game, the successful strategists can play the Jiang Tai Gong approach of pre-positioning and luring. You can find a good example in the 2010's Samurai movie classic "The 13 Assassins" where the protagonists knew the route, the strategic power and the tendencies of their target. Then, they altered their target's grand setting for the purpose of influencing him toward their lethal trap while transforming other portions of their own setting for the purpose of gaining a higher state of strategic power.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/03/sun-bin-art-of-warfare-military-methods_27.html"><b>Sun Bin at Mai Ling</b></a> is a good historical example. ... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We will post the additional steps </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b></b>in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Unlike what the Cult of the Art of War tells their followers, one cannot learn this skill from reading the Art of War. It offers to the novices a mere glimmer of hope. As many of us know, that hope is not a strategy or a destination. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You need a methodology. ... Good strategic assessment begins by knowing the Big Tangible Picture of each principal in terms of their objectives, their approaches, the means and the modes. ... </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Understanding the complexity, the connectivity, the consistency and the continuity of a Big Tangible Picture are some of the key points to a good strategic assessment. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Those who are competitively ambitious, could build this exotic skill through the game of Go (weiqi) where misdirecting and luring are the norms. He or she might get lucky in understanding the mechanics of these grand concepts after playing a minimum of 10 thousand games. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, how did we learned this unique concept? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We spent numerous hours talking to the various "no-name" experts who indirectly revealed their views to us. ... Humorously, those who know, don't really say. ... They have only offered their hints to us through their stories and their actions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So do you think the possession of this unique skill, will assist you in a chaotic competitive situation?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2010/07/sun-bin-art-of-warfare-military-methods.html"><b>Sun Bin</b></a> was a student of Wang Xu (aka Master Ghost Valley). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In his school, he and his classmates were first instructed to the concepts of Jiang Tai Gong's Six Secret Teachings . (Sun Bin was later given a copy of Sunzi by his instructor.) We have surmising that he re-learned the approach of "baiting and luring" from reading chapter one and two of that essay and practiced it <b><a href="http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2013/10/competing-and-succeeding-by_1627.html"><span style="color: blue;">a few times</span></a></b> before ever implementing it in a macro situation. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></b><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Side note: </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is is an oldie but goody subject matter with a few technical updates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For specific strategic modeling, we utilized an exotic process model that integrates the concepts and the principles from </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2011/10/jiang-tai-gong-supreme-strategist.html"><span style="color: blue;">Jiang Tai Gong</span></a><span style="color: #0b5394;">,</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (the Father of Chinese Strategic Studies and the writer of Six Secret Teachings), Sunzi's AoW and other strategic essays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Jiang Tai Gong approach of strategic development is quite different from Sunzi's Art of War. It emphasizes that proper intelligence gathering begins by observing the projection of the chief decision makers while profiling their motives and their methods. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This approach enables the successful strategist to understand how the configuration of his strategic situation operates from a top down perspective while maneuvering from the ground level. </span></div>
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Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-52922131704736337772018-04-01T01:11:00.000-07:002018-04-01T01:11:00.318-07:00The Cult of the Art of War<span style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The Fantasy of the Sunzi Cult </span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Fantasy of the Sunzi Cult</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy ís country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.<br style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-size-adjust: auto;" />--- Lionel Giles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sunzi cult have always preferred to talk about the philosophical </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In most conflicts, there are body counts. People like to </span><br />
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One of our favorite strategists is <a href="http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2011/03/lessons-from-life-of-zhang-liang-2.html">Zhang Liang</a>. <br />
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<br />Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-83328269951360514782017-11-23T05:55:00.000-08:002017-11-23T05:55:00.209-08:00/// Applying the Bill Walsh's 25 Opening Plays (Starter) Script to Competitive Business Situations /// <br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of the most shared traditions in the sport of football is scripting the first 15 to 25 plays against the opposing defense. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As mentioned previously, it is designed to perform the following objectives:</span><br />
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<br />Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-81099870332404186032017-10-15T05:55:00.001-07:002017-10-15T16:31:30.382-07:00Global TRIZ Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> To establish a positive strategic culture, it begins with quality leadership.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the power and authority;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the quality of Command and Control; </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the quality of Unity;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the Dao of Field Managers;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the quality of strategic organization, administration and discipline;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the proper evaluation of people;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the proper employment of people;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the motivation of the field expeditors;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the psychology of competition;</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rewards and punishments; and </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">More to come. ... </span></span>Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-26899886806716105482017-09-19T03:33:00.000-07:002017-09-19T15:47:41.932-07:00Some Notes From Sawyer's Lever of Power<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Ralph D. Sawyer is a historical scholar and strategic consultant who has specialized in Chinese military and intelligence issues for five decades. His well reviewed analytical writings include the companion volume, <i>The Tao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and Modern China</i>, <i>The Tao of Spycraft</i>, <i>Ancient Chinese Warfare</i>, <i>Conquest and Domination</i>, and <i>Fire and Water</i>. His highly praised translations, all of which feature extensive historical introductions, range from the groundbreaking <i>Seven Military Classics of Ancient China</i> through Sun-tzu’s <i>Art of War</i>, Sun Pin’s <i>Military Methods</i>, the <i>Hundred Unorthodox Strategies</i>, <i>Strategies for the Human Realm</i>, <i>The Tao of War</i>, and <i>Zhuge Liang: Strategy, Achievements, and Writings</i>. A long term Fellow of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and a visiting scholar at numerous institutions, he continues to be a Senior Research Fellow with the Warring States Project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genrich_Altshuller"><b>here</b></a> on a quick summation on the life of Genrich Altshuller.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Securing sound and solid intelligence is the first step to establishing an efficient strategic position. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2017/09/05/red-sox-reportedly-found-guilty-of-using-apple-watch-to-steal-yankees-signs/?utm_term=.00584f23d264"><span style="color: blue;">The Boston Red Sox took that strategic pointer</span></a> to a different level through technological means. However, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/red-sox-caught-using-apple-watch-to-steal-signs-from-yankees-2017-09-05"><span style="color: blue;">they got caught by their favorite rival</span></a>.</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Now the Red Sox is forced to admit that they have cheated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Regardless of the outcome, one must contemplate about the lesson that is learned. ... </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Those who pursue this practice, must properly master the projected informational gathering technique before ever executing it in the field. <a href="http://nypost.com/2017/09/06/the-red-sox-cheated-even-without-stealing-signs/"><b>Being exposed for using it is usually embarrassing</b></a>. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Pragmatic Practice</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This situation could have been avoided if the Red Sox had carefully utilize more than one signaler in each game and switched them during each inning for each individual games. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Training each signalers </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">properly in terms of initial signals and contingency signals, would have been helpful too. Therefore the Yankees would not have caught them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Problem: If the receiver of the signal does not possess the "emotional-intellectual" capacity to absorb the information, then he will be confused and lose track of what to do next. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The better strategic move was to expose the Yankees for the same action first. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Conclusively, this exposure is more about gamesmanship than anything else. In spite of this situation, both teams has to play the actual game. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Theory of Strategic Positioning</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Depending on the timeline factor and the resources factors, the next step is determining the most efficient strategic approach. (That is another topic)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Compass View </b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the information economy, most of our public actions are always being monitored and recorded. It is important to always contemplate carefully on implementing the right strategic moves while be mindfully aware of establishing the strategic position. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When deciding on the type of strategic position, knowing the timeline and the efficiency rate of the available resources for the current situation and its prioritization to the Big Tangible Picture always help.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Minor Update</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click <span style="color: blue;"><span id="goog_460149665"></span></span><a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/09/06/yankees-red-sox-sign-stealing-doug-fister-mouthguard"><span style="color: blue;">here</span><span id="goog_460149666"></span></a> on the latest update on Red Sox's Spy Gate. </span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Side note:</b> A ballplayer using a mouthguard as a listening device is moderately possible because of the constant evolution of technology. However, would that person be perceived as insane for doing so? </span>Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-71089562774583852412017-09-05T05:55:00.000-07:002017-09-05T05:55:05.963-07:00Happy Labor Day<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and other food of their choice. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While consuming your meal, quietly <b>reflect</b> </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">on the past and the present achievements of the laborers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Review</b> on the tangibility of their achievements. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">. . . </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Salute to them for their contributions with your positive thoughts and your favorite beverage.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When assessing the complete configuration of the strategic situation, are the strategic components operating efficiently at 100% rate? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Based on the complete assessment of the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> strategic </span>situation, do the conduit components currently exist?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Based on the complete assessment of the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> strategic </span>situation, where is the extreme opportunity scenario?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Based on the complete assessment of the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> strategic </span>situation, where is the strategic inflection position (SIP)?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Based on the tactical qualities of those assessed components, is there a "most significant denominator" that could become <b>a strategic multiplier</b>?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Based on the choice of the strategic multiplier, how scalable is it?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Based on the choice of the strategic multiplier, how does the invariance factor of the current situation affects it?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Based on the framework of the strategic multiplier, is it symmetrically enough to adjust to the criteria of the current strategic situation and/or to the criteria of the next strategic situation?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Based on the choice of the strategic multiplier, does it possesses the strategic potential to influence other similar components to revolve around it?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Based on the assessment of the situation, can the projected end-results become synchronized to other external strategic factors?</span> </li>
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Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-16132265748744702312017-08-12T03:33:00.000-07:002017-08-24T19:43:55.481-07:00The Opening Plays Script Book Project Is Still In Play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While we have been busy with our own personal projects, the opening plays book project is still in motion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We originally wrote the book with an assortment of principles from the Chinese strategic classics. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That section was removed because we believed that it might confuse the "non-strategic" neophytes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At some point of time, we might release it through this blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The new and improved book includes a section that compares the process of calling opening plays script to the analogy of the game of chess and the game of poker. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So much to do. ... </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-39912725035548661112017-07-30T03:33:00.000-07:002017-08-03T17:34:06.549-07:00The Big Tangible Picture of Global Innovation from the Economist.com <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is a post that we have forgotten to publish many months ago. ..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Since you are reading this blog, we are presuming that you are a strategic thinker/implementer who could be "innovatively" focused.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/09/global-innovation-rankings"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">here</span></b></a>, click <a href="http://www.economist.com/news/business/21679457-tech-industry-tradition-has-entered-corporate-mainstream-what-hack"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">here</span></b></a> and click <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21679457/comments#comments"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">here</span></b></a> for the Economist magazine's viewpoint on global innovation.</span><br />
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Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-29174948578484390352017-07-04T05:55:00.000-07:002017-07-04T05:55:07.138-07:00Happy Independence Day. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-86787191507949588472017-06-30T08:18:00.000-07:002017-07-01T22:07:38.670-07:00Food For Thought: What Game Board Are You Operating From? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Most competitive people who usually assess their situation, almost always do not know what is the configuration of their situation (gameboard) that they are operating from. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Is it from a western chess board perspective? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Or is it from a poker game table </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">perspective</span>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Better yet, is it from a go (weiqi) gameboard </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">perspective</span>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before you decide on your tactical approach, assess the configuration of your strategic terrain in terms of pathways, possible resources-decaying scenarios, possible time-delay scenarios and possible incline-based scenarios.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Playing From the Chessboard</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Are you a knight on a chess board who is being pushed to the middle of the board to solve the problems of the employer? Jumping from one position to another while avoiding the obstacles is your daily modis operandi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Or are you an isolated pawn who pushes yourself forward with some minor support from someone in the back ranks? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you offer advice like a bishop? If so, does the boss listens to you? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Or, do you offer technical insights like a rook while protecting the boss from external chaos?</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Playing From the Poker Table </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In some tactical scenario, do you know when to start the game with an conservative "open"? Better yet, do you know when to check and raise? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Conclusively, it is all about knowing when to hold them. Knowing when to fold them. Knowing when to walk away. Knowing when to run.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you are a project manager, this book offers an interesting perspective in managing complex projects through the principles of Sunzi. It uses the Lionel Giles translation</span>.<br />
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Read and enjoy. ... Whenever there is time, we will review this book. Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-89880241944143525922017-06-29T06:18:00.000-07:002017-06-30T00:52:24.020-07:00I Have Been Busy. Gone Fishing. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Going fishing is easy. Deciding on the type of fish is the challenge.Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-29600175159595820772017-06-26T03:33:00.000-07:002017-06-26T03:33:13.816-07:00The Questions of the Day: 36 Strategies Vs. 100 Unorthodox Strategies<br />
The members of the Art of War cult should know the answers for these <span style="background-color: white;">following </span><span style="background-color: white;">questions:</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white;">What are the circumstances for using 36 Stratagems?</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">What are the circumstances for using unorthodox strategies?</span></li>
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Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-51809580681350622342017-06-11T03:33:00.000-07:002017-06-11T17:19:00.970-07:00Thinking Unorthodox in Strategic Competition <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Following is a abridged listing of our favorite books on this topic </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Tao of Spycraft;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">100 Unorthodox Strategies;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tao of Deception; and </span></li>
<li><a href="http://daoofstrategy.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-assess-your-competitor-in.html"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Li Quan's Crux of Strategy</span></b></a></li>
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<br />Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-76704388978744921032017-06-08T03:33:00.000-07:002017-08-03T02:20:16.571-07:00Strategizing Beyond One's Gameboard: The Near Fall of Billy Walters <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the strategy game, we have always been interested in how certain strategists climb the ladder of success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12280555/how-billy-walters-became-sports-most-successful-controversial-bettor"><b>here</b></a> and <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sports-bettor-billy-walters-winning-streak-13-01-2011/"><b>here</b></a> on the general </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">profile of </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Billy Walters. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To the sideline speculator, it was an act of "easy to over reach." </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This gentleman unconsciously went with his instinct. As most gamblers do, he has always lived on being one move ahead. ...</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> Most strategies fail when the amateurs do not know how to anticipate the counter move by the other side. They usually get lucky against average competition who can't think 1/2 move ahead.<br /><br />This gambler got "hot and ambitious." Then he decided to play a different game that required a quite "different"</span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"> perspective.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Click <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-07/billy-walters-win-streak-ends-with-insider-trading-conviction">here</a> and click <a href="https://www.law360.com/articles/909498/walters-called-babe-ruth-of-risk-by-former-broker">here</a> on what lead to his </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">downfall. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mr. Walters choice of tactics were questionable at best. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Professional strategic achievement begins by understanding the strategic configuration of the situation and the tactics that are used by the competitors of the game board. The choice of tactics establishes the gist of the strategic implementer's mindset.</span></div>
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Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-53828219341696671902017-06-03T03:33:00.000-07:002017-06-05T10:38:39.711-07:00An Interesting Translation of Sunzi's Art of War<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Source: <a href="http://originalartofwar.com/">Original Art of War </a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This book presents superb clarity in its translation and its commentary. ... We cheerfully recommended it to those who are interested in a word by word translation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can secure a copy at your favorite <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0981313701"><b>internet book store</b></a> or your local book shop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click <a href="http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html"><b>here</b></a> if you are interested in another perspective of Sunzi's essay.</span><br />
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Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-72827744634618001522017-06-01T15:55:00.000-07:002017-06-02T17:53:36.726-07:00Miscellaneous Notes: A Pragmatic Strategic View For Those Who Are Operating One Move At a Time <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For those who live day by day, lacking emotional intelligence and operating on emotional instinct. Read the following </span><a href="http://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/en_step1.pdf" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>12 pointers </b></a><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We admitted we were powerless over _____ – that our situation had become unmanageable.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Came to believe that a something greater than ourselves could restore us to ______ .</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of that power as we understood Him/her/it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Made a searching and fearless inventory of our situation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Admitted to ___ , to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of _____.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Were entirely ready to have something remove all these defects in our situation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Humbly asked for methods to remove our shortcomings</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Made a list of persons/situations where we had screwed the pooch, and became willing to amend them all.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Continued to take inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it (and amended the situation).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sought through reflection to improve our conscious contact with ____ as we understood ___, looking only for knowledge and the power to carry that out.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Having had an awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to continue practice these principles in all our affairs.</span></li>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A Pragmatic Approach for Developing a Strategic Approach </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">For each strategic step, there are many tactical means to complete that specific step. There are different levels of success/effectiveness for different people. </span><span style="background-color: white;">What works for one person, might not work for another.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Without tactics (the methods to implement the strategy), the neophytes are retired. This is the same for tacticians who operate without a framework.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Side Note</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click <a href="https://hbr.org/2017/01/execution-is-a-people-problem-not-a-strategy-problem"><b>here</b></a> for an interesting Harvard Business Review article. The topic is on the basics of executing a strategy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For more insights on the B</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">ig Tangible Picture and a few tactical pointers on how to play "the unorthodox game."</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">, we suggested the reading of the first two chapters of Six Secret Teachings. </span></div>
Compass Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09981921036122725709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226295670454902438.post-29755856816592003482017-05-28T03:33:00.000-07:002017-05-28T14:58:42.283-07:00A Military Introduction to Unorthodox Strategies <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you are looking for an introductory to how unorthodox strategy is applied in military situation, you can try</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Armies-History-Guerrilla-Warfare/dp/0871406888" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> <b>this book</b></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/books/review/invisible-armies-by-max-boot.html" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>here</b></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> for a NYT review of this book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For the advanced strategic readers, I would suggest <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Ian F.W. Beckett, Modern Insurgencies and Counter-insurgencies and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Robert B Asprey, War in the Shadows, Volume I and Volume II.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">My other favorites are: 100 Unorthodox Strategies and Tao of Deception.</span></span><br />
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