Napoleon and Sun Tzu by Gary Gagliardi of the Science of Strategy Institute
A reader writes:Your web-page states that Napoleon made use of "The Art of War". I spent eight years studying Napoleon's early career, and never discovered a single piece of evidence to show this. On...
View ArticleWhere Planning Is Needed By Gary Gagliardi of the Science of Strategy Institute
The success of good planning is limited by you or your organization's span of control. The most valuable strategic planning takes place within the organization or among organizations that agree to work...
View ArticleThe Realm of Strategy By Gary Gagliardi of the Science of Strategy Institute
Strategy is used to leverage what we cannot control. In dynamic, external environments, most of what happens isn't controlled or planned by anyone. In these environment, everyone's plans collide...
View ArticleThe habits of control must not take our focus off of external reality by Gary...
“Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work. A day...
View ArticleWe must choose actions that allow us to respond to unforeseen events by Gary...
“All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.” Bruce Lee“Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and...
View ArticleSuccess requires both speed and quickness by Gary Gagliardi
“The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.” Karl von Clausewitz“In skating over thin ice our safety is our speed.” Ralph Waldo Emerson“I've always found that the speed of the boss is the...
View ArticleGround describes external conditions that persist over time and provide...
This is a great article by Gary Gagliardi of the Science of Strategy Institute on how our environment (GROUND) and how we us it to shape our strategy and tactics. The key is in understanding that...
View ArticleLeaders must make command decisions based on their training and character. By...
“When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.” William James"Which method of command works? Which group of...
View ArticleChanging conditions determines our current mission priorities. By Gary Gagliardi
“Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions, these can be changed as your priorities change, new one added, and others dropped." O. Carl Simonton"You must predict the enemy to...
View ArticleSituation Response from Gary Gagliardi
"You must develop these instant reflexes." Sun Tzu's The Art of War 11:3:3"When a warrior learns to stop the internal dialogue, everything becomes possible; the most far-fetched schemes become...
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