Lion's Roar Foundation – 3rd Annual Shambhala Sun Foundation Auction
Auction Ends: Dec 13, 2009 11:59 PM EST

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When Strategy Fails--Lessons from the Art of War

Item Number
223
Estimated Value
1500 USD
Opening Bid
250 USD  -  Item Has a Reserve

Item Description

Bring Sun Tzu onto your side with three hours of consulting by Barry Boyce and Jim Gimian, authors of The Rules of Victory: How to Transform Chaos and Conflict-Strategies from the Art of War.

Chaos, conflict and the escalation of complex challenges seem to define our experience today, whether we're a business or nonprofit leader, a stay-at-home parent, or just trying to manage our world. Because the ordinary approaches often don't work when things are complex, and because the stakes are so high nowadays, we need other skills and tools to rely on when things don't go our way.

For 2500 years Sun Tzu's Art of War has provided leaders with strategies for working with complex challenging situations, conflict, and war. A model of nonlinear, synthetic thinking, this ancient text offers key lessons that are strikingly modern: the central importance of knowledge, seeing the whole system, and how networks can be managed to achieve objectives.

James Gimian and Barry Boyce have consulted and taught on how to apply the strategies in Sun Tzu's the Art of War in a wide variety of settings over the past 25 years. In addition to The Rules of Victory, they are members of the Denma Translation Committee which produced a critically acclaimed and best-selling translation of The Art of War. Gimian and Boyce are also longtime publishing and writing professionals, currently serving as publisher (Gimian) and senior editor (Boyce) of the Shambhala Sun, North America's leading Buddhist-inspired magazine.

For more information, see www.rulesofvictory.com

 

 

Item Special Note

Consultation can be in person or on the telephone.