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Last month we did a presentation on applying Sunzi's The Art of War in business. We also demonstrated the basic framework of our process.Following are comments from Dr Fellman, the Professor of International Strategy from University of Southern New Hampshire
"M.E. Hom has taken the ancient strategic writings of Sun Tzu (Sunzi) and incorporated them into a modern international project management methodology of unusually sophistication, flexibility and practicality. He combines the best elements of competitive intelligence, strategic planning and contemporary business theory into a process which can be practically applied by managers around the world.
Mr. Hom has been a frequent and well-appreciated guest lecturer in our MBA and MS courses and I give his process my highest recommendation. ..."
- Dr. Phil Fellman, Professor of International Business, University of Southern New Hampshire
His comment on one of our previous presentations
“The Chinese students said that on the Mainland, they don't study Sun Tzu, so they found it very interesting and also very new. They were deeply impressed by your level of knowledge and I was very grateful to have you as a guest lecturer.” -Dr. Phil Fellman
We recently received an unsolicited endorsement by Gerald Weinberg, the Ultra Consultant.
fyi- Mr ,Weinberg is the writer of many great consulting, system thinking and leadership classics (Secrets of Consulting, More Secrets of Consulting, More Secrets of Consulting; Are Your Lights On?: How To Figure Out What The Problem Really Is; Becoming A Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach; An Introduction To General Systems Thinking, Psychology of Computer Programming, etc.)
Believe all of his books are still the creme of the creme. The content of his books are still relevant in the 21st century and beyond. Refer it as a super text, a tangible classic. Recommend all of his books quite highly.
" … I very much appreciate being associated with sites I admire. I've made the link on my Consulting blog. … I know a bit about Chinese military strategy, but I'm no expert by a long way. I'm glad you are. … I don't think of myself as a guru. Just a person like you, who keeps eyes and ears open, and thinks about what he sees and hears. ... "
From then on, we exchanged notes on many topics
Strategy and Consulting
C360: "... While the science of strategy and consulting can be taught. It is the art of strategy and consulting that cannot be really taught. It is all about mindful awareness (as my poker buddies describes it "conscious awareness"). One either has it or don't. ..."
Weinberg: "True. Most people are sleepwalking, but I recognized immediately that you are not one of those."
Teaching Teamwork
C360: "... As mentioned on my site, we teach them how to build, connect and lead with a tangible vision for the first two days. Then we monitored them in building and connecting w/ their Tangible Vision on the 3rd day. Then it is up to the client to decide whether they want us to monitor their team through out the implementation of their Tangible Vision (project) ... "
Weinberg: "... Yes, they have to contribute that much awareness, otherwise they cannot even be dragged into teamwork. ..."
Compass AE Process
C360: "It (Compass AE) is based on our interpretation of collaboration from our understanding of the Chinese Strategy Classics. A team that collaboratively builds and connect with their Tangible Vision, will collaboratively lead with it as a team."
Weinberg: "... I have always felt great sympathy with Chinese and Japanese philosophy.
Apparently I have absorbed something, because my books are extremely popular in Japan and China. ..."
LeadershipWeinberg: "(From Colin Powell) Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible. ... "
C360: "Mr. Weinberg! Thank you very much for the endorsement."
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The foundation of our Compass AE methodology originated from our research of Ralph D. Sawyer's translation of Seven Military Classics and many other strategy classics.
Recently, Ralph Sawyer endorsed the concept behind our methodology with the following quote: "As the result of lengthy focal study and unremitting analysis, M.E. Hom (The Chief Architect of Collaboration360) has achieved a comprehensive grasp of the strategic concepts and operational principles of Chinese military science that currently inform a wide range of international business and military enterprises. By pondering and conjoining them with the realizations derived from dedicated martial arts practice -- the active embodiment of tactical application – he has further grounded them in concrete experience and thus achieved a surpassing foundation for not only applying them in many realms, but also transforming them in accord with his greater insights and expansive experience. ... "
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Who is Ralph Sawyer?
Ralph D. Sawyer is the preeminent scholar and translator on Sun-tzu's masterful work. More than 200,000 copies of his Sun-tzu Art of War and more than 55,000 copies of The Complete Art of War have been sold.
After study at MIT, Harvard and National Taiwan University and a brief period of university teaching. he spent the past four decades specialized in Chinese military, technological, and intelligence issues as an independent scholar, lecturer, and consultant to international conglomerates and government agencies
A member of numerous professional organizations and a frequent presenter at academic conferences, he is also a Senior Research Fellow with the Warring States Project and a Fellow of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies.
Sawyer's familiar red-cover Art of War book was published in 1994 remains among the highest ranked Sun Tzu translations of all time.
For more information on Ralph Sawyer and his writings, please visit his site.
Any questions on Compass AE, you can contact us at Service [at] COLLABORATION360 [dot] Com
M.E. Hom
Chief Architect of Collaboration360.com
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Copying, posting and reproduction in any form (without prior consent) is an infridgement of copyright.
