Does the Outcome of your Team's Endeavor Look Like This?

If it does, you need your team to "Collaborate with Compass AE".

The Tangible Vision of a Quality-Driven Company

A friend of mine recently launched their web site Ofcourselionsource.com. Their speciality is quite unique. They sell custom designed and standard Chinese lion dance and dragon dance equipment and accessories. On their site, lion and dragon dance enthusiasts can also find an extensive array of separate parts to those who need to build or repair their own lion head.

They have been in business for quite a long time. Their clientele are numerous, "global" and loyal. It is a testimony to their commitment to excellence.

The Tangible Vision of the principals is to provide world class quality service.

Please visit their web site.

Usng the Shi (Strategic Advantage) to Complete the Tangible Vision

The world class strategist seeks his victory from strategic advantage (shi) and does not demand it from his men. He is thus able to select the right men and exploit the strategic . He who exploits the strategic advantage sends his men like rolling logs and boulders. It is the nature of logs and boulders and boulders that on flat ground, they are stationary, but on steep ground they roll; the square in shape tends to stop but the round tends to roll. Thus the strategic advantage of the world class strategist- commander in exploiting his men in battle can be likened to rolling round bounders down a steep ravine thousands of feet high says something about his strategic advantage. --- Sun Zi and The Art of Warfare (Chapter 5)

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What is the Strategic Advantage (Shi) behind Compass AE?
When a team collaboratively connects to their Tangible Vision, they also collaboratively connect to each other. This "Collaboration With Direction" approach is the strategic advantage that most emerging companies need to compete against the global companies.

Implementing this advantage properly and promptly is always the challenge.


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The Connections between the Chinese Strategy Classics and Compass AE (1)

"The implementation of Virtue of the team (army's) great resource. Trust is the team's (army's) clear reward. ..." --- Military Methods

When a Compass team collaboratively builds their Tangible Vision, they learn about each other in terms of their individual thinking process and their interaction as a future team member. They determine if they can trust their teammates to complete their project as a team.

When the specifics are properly clarified, everyone becomes accountable from top to bottom.

Team trust and team accountability enables any team to collaboratively connect to their Tangible Vision.

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Compass AE Origins (2): The Chinese Strategy Expert

Someone recently asked me the following question, "Since you and your team build this strategic process on your understanding of the Chinese Strategy Classics. Can you tell me more about the team that build this process? ..."

In an earlier entry, I discussed about my associates and I being enthusiasts of the Chinese Strategy Classics. While most of the team specializes in various selections of the classics, this Chief Architect specializes in the understanding of the psychology and the history behind the Chinese strategy culture. Beside speaking, reading and writing the language, we also understands the generalities and specifics of the Chinese strategy mindset. Through our eclectic set of skills, we collaboratively build this unique strategic process that enables any project team to collaborate anywhere regardless of technology, distance and project culture.

In future entries, we will explain the connections between the Chinese strategy classics and our Compass AE process.


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