Comments on: Strategic Assesments (1) http://blog.arbita.net/index.php/2007/07/27/startegic-assesments-1/ Arbita The Way Forward Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:08:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Heather Bussing http://blog.arbita.net/index.php/2007/07/27/startegic-assesments-1/#comment-44 Heather Bussing Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:20:47 +0000 http://blog.arbita.net/index.php/2007/07/27/startegic-assesments-1/#comment-44 Beautifully written. I especially appreciate that you move away from the black and white, right and wrong aspects of war or competition. The answer is in seeing clearly, understanding the consequences of your actions for yourself and others, and searching deeply for solutions that don't appear on the surface. An often overlooked approach to conflict is that both sides are right. And that there are many right ways to do almost anything. Congratulations on a wonderful idea and a wise and insightful approach. Beautifully written. I especially appreciate that you move away from the black and white, right and wrong aspects of war or competition. The answer is in seeing clearly, understanding the consequences of your actions for yourself and others, and searching deeply for solutions that don’t appear on the surface. An often overlooked approach to conflict is that both sides are right. And that there are many right ways to do almost anything.

Congratulations on a wonderful idea and a wise and insightful approach.

]]> By: Amitai Givertz http://blog.arbita.net/index.php/2007/07/27/startegic-assesments-1/#comment-43 Amitai Givertz Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:33:09 +0000 http://blog.arbita.net/index.php/2007/07/27/startegic-assesments-1/#comment-43 ”Fantastic post, Don. Your adaptation is very clever. I love it! Undoubtedly, the wisdom of the Masters in matters of warfare is an excellent source of inspiration for those who study such things. I am sure I am not alone in saying some of us welcome a deeper and more thought provoking reading of an otherwise tired metaphor. My fear is that the majority are inspired by actual war stories more than reflection, guided perhaps by the words of the unknown corporal who, surviving the mustard gas and the shrapnel and the mud of trench warfare, emerged from his WWI bunker — covered in gore — to enthusiastically rally the remnants of his troop, shouting: ”C’mon lads! We’re all but there! All is left us is to count the dead and bayonet the wounded!” In the struggle for life surely the war for talent is nothing more than a battle. It takes this depth of thinking to win the battles that we face not only on the talent-front but in life in general. Thank you for your leadership, Don.” ”Fantastic post, Don. Your adaptation is very clever.

I love it!

Undoubtedly, the wisdom of the Masters in matters of warfare is an excellent source of inspiration for those who study such things. I am sure I am not alone in saying some of us welcome a deeper and more thought provoking reading of an otherwise tired metaphor.

My fear is that the majority are inspired by actual war stories more than reflection, guided perhaps by the words of the unknown corporal who, surviving the mustard gas and the shrapnel and the mud of trench warfare, emerged from his WWI bunker — covered in gore — to enthusiastically rally the remnants of his troop, shouting:

”C’mon lads! We’re all but there! All is left us is to count the dead and bayonet the wounded!”

In the struggle for life surely the war for talent is nothing more than a battle. It takes this depth of thinking to win the battles that we face not only on the talent-front but in life in general.

Thank you for your leadership, Don.”

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