Where Policy Makers Are Born (Wall Street Journal - December 20, 2008) Mr. Hertog was present as an enthusiastic admirer of Yale's Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, the conference's host. The yearlong course -- which is capped at 24 students a year -- combines rigorous study of classical texts by Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and others with high-profile summer internships, intensive immersion in the craft of policy making and an elaborate crisis simulation exercise that tries to give students a sense of what it feels like to make political decisions in real-time.
No rest in Europe for tired Scolari (Electric New Paper - December 10, 2008) Wilkins is Chelsea through and through and would never have deliberately hurt his manager, which only makes his comments even more unfortunate. Scolari, famously, is a student of Sun Tzu and will know that revealing weaknesses to the enemy only invites attack.
The Obama Modernism Mode (The Atlantic - December 4, 2008) Sun-Tzu-t-ian? Gen. James Jones disagrees with Obama about a date-certain withdrawal from Iraq' Jones has the top foreign policy staff job in the land. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama differed profoundly about the tone of diplomacy; she's now the nation's chief diplomat. George Bush's Defense Department represented Iraq; its chief is staying about. Potential enemies are kept closer than some allies.
Salesforce.com and Google execs blast Oracle, SAP, Microsoft (Network World - November 7, 2008) Asked by moderator Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly Media, for his opinion about dismissive comments Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made recently about SaaS as little more than an empty buzzword, Benioff quoted ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War. "'When weak, feign strength.' That's the right approach for him."
Call Stoudemire new and improved (Sports Illustrated - November 7, 2008) Stoudemire, whose nickname has been STAT (Standing Tall and Talented), appeared to be thrilled with the new alias. "Sun Tzu is my nickname,'' he announced loudly to anyone who happened by his locker. "Sun Tzu. My name is Sun Tzu.''
So Spread Out, So Hard to Catch (New York Times - October 25, 2008) Tulsa’s dynamism can be traced to Graham, who was hired in 2007 after he coached Rice to its first bowl in 45 years in his lone season there. Before that, he was the Golden Hurricane’s defensive coordinator for three seasons under Steve Kragthorpe, who left for Louisville in 2007. A plastic orange with 14-0 written on it and a Bible turned to Psalms sat on a desk in Graham’s office, and “The Art of War” was in a bookcase.
Discipline: from where I sit (Patrick Air Force Base - October 17, 2008) Legendary military general Sun Tzu, whose works are studied in today's military war colleges, postulated that the art of war is based upon five constant factors, with discipline being one of them. When forecasting the outcome of a battle, he would consider which side enforced discipline more strictly. Using discipline and six other points in his forecast, Sun Tzu is claimed to have never lost a battle.
New business magazines try to make the best of a bad situation (Danwei - October 4, 2008) In this issue, he defends his decision in a statement that suggests he's taken the lessons of The Art of War to heart: "People in today's business world always feel that they have to stay in business until the very end, and they can't duck out in the middle. That's stupid. Is death the only way out? You draw your sword to win the fight, not to lose it. We fight not because we're warriors — we want to preserve our strength. We attack the enemy to protect ourselves, and we protect ourselves so that we can attack the enemy."
Sing, Brain, Sing (Newsweek - September 13, 2008) The six songs in the title are six ways in which our ancestors used music to develop society—to create social bonds, for instance, or to transmit knowledge, or for large-scale coordination. With social bonds, singing together produces oxytocin, a trust hormone. Or moving together in a coordinated way—as far back as "The Art of War," Sun Tzu recognized the importance of that in battle.
With his unique style and attitude, Pat Riley changed the game (Sports Illustrated - September 5, 2008) Players wanted to play for him, wanted the winning, wanted the cool -- heck, they wanted to dress when they weren't working the way Riley dressed when he was. Then they'd get halfway through one of his killer practices, hear him spout something about Sun-Tzu and the art of war and realize that no one was going to outwork Riley. Or, by extension, them.
Kabul homecoming ends in despair (The National - August 31, 2008) Mr Khan is a Democrat who, having supported Hillary Clinton, now plans to vote for Mr Obama. George W Bush, he believes, has severely jeopardised Washington’s chances of making amends here. “In the book The Art of War, the first thing it says is that you should not open two fronts. They came to Afghanistan, then went to Iraq. What the hell were they doing in Iraq?” he said.
The 'tranquil' one marks his arrival (Independent News - August 18, 2008) At that point, with Lampard putting Chelsea three goals to the good, Scolari claimed that his team had achieved 'tranquillity'. It seemed a strange choice of word for a man struggling so endearingly with his English. Perhaps it was borrowed from Sun Tzu's The Art of War, the Chinese military treatise around which the 59-year-old famously built Brazil's 2002 World Cup win.
Executive Snapshot: Gavin Isaacs (Las Vegas Business Press - August 18, 2008) What book has most influenced your career and why? "Art of War" by Sun Tzu is the ultimate book on tactics. It's always been one of my favorites.
All-round heroes (The Sun - August 16, 2008) Since retiring from the professional game, [Devon] Malcolm has clearly been studying Sun Tzu’s Art of War, guiding his fielders like a military genius to a two-run win.
Deans, Henry and the art of war (News24 - July 23, 2008) Deans honed his coaching skills from the 2 600-year-old "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, a book of Chinese origin on military strategy which the Aussie coach rates as "the best coaching manual I have ever read".
Fedora having a ball at Southern Miss (Rivals.com - July 20, 2008) The one book Fedora always finds time to snuggle up with is the "Art of War," a Sixth Century B.C. work by Sun Tzu. Fedora reads it every offseason to prepare for the coming season. The book is composed of 13 chapters, each devoted to an aspect of warfare. Many feel it is the consummate book on military strategies and tactics. "Why do I read it every year?" Fedora says. "Because I learn something new every time. I don't mean to say football is as bad as war, but many of the strategies are the same."
"Kung Fu Panda" punches away at controls on creativity (Xinhua News - July 4, 2008) Wu said, "We know little about foreigners' views and expectations of the Chinese culture. We should study their viewing habits and psychology. If we can find common points of interest, our cultural products will have greater success." ... Standing Committee member Tian Congming, former president of Xinhua News Agency, said the international popularity of the classic Chinese work "The Art of War" was an example of worldwide interest in Chinese culture.
Driven Scolari is revved-up by the will to win and he’ll put his foot down at Chelsea (Daily Mail - June 12, 2008) His favourite book is Sun Tzu's Art of War, the 6th Century Chinese treatise that has been required reading matter for every successful warrior. Chelsea insisted last night that Scolari was always their first choice and when one reflects on their criteria it does seem to have a ring of truth.
Eisenhower's D-Day legacy must not be forgotten (Scripps Howard News Service - June 5, 2008) Carthage College faculty over the years have made good use of the ancient classic 'The Art of War' by Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, who stressed the importance of deception. I don't know if Eisenhower read the book; I do know he could have written it.
Fedora knows wins equal ticket sales (Hattiesburg American - May 22, 2008) We got some interesting insight into the man and the way he is wired. He's a fan of Sun Tzu, the author of The Art of War, and American General George Patton. He strives for uniformity and perfection. His players are required to sit a certain way, hang their clothes in their locker a certain way and to have their shoes lined up a certain way.
Carphone's ring-tone, Currys' death-knell (Daily Telegraph - May 10, 2008) It was the Chinese scribe Sun Tzu who, in the sixth century BC, wrote The Art of War, a treatise that became one of the foremost manuals on military strategy. I can't think of much better weekend reading for John Browett, the chief executive of the company you and I used to know as Dixons.
John McCain and the Art of War (The Star-Ledger - April 27, 2008) McCain's specialty is supposed to be military affairs. As late as 1996, he authored a serious paper on the subject of military readiness for the 21st century. Yet now that the 21st century has arrived, he seems to have re gressed to the point that he no longer recognizes principles of war that were already known in the 6th century B.C. That was when the Chinese philosopher-general Sun-Tzu penned his classic work, "The Art of War."
Russo lands dream job at Emory & Henry (Bristol Herald Courier - April 16, 2008) Russo has also learned from Johnson’s favorite book. The Art of War by Sun Tzu, which stresses leadership, strategy and discipline techniques, has become increasingly popular in the sports and business worlds. "Coach Johnson and I don’t really talk about X’s and O’s that much," Russo said. "He focuses more on leadership and how to run a program based on a core system of values. "I’ve heard those messages from Coach since I was a freshman, but it’s always good to have reminders."
A smarter weapon (USA Today - March 27, 2008) The great Chinese military general and strategist Sun Tze got it right in sixth century B.C. when he said, "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." We urge our next commander in chief to accept this sage advice. The American people should expect nothing less.
Providence quickly names new schools superintendent (The Providence Journal - March 25, 2008) Brady described his leadership style as collaborative, not dictatorial. A strong leader, he said, establishes a clear vision and then empowers his staff to fulfill that vision. Quoting an ancient Chinese philosopher, Sun Tzu, Brady said being a good leader means that when you step down, your followers think that they did all of the work. “There are all these misconceptions about the military,” he said. “Leadership is about empowering people and then holding them accountable. It’s about mutual trust.”
Cunningham takes over at Andrean (The Times - March 14, 2008) The history professor, Andrean grad, Purdue Ph.D. recipient and former Steelhead is his alma mater's new varsity boys basketball coach, Andrean announced Thursday. A free-spirit and media darling in his playing days, Cunningham is ready to be a coach for the foreseeable future. However, he's not going to check his personality. "There's a quote, from Sun Tzu in 'The Art of War' -- 'Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness,'" Cunningham said. "Some people think that he was talking about a war strategy, but I think he was talking about the motion offense. A great motion offense can befuddle the opposition with formlessness."
Hetzel leads Panthers onto ice (Community Press - January 7, 2008) "I've been waiting for this for four years," Hetzel said. "The only other thing I'd like to do is go to state. So far, I feel great about it. We've put together a great team." Elder's team motto is taken from Sun Tzu's "Art of War" and states, "Every battle is won or lost before it's ever fought." Coach Bill Rieth says through Hetzel's leadership, the team is adhering to that phrase.