The Wharton's interview of Malcolm Gladwell about his book "David and Goliath: : Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants" have many so new ideas that are actually very familiar to the Chinese. In fact, such ideas are just Ancient Chinese Wisdom of thousands year old.I was giving a talk on 'taking a seat in the cockpit' (27 Nov 13) for HR managers to shift into Strategic Human Capital Management and spoke on the story of David vs Goliath. Specifically, I mentioned that the West thinking is about getting more strength to win, but the Chinese thinking is about how the so-called weak, the underdog can beat the giant. That was how the start-up dethroned the existing leaders.
Today I got the email about this interview with Malcolm Gladwell.
The interview can be found in http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/david-goliath-malcolm-gladwell-advantages-.
Here is the mindmap that summarized the key thoughts and the similarity to ancient Chinese Wisdom.
Sun Zi's arts of war, see Sun Zi Art of War-6: Leadership Skills and Creating HPO | BvOtech, clearly pointed out that winning a war does not just rest on the size of the troops. He went deeper to give the strategies for how to win: Alignment, Foreseeing Enemy’s actions or reactions , Getting Commitment of Staff, Detailed & Careful Planning with Agility and Humility (Never Under-estimate the Enemy). More wisdom can be found in Sun Zi Art of War (Sun Tzu) in One Minute.
A summary of Chinese Mindset can be found in The Essence of Sinology or Chinese Mindset – The Values & Methods for 21st Century.
A summary of East-West Mindset differences can be found in East West Fusion Mindset as a Key and as Simple as ABC.
More comparison between East and West management and Chinese Management Style can be found in Sinology & Chinese Management.
To learn more of the Chinese mindsets, see Ancient Chinese Wisdom and
Lim Liat (c) 6 Dec 2013
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