Comments on: Patterns of conflict http://www.badlanguage.net/patterns-of-conflict How to communicate Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Bad Language / Boyd - Book Review http://www.badlanguage.net/patterns-of-conflict#comment-448241 Bad Language / Boyd - Book Review Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:52:11 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/patterns-of-conflict#comment-448241 [...] my earlier post about Boyd’s Patterns of Conflict [...] [...] my earlier post about Boyd’s Patterns of Conflict [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://www.badlanguage.net/patterns-of-conflict#comment-424559 Jeff Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:25:41 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/patterns-of-conflict#comment-424559 Matthew, while Boyd's ideas were crucial (I had to learn them in the USMC in the 80's), the US Marine Corps has crafted a much more interesting document entitled <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/service_pubs/mcdp1.pdf" rel="nofollow">Warfighting</a>. It is a genuine philosophy of conflict and is based on Boyd's work. You might also examine the USMC's manuals on <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/service_pubs/mcdp1_3.pdf" rel="nofollow">Tactics</a> and <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/service_pubs/mcdp1_2.pdf" rel="nofollow">Campaigning</a>. Tactics has an especially valuable chapter on how to get things done faster. Having said that, I don't think business is like war. Business is like diplomacy. It is cooperative and competitive --- coopetition. I recommend two books, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arts-Power-Charles-Jr-Freeman/dp/1878379658" rel="nofollow">Arts of Power</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Co-Opetition-Revolution-Combines-Competition-Cooperation/dp/0385479506/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213899816&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Coopetition</a>. Now, if I haven't mangled any of those links, enjoy! Matthew, while Boyd’s ideas were crucial (I had to learn them in the USMC in the 80’s), the US Marine Corps has crafted a much more interesting document entitled Warfighting. It is a genuine philosophy of conflict and is based on Boyd’s work.

You might also examine the USMC’s manuals on Tactics and Campaigning. Tactics has an especially valuable chapter on how to get things done faster.

Having said that, I don’t think business is like war. Business is like diplomacy. It is cooperative and competitive — coopetition. I recommend two books, Arts of Power and Coopetition.

Now, if I haven’t mangled any of those links, enjoy!

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