Mapping Resources of Power
Burja Mapping is a way to map power visually, based in Samo Burja’s Empire Theory. Most of the examples I have demonstrated are visual representations of power that people have (as individuals, or collectively as…
Category: Strategy
Means-Ends, Conditions-Consequences, and the Game of Risk
Most Western strategic thought takes place in a means-ends framework. We have a particular goal (win this war, defeat this competitor, earn this degree…); we consider the best possible plan to achieve that goal; and…
Strategy Club
For the better part of the last year, we’ve been running a “Strategy Club.”, a long-running Anti-Book Club with a focus on a) learning and applying strategy and b) increasing the number and depth of…
Disfluency and the Methods of Strategy
The rate at which I make Wardley Maps has quadrupled since becoming Assistant Director at the Monastic Academy. They are one of the most useful tools in my strategy toolbox.
Monastic Strategy
True confession: I don’t really care about devops. I’m not in the tech industry and it doesn’t affect me directly on a day-to-day basis. So why did I fly 2500 miles to go to a…