Dr Mike Clayton
Mike is an author and speaker, specialising in Projects, Risk, Organisational change, and the science of influence and decision-making.
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Tag Archives: Hagakure
Ethics of Excellence
I have always believed that you can learn something from anything, if you approach it with the right mind-set. The question I have is this – should we feel able to use everything as a source of learning? More explicitly, … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics
Tagged Bushido, Conspiracy, ethics, excellence, Hagakure, Handling Resistance, project management, Shackleton, Wanssee
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More Samurai Wisdom for Projects – Hagakure Part 3
Here are three more chunks of wisdom from Hagakure, the book of the Samurai. You can find my earlier posts at: Part 1 Part 2 Control versus Flexibility “Fish cannot live where the water is too clear. But where there … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Hagakure, project management
Tagged control, Hagakure, project, project management, project manager, reputation, risk, samurai
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More Samurai Wisdom for Projects – Hagakure Part 2
Recently, I took three paragraphs from The Book of the Samurai – Hagakure – and showed how their wisdom can be useful to a project manager. Here are three more.
Posted in Attitude, Hagakure, project management
Tagged communication, Hagakure, resilience, samurai, sunk cost
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Project Hagakure Part 1
Many classics of the arts of statecraft and warfare have been turned into management tomes, exhorting leaders to follow The Tao of Leadership , learn from The Prince and practice The Art of War and follow The Book of Five … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Hagakure, project management
Tagged Hagakure, Kennedy, project management, samurai
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