Knowing The Art of War 2000

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KnowingThe Art of War 2000

• Alex Bennet DoN CIO bennet.alex_at_hq.navy.
  mil 29 Feb 2000

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Syllogisms

• Cannot have predictable patterns in warfare
• Logic sometimes creates predictable patterns
• Sometimes cannot use logic in warfare

• Captains often make decisions based on knowing
• Captains usually make the right decisions
• Right decisions are often based on knowing

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Knowing is

• seeing beyond images
• hearing beyond words
• and sensing beyond appearances.

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Sun Tzu says

• So it is said that if you know others and know
  yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred
  battles if you do not know others but know
  yourself, you win one and lose one if you do not
  know others and do not know yourself, you will be
  imperiled in every single battle.

• Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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Aspects of Knowing
IDEA
place
moment in time
context
In a changing world, future projections cannot be
based on past orientation.
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Knowing 2000
Knowing improves your ability to develop real
discernment, greater association, wise
insight and true decision making.
Scanning
Patterning
Integrating
Sensing
Visualizing
Valuing
Intuiting
Self as agent of change
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Elements of Knowing 2000

• Scanning
• Early indicators
• Environmental noise
• Environmental speed reading
• Filtering and amplifying
• Patterning
• Trends
• Flow
• Chaos theory
• Lateral thinking
• Sensing
• Listening
• External and internal sensors
• Openness and receptivity
• Attention and focus
• Integrating
• Systems thinking
• Networking
• Feedback loops

Case Studies
Knowing is highly active. Knowers are
attentive, very focused and ready to act.
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Elements of Knowing 2000
V
I
V

• Visualizing
• Power of thought
• Visualize success
• As an individual, team and organization
• Intuiting
• Emotional Intelligence
• Risk
• Valuing
• Mental models
• Alignment to vision, mission, goals
• Unknowns
• Mental screening

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Elements of Knowing 2000
Self

• Self as agent of change
• Personal mastery
• Setting the example
• Metaknowing
• Verification
• The Art of Persuasion
• Storytelling

You cannot learn greater things by building upon
old ideas and limited concepts.
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Benefits of Knowing

• Builds situational awareness
• Empowers decision making
• Cultivates discretion
• Reduces complexity
• Supports Knowledge Superiority

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Visualizing our Classroom Approach
Learning Areas
MODULES (Approx 2 hr Segments)
O/V
Skill Focus Area
INTRODUCTION
VALUING
SELF AS AGENT OF CHANGE
INTUITING
VISUALIZING
INTEGRATING
PATTERNING
SCANNING
SENSING
Practice
Summary
Self-Study Exercises References