“Soft can beat hard” is a saying in martial arts . It is hard to understand that one can be soft in martial arts and still win, isn’t it? ...

Is a stress-free and meaningful life possible today? We are daily bombarded by requests, actions, interrupts. The media pressure us with w...

“Change is the only constant in life” Heraclitus . Then why are we so afraid of it? In the post Organizational change  I have written th...

Fajin or fa chin is a term used in some Chinese Martial Arts … When I first heard the term I didn’t know what to think of it. If your...

We recently got a puppy Xia. She entered our hearts immediately although Biba left us not long time ago (see: Lesson of Leadership by Biba )...

In the philosophy of all Martial Arts ‘body, mind and spirit’ have to be and work united in order to be successful in any combat situation....

There is no martial art with the name Tai Chun. I just melted names of two arts to form a new expression:  the first word from Tai Chi ( T...

In my previous posts I have deliberately omitted any connection to well-known book The Art of War by Sun Tzu. This book is one of the seven ...

In my posts Wing Chun basics 4 Leadership  and Wing Chun in Leadership  I have already explained about Wing Chun principles. They are very w...

What could pushing hands in Tai Chi and leadership have in common? ‘ Pushing hands ’ or ‘tui shou’ is a two-person training routines in T...

The servant leadership philosophy and/or a set of leadership practices have been expressed and described in many ways. There is a notion th...

Last post about “ Different views on leadership ” discussed the differences between Western and Eastern leadership views. In searching for ...

I watched Dan Ariely, behavioral economist and the author of Predictably Irrational, TED talk: “ Are we in control of our own decisions? ” ...

The central blog question is: “How to successfully lead a group of people coming from different cultural backgrounds?” Today we are facing...

Dao De Jing is a transcript of around five thousand Chinese characters in eighty-one chapters or sections. The chapter divisions were durin...

Most people believe that martial arts are violent ego driven systems with intention to injure or kill. Several times in my previous posts ...

Broadly perceived “western” trap says: “Problem solving is the essence of why leaders exist to do.” Why is that false? Like falling domin...

A while ago I happened to have a meeting while pleasantly walking through the park. Since then I try, whenever possible, to avoid to meet in...

In my blog: Virtue – Morality – Ethics and leadership  I wrote that virtue motivates and morals and ethics constrain. To support that state...

With a myriad of cultures in multinational corporations, research into leadership has been endless, yet not very conclusive. An old friend o...