Journeys of a Taoist in the Business World: The Process of Change

I apologize for my absence as time slips quickly. Much has happened since our last visit, some of which you will now hear. In this session, I want to report the beginning of change. Taoists believe...

Taoists perceive nature differently than many. It is the nature of mathematics that one is given the choice to see the world as discrete units (algebra), or continuous motion (calculus). It is the same with strategy.

Taoists perceive strategy in the continuous. As the great strategist Sun Tzu notes in...

Journeys with a Taoist in the Business World: Strategies of the Wu-wei

Photo: Professor Weigelt teaching financial literacy to inner city adults at The Wharton School

Wu-wei is a verb of sorts. It explains how one behaves strategically with what the Taoists call...

I am a strategist in the Daoist tradition. One tenet of Daoism is that individuals are responsible for their reality. We all have the power to change our reality because of what game theorists call interactive payoffs. When you interact with others, the consequence of your decision depends on the...