Hostile M&A a.k.a. Siege Warfare
This treatment builds and expands upon one comparative scenario that is featured in Sun Tzu and the Art of Corporate Transformation, John’s landmark presentation.
Through role play that spans centuries; participants are propelled into leadership situations that demonstrate the remarkable similarities between Hostile M&A and siege warfare; not just for the fury and anger that permeates the battlefield/boardroom but for the various reasons why siege becomes necessary and for the various ways in which siege ends.
In this session, audiences are morphed into one of the most unusual sieges in the annals of warfare. While exploring the remarkable similarities between military siege tactics and those of corporations intent upon acquisition; participants delve into the parallel worlds of Kings and CEO's, Mercenaries and Consultants, Siege Engineers and Lawyers, Victuallers and Bankers, Necromancers and Corporate Strategists and sundry other essential personnel.
Along the way, participants also develop an understanding of the fundamental missteps, miscues and mistakes that are repeated time after time after time in battle and whenever transformation / improvement is on the agenda. And for good measure... Participants get to operate a working model of a trebuchet!
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