from ancient wisdom to modern management : strategy, execution & monitoring · 2018. 2. 27. ·...

From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Management :

STRATEGY, EXECUTION & MONITORING

K. Jayaweera

From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Management:

STRATEGY, EXECUTION & MONITORING

K. Jayaweera

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https://scientificbuddhist.wordpress.com

From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Management ©2018 K. Jayaweera

AGENDA

– 2500 Years Ago…

– The Noble Path driven by ‘The Triad’

– Vision & Causal Network Analysis

– Right Effort & Right Awareness

– Endless Applications

– Discussion & Q&A


2500 Years Ago…


A Warrior Prince was born

Birth Name: Prince SiddharthaCaste: WarriorPedigree: Shakya Royal FamilyBirth/Physical Marks:

32 Great Masculine Signs

Siddartha was raised in a Secluded environment consistingOf 3 palaces with all royal luxuriesExceled both Royal education & Martial Arts (Combat & Weapons)

At age 16 married Beautiful Princess Yashodara

Very Compassionate towards everyOne. Often became a trouble makerWhenever planning for war

Childhood

Marriage

Early20’s

Image Rights: Krishna Suriyagarn


With a mind, Extremely Analytical

"I had three palaces: one for the cold season, one for the hot season, one forthe rainy season. During the four months of the rainy season I wasentertained in the rainy-season palace by entertainers without a single manamong them, and I did not once come down from the palace. Whereas theservants, workers, & retainers in other people's homes are fed meals of lentilsoup & broken rice, in my father's home the servants, workers, & retainerswere fed wheat, rice, and meat.Even though I was endowed with such fortune, such total refinement, thethought occurred to me: 'When an untaught, run-of-the-mill person, himselfsubject to aging, not beyond aging, sees another who is aged, he is horrified,humiliated, & disgusted, oblivious to himself that he too is subject to aging,not beyond aging. If I — who am subject to aging, not beyond aging — wereto be horrified, humiliated, & disgusted on seeing another person who isaged, that would not be fitting for me.' As I noticed this, the [typical] youngperson's intoxication with youth entirely dropped away.”

"Sukhamala Sutta: Refinement" (AN 3.1.4.9 / AN 3.38)http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.038.than.html

Observations

&Analy

tics

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.038.than.html


Whose Life Objective was

Objective

Himself being subject to

Birth Aging

Illness Death

Sorrow Defilement

Birth-less Aging-less

Illness-less Death-less

Sorrow-less Stainless

Birth Aging

Illness Death

Sorrow Defilement

Birth Aging

Illness Death

Sorrow Defilement

what is subject to Himself being subject to

Noble Search

Ignoble Search

“Ariyapariyesana Sutta: The Noble Search” (MN 26 / MN 1.3.6)https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.026.than.html

Seek Happiness in

Seek Happiness in

what is subject to

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.026.than.html


In search of True Happiness

At age 29 the black haired young prince renounced his throne and entered ahomeless ascetic life amidst the resistance of crying parents. He called himselfAscetic Gotama.

Gotama came to Master Alara Kalama and soon excelled his doctrine and laterMoved on since it did not help realize his objective.He came to a second Master Uddaka and soon excelled his doctrine and laterMoved on since it too did not help either.

Ascetic Gotama thought extreme ascetic practice might be the way to realizeHis objective and started with non-breathing Trans. Combined with a restricteddiet with extreme starvation abandoning any solid and chewable food. Limited himself for a drop of lentil or rice soup once a while.

Gotama suffered from anorexia and yet he did not stop. He was determined To achieve his goal than abandoning this path of suffocation he has taken. He continued extreme austerities for 6 long years for a result worthy of seeing.[KN Buddhavamsa]

FollowMasters

Extreme Ascetism

Anorexia

Renunciation


The Power of Determination

“The skin of my belly became so stuck to my spine that when I thought of touching my belly, I grabbed hold of my spine as well; and when I thought of touching my spine, I grabbed hold of the skin of my belly as well”

-Maha-Saccaka Sutta (MN 36 / MN 1.4.6)

Finally he gave up self-denial since it did not give him results. He recalled how he entered First Jhana when he was a child, and thought that might be the way to find what he was looking for. He then startedConsuming adequate food andRestored health then discovered a technique a.k.a Noble Path which Lead to Enlightenment and soon attained his goal.

MiddlePath

Anorexia


Gotama realizes objective: becomes BUDDHA

Perfected Virtue(Unblemished virtue clean from

every aspect)

Perfected Body(A body that has perfect control)

Perfected Mind(A mind that can penetrate anything he wishes to see)

Perfect Wisdom(Enlightened – Blessed with

Discovery Knowledge & Powers)

The Buddha : Unconditional Access to

Knowledge & Vision


Three Phases in Buddha’s Life

29 Years 06 Years 45 Years

Prince Siddhartha Ascetic Gotama Gotama Buddha

- Lived a life full of luxuries embedded in sensual pleasures

- 3 Palaces : Ramya, Suramya, Subha

- 40 Thousand maids at service [Buddhavamsa]

- Self Denial with extreme suffocation

- Extremely painful non-breathingTrans

- Starvation & Anorexia

- Abandoned both extremes and followed Middle Path then attained Enlightenment

- Gained Supreme Knowledge & Powers (Attainable by Buddhasonly)

- Preached the technique of Noble Eight-fold Path to the World


Ascetic Gotama’s Pattern

Observation DataAnalysis /

Insight

Objective & Strategy

Meticulous Execution

Results


Ascetic Gotama’s Pattern

Observation DataAnalysis /

Insight

Objective & Strategy

Meticulous Execution

Results

MONITORING

EXECUTION

VIS

ION


The Noble Path driven by ‘The Triad’


The Triad that run & roll around

Vision /

Analytics

Effort / Control

Awareness

/ Monitor

1

2

3

තය ො ධමයමො අනුපරිධොවන්ති අනුපරිවත්තන්ති- දහම් තුනක් අනු-දිවෙයි, අනු-වෙරවෙයි

Right Vision

Right Thought

Right Speech

Right Action

Right Living

Right

Concentration

Source: Maha Cattarisaka Sutta(MN 117 / MN 3.2.7)

Noble Path


Resonance with Modern Management

Execution(Action)

Monitoring(Sensing)

Strategy(Computing)

Effort

AwarenessVision

Buddha’s Triad Modern Business Strategy


What is Vision

Sotapanna Sutta: Stream-winner / Visionary (SN 22.109 / SN 3.1.3.1.7)

Vision‘Knowing how it really is’

Arising / Causes සමුදය

Disappea-rance

අත්ථංගම

Benefits ආස්ොද

Perils ආදීනෙ

Deliveranceනිස්සරණ

Causal Network Analysis

Cost BenefitAnalysis

Method /Strategy

Helps Refine Objectives

Helps Refine Strategic Choices &

Strategy Plan


What is Causal Network Analysis

H

‘I’ needs to beeliminated

I

J

G

CB

F

K

L

E

DA

Then Eliminate ‘A’

Tracing the Causes & Effects that unfold as a process network. This analysis helps in solving and targeting the right causes that need to be changed to achieve the final outcome.

This is better known as

‘Paticcasamuppada’


Properties of Causally Originated things

• Is subject to changeImpermanent / Transient

• Shows Birth & Death

• Shows Change during its lifetimeSubject to Life Cycle

• Originated by a mix of causesCausally Originated

• Can be destroyed by introducing other factors or removing factorsSubject to Destruction

• Shows decay Subject to Vanishing

• As such no basis for attachmentSubject to Unbind

• Can be ceasedSubject to Cessation

Conditioning (SN 12.20 / SN 2.1.2.10)


Real Examples (Analysis & Re-engineering)

Empty Glass Fill Water Drink

Fill Water Empty Glass Drink

Outside of Room

Open DoorEnter the

Room

Outside of Room

Enter the Room

Open Door

Scenario:Drinking Water

Scenario:EnteringA roomWith door already closed

This Never Happens

This Never Happens


How to Improve Vision

1. Education(පරයතොය ෝෂ)

Vision Starts from Education. Learn from those who know

2. Right Thinking(ය ෝනිය ෝමනසිකොර)Implementation of the Triad &

using right way of thinking

Mahavedalla Sutta(MN 43/ MN 1.5.3)

Effort

AwarenessVision

Education

1 2


Process for Education

Recite / Discussෙචසා

ෙරිචිතා

Contem-plate

මනසානුවෙක්ිතා

Penetrate / Compre-

hendදිට්ඨියා

සුප්ෙටිවිද්දා

Memo-rize

ධතා

Listen / Read

බහුස්සුතා

Adibrahmacariyapanna Sutta (AN 8.2 / AN 8.1.1.2)

“තං සුණාො , ොධුකං සමනසිකයරො ,

භොසිස ස ොමී''

Listen, Contemplate well,

I will tell you.

From Contemplation to

Penetration requires

• Observation & Application

• Context Data Analysis

• Causal Network Understanding

• Personal Experience

• Hence Time


4 Power Bases for Objective Realization

Focusසමාධි

Effort Driven Actionෙධාන

සංඛාර

Objective Realization

සෘද්ධි

Passionඡන්ද

Energyවිරිය

Mindsetචිත්ත

Analysisවිමංසා

Canda Sutta (SN 51.13 / SN 5.7.2.3)

Strive


What is Right Effort

Magga-vibhanga Sutta: Analysis of the Path (SN 45.8 / SN 5.1.1.8)

Unwholesome Qualities / Processes

Wholesome Qualities / Processes

Already Arisen

Effort toELIMINATE

Effort to DEVELOP & SUSTAIN

Not Yet Arisen

Effort toPREVENT

Effort toCREATE


Resonance with Blue Ocean Strategy

ELIMINATE RAISE

Which factors that the industry takes for granted

should be eliminated

Which factors should beraised well above

industry’s standard

REDUCE CREATE

Which factors should be reduced well below industry’s standard

Which factors should be created that the industry

has never offered

Four Action Framework that unlocks new Value Curve

Source: W. Kim, R. Mauborgne, “Blue Ocean Strategy”


Object Observer

Attention: Tracking the object by directing sensors (සති)

Knowledge: ability to know the status of object

(සම්ෙජඤ්ඤ)

What is Awareness

1. Observer should not intervene nor get involved 2. Awareness will result in gathering a heap of data about the object,

its transitions and context3. Awareness will also result in generating real-time Analytics

Maha-satipatthana Sutta: The Great Awareness-Stationing Sutta (DN 22 / DN 2.9)


Seven factors for AwakeningA

ware

ness

සති

සම්

වබ

ාජ්ඣ

ංග

Ob

serv

ati

on

& A

naly

tics

ධම්

මවි

ඡය

සම්

වබ

ාජ්ඣ

ංග

Eff

ort

විරි

යස

ම්ව

බාජ්

ඣංග

Rap

ture

පීති

සම්

වබ

ාජ්ඣ

ංග

Calm

ness

ෙස්

සද්

ධිස

ම්ව

බාජ්

ඣංග

Co

ncen

trati

on

සම

ාධිස

ම්ව

බාජ්

ඣංග

Neu

trali

ty

උව

ෙක්

ඛා

සම්

වබ

ාජ්ඣ

ංග

AW

AK

EN

ING

Anapanasati Sutta: Mindfulness of Breathing (MN 118 / MN 3.2.8)


The Triad in Operation

ELIMINATE

CREATE

DEVELOP

PREVENT

Causal Analysis

Strategy

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Objectives DATA

ATTENTION

VISION

EFFORT

AWARENESS

LISTEN

CONTEMPLATE

DISCUSS

MEMORIZE

ED

UC

AT

E

Commitment


Discussion / Q&A


Other Publications

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