The first blows of the horns would ring early in the morning in a village near Lake Köyliö in south western Finland. The alarm would sound for all and indicate it’s time to start the daily routine. The year was 1152, and these heathens had never know another life. While there is hierarchy in all […]
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Thoughts on Realism with Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan has always seemed to me a prime example of Realpolitik despite never being associated as such. Not only in the organization of the army, legal system and carriers, but in overall military decisions. The Mongolians were very few in number, riding into faraway lands. When they took over a Muslim city they couldn’t […]
Thoughts on “Networking”
The 100 history of the House of Medici reminds me of today’s over focus on networking the expense of everything else. In their rise to power they kept a keep eye on the numbers, and it was through their accounting methods that they became rich along with carefully placed networking and power moves. The generations […]