Military Strategy for Business
The art of survival and success in compelling environments
A few years ago, we went to Greece as a team of speakers to attend the Internal Audit Congress organized by IIA Greece in Thessaloniki. I gave a speech at the congress on information security auditing. At the end of the congress, our Greek colleagues presented us with some gifts as a sign of our good relations. My gift was a lovely statue of the goddess Athena. For me, as an army veteran, it was much more than a simple sculpture, it was the sign of a strong idea. I will explain my reason in the following.
The picture above belongs to a 16th-century helmet. I understand that it was used by the Turkish dynasties, from the sun visor and the delicacy in the application of the tombak technique (gilt copper metalwork). Every time I visit the Istanbul Harbiye Military Museum, I cannot stop myself examining the medieval Turkish helmets for minutes. They reflect the culture, understanding, and technology of their time very well.
These helmets were produced to protect the head of the khan, who thinks, analyzes, decides, as the army commander, trying to prevail by using the military power on the battlefield in a superior way to the…
