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rumpelstiltskin

2012-02-03 12:05:58 PM

Businesses are run by pirates, not ninjas.

MaudlinMutantMollusk

2012-02-03 12:14:30 PM

FloydA

2012-02-03 12:32:47 PM

What the graduating class of ninja business school might look like.

Sybarite

2012-02-03 01:18:30 PM

This never ends well.

Saborlas

2012-02-03 01:46:15 PM

His conclusion: they don't.

This is a weird thing in Japan (yeah, yeah, I know...). The concept that warrior traditions of the past have anything to bring to modern business. Despite extreme differences in thinking and values.

The Book of Five Rings is not a book on how to be a good businessman. It's about how to be a good swordsman. The author (arguably the finest samurai who ever lived) DESPISED merchants, seeing them as an unnecessary middleman between farmer and consumer.

Calmamity

2012-02-03 01:49:40 PM

"Be a shrub. Just a shrub."

Tax Boy

2012-02-03 03:27:18 PM

1. Ninjas are mammals.
2. Ninjas fight ALL the time.
3. The purpose of the ninja is to ~~flip out and kill people~~ engage students in meaningful discussion of business case studies.

PullItOut

2012-02-03 03:27:54 PM

You mean outside of the fast-food realm? Because they've got that sewn up.

Kanemano

2012-02-03 03:37:13 PM

the hallmark of the ninja is to win by any means necessary regardless of any sort of honor code, so he is really just teaching wall street ethics.

loonatic112358

2012-02-03 03:38:15 PM

PullItOut: [ninjaburger.com image 186x240]

You mean outside of the fast-food realm? Because they've got that sewn up.

Damnit

I was going to say that the cafeteria will now be ran in a more efficient and deadlier manner now

Somaticasual

2012-02-03 03:43:03 PM

Honestly, ninjas would be great for hostile takeovers..

dr.zaeus

2012-02-03 03:54:51 PM

PullItOut: [ninjaburger.com image 186x240]

You mean outside of the fast-food realm? Because they've got that sewn up.

What a ninja hamburger might look like:

covers.openlibrary.org

dlatino3

2012-02-03 04:01:22 PM

Hmm...I wonder why people think higher education costs and budgets are bloated in a time of lower tax revenue.

BumpInTheNight

2012-02-03 04:02:24 PM

Maybe those MBAs will be taught how to turn their competitor's businesses into smoldering craters rather then their own.

imontheinternet

2012-02-03 04:25:44 PM

Proud graduate of the Ninja Business School.

NarrMaster

2012-02-03 04:38:56 PM

Hastumi sensei?

/reads article...

Never mind....

FloydA

2012-02-03 04:42:40 PM

dlatino3: Hmm...I wonder why people think higher education costs and budgets are bloated in a time of lower tax revenue.

Because they are stupid?

Valarius

2012-02-03 04:50:21 PM

Link to blog post of Michelangelo eating pizza. Because I can't post the damn gif.

http://cadolicious.tumblr.com/post/2826698459/teenage-mutant-ninja-tu r ttttttlessssssss-cooking

greatgodyoshi

2012-02-03 05:06:39 PM

Read that as "ninja chef" and was really confused.

GWSuperfan

2012-02-03 05:38:42 PM

Don't they already teach Six Sigma in B-School? Any Six Sigma black-belts on Fark?

apeiron242

2012-02-03 05:40:03 PM

NarrMaster: Hastumi sensei?

/reads article...

Never mind....

Yeah, i was wondering why it didn't mention Hatsumi too.

driven to quit

2012-02-03 05:42:10 PM

greatgodyoshi: Read that as "ninja chef" and was really confused.

I did too. Glad I wasn't the only one.

stevetherobot

2012-02-03 05:50:25 PM

rumpelstiltskin: Businesses are run by pirates, not ninjas.

cdn.pastemagazine.com

SpinStopper

2012-02-03 07:29:29 PM

Igor Jakovsky

2012-02-03 08:30:21 PM

greatgodyoshi: Read that as "ninja chef" and was really confused.

As did I, I thought the article was going have something to do with Ginsu knives

Mad_Radhu

2012-02-03 09:01:49 PM

Well, that's one way to combat Internet piracy.

Capt.Plywood

2012-02-03 09:16:14 PM

Ignore the old adage that it is best to negotiate from a position of strength. Recent studies prove that it is always best to negotiate from double scorpion.

FnkyTwn

2012-02-03 09:23:55 PM

Sifl & Olly: Ninja Tech (nw wndw)

Vertdang

2012-02-04 12:10:59 AM

"I look forward to killing you soon!"

Ishidan

2012-02-04 01:56:01 AM

Saborlas: His conclusion: they don't.
The Book of Five Rings is not a book on how to be a good businessman. It's about how to be a good swordsman. The author (arguably the finest samurai who ever lived) DESPISED merchants, seeing them as an unnecessary middleman between farmer and consumer.

True, but Musashi was samurai, not ninja.
Samurai tended to fancy themselves as aristocracy, going into battle with banners declaring who they were and what side they were on. Ninja were very much merchants of their craft: dirty deeds done for as much as we can soak you for, with plausible deniability, false-flag operations, and privileged client communications as optional extras.

RatMaster999

2012-02-04 05:28:01 AM

Igor Jakovsky: greatgodyoshi: Read that as "ninja chef" and was really confused.

As did I, I thought the article was going have something to do with Ginsu knives

www.ninjakitchenblender.net

Nah, they've moved on...

SockMonkeyHolocaust

2012-02-04 05:34:25 AM

Wooboy, them pirates and zombies better watch out because I don't know how does this beating-tired-shiat-into-the-ground that the internet does work?

ChubbyTiger

2012-02-04 07:58:10 AM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: [farm1.static.flickr.com image 500x405]

I know it's a meme, but let's not mix up Chinese and Japanese martial arts, ok?

erveek

2012-02-04 08:43:28 AM

stevetherobot: rumpelstiltskin: Businesses are run by pirates, not ninjas.

[cdn.pastemagazine.com image 300x170]

Why is that skull surrounded by penises?

MusicMakeMyHeadPound

2012-02-04 10:05:21 AM

FnkyTwn: Sifl & Olly: Ninja Tech (nw wndw)

Came here to post this.

/you're so crescent fresh

jdjoker

2012-02-04 10:53:30 AM

GWSuperfan: Don't they already teach Six Sigma in B-School? Any Six Sigma black-belts on Fark?

Is Six Sigma still a big thing? My company is typically a couple of years behind on corporate trends, and we moved on to everyone getting their PMP certification at least 2 years ago.

FloydA

2012-02-04 11:07:49 AM

jdjoker: GWSuperfan: Don't they already teach Six Sigma in B-School? Any Six Sigma black-belts on Fark?

Is Six Sigma still a big thing? My company is typically a couple of years behind on corporate trends, and we moved on to everyone getting their PMP certification at least 2 years ago.

What someone with PMP certification might look like

iaazathot

2012-02-04 02:04:33 PM

The Koga don't exist anymore. That tradition died with Fujita Seiko in the 60's when he and his top students were killed in a car crash. It is the go to name for frauds.

There are some precepts of ninjutsu and samurai precepts that could be useful for business, but given the tendency for capitalism to distort things to an immutable end, then I have little hope of them being applied appropriately.

ManicParroT

2012-02-04 02:25:08 PM

When we consider the way in which the ninja 'brand' has managed to build an enormous edifice on the tiniest of bases, there may be something in this.

stevetherobot

2012-02-04 10:16:27 PM

erveek: stevetherobot: rumpelstiltskin: Businesses are run by pirates, not ninjas.

[cdn.pastemagazine.com image 300x170]

Why is that skull surrounded by penises?

You'll have to ask Terry Gilliam.

Captain_Ballbeard

2012-02-06 12:54:25 AM

NarrMaster: Hastumi sensei?

/reads article...

Never mind....

Studied in a T0gakure dojo back in nineties. Hatsumi FTW

Captain_Ballbeard

2012-02-06 12:56:09 AM

The Way of Ninpo means leaving the world a better place than you found it.

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