Synopsis

British historian Arnold Toynbee said that "the 19th century belonged to UK, 20th century belonged to the US, and 21st century is to belong to China." He predicted that the civilizations that could save the world were the Chinese civilization of Confucianism and Mahayana Buddhism. This 21st century is characterized by change, of great magnitude, speed, frequency, diversity and complexities. The answers to handle such big changes can be found in the Ancient Chinese 'Book of Changes' also known as "I-Ching" or 'Yi Jing'. It is foundational classic that other Chinese philosophies of Confucius, Lao Zi, Sun Zi and many others are based. The ‘i' 易 of i-Ching besides standing for Change, also stands for ease and simplicity and in addition the unchanging principles for handling all situations of life. It is a very short book of highly codified wisdom. Mastering it allows one to have success in life and in building lasting enterprises like Apple, IBM and Xerox, that went through transformations.

Most books on i-Ching stress on the historical, structural and mythical. In this course, we shall emphasize on the predictive power and application to modern day living. You will be taught on how to read a situation in terms of the forces, positioning and timing, to apply the wisdom and to achieve the desirable outcome. We shall cover 3 basic life skills of relationship building, leadership and management. We then go through the 9-stage cycles of building lasting businesses, from starting all the way the transformation to next cycle. Business and living are similar. We shall cover good fortune without disasters, beauty and health, joy and sharing, preventing decay and transforming to a second life! While we have no control over our birth and talents, we do have control and must take responsibility over what we make out of this life because the wisdom are taught in i-Ching.

Course Objectives

The attendee after completion of the course will be able to:

• take responsibility and create your desired future
• understand the life cycles of change
• The principles for harmony, abundance and stress-free living.
• The principles for building lasting enterprises from starting to transform without end.
• the principles for relationship building, leadership and management
• Analyze a situation and check the Book, the online resources, for guidance to create a change for the better and to avoid a disaster.

Course Outline:

• I-Ching Overview.
  
  
  • History, Philosophies, Structure, 64 Hexagrams and the teachings, 9 types of outcomes from disaster to good fortune. The Yin-Yang thinking framework.
• The right way to Consulting I-Ching.
  
  
  • Analysis of Situation over time, position, attributes and purpose
  • Consulting the I-Ching Knowledge Base (available online too), to address the situation and plan the steps to change.
  • Strategic Decision Making & Planning, Execution followed by Review & Learning.
• Principles for Relationship Building, Leadership and Management/Control.
• Entrepreneurship and 9-Stages of Building Lasting Enterprises. The How-to of “Starting A New”, “Developing It”, “Wait for the Big Thing”, “Overcome Obstacles”, “Grow & Scaling Up”, “Abundance”, “Joy of Sharing”, “Detecting and Preventing Decline”, ”Transform to the Next Big Thing”
• Principles for Relationship Building, Partnering for Group Success and Conflict management.
• Use of the I-Ching Resources Provided:
  
  
  • Free web access full English translation of I-Ching with updates on bvotech blog. Visit http://bvotech.com/blog/?page_id=73
  • I-Ching knowledge base in Freemind mind-map format accessible by free mind-map software like Freemind, Freeplane and Xmind and many others.
• Limitations of I-Ching

Instructional Methodology

• Lecture, dialogue and modern business case studies.

Wisdom of I-Ching Arranged in Building Successful Life & Great Lasting Businesses