Leadership by influence of Kinetic hard power, v adept and agile ..understanding the environment. “We were surprised at how little was understood about the people who inhabited this conflict area. What was the status of the tribal culture that had endured so much conflict and been criminalized ..? We wondered why .. the local population who stood to gain the most would not provide support to us. Our lack of understanding meant we interpreted such behaviour as irrational. Had we understood more, we would have known it was entirely rational. Influence, the art of subtle persuasion, would form the backbone of our effort. .. They made choices just like the rest of us but how could we influence those choices?” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-ff9a9c01-faa4-4038-b4e9-83e619460e1f http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-ff9a9c01-faa4-4038-b4e9-83e619460e1f
Detail and context aside it seems a lot of similarity in this to the ongoing relationship of the TMorg administration with the meditating community.
