Faced With New Threats, Businesses Turn to Industrial Warfare

A system inspired by Chinese martial arts helps companies even the playing field when facing competitors who follow no rules

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the trading day in New York City on Feb. 3, 2014. The global economy is facing new threats it is unable to defend against. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

One of the greatest threats to businesses in the Western world is a culture that makes them unable to compete with countries that don’t play by the same rules. A system has already changed the culture of businesses in the United Kingdom, and has recently been released in the United States.

It began in 2005 when the British government was looking for a training program that could help UK-based companies continually improve. According to John Bradley, who at the time worked for the British government’s National Skills Academy, “We were helping companies become globally competitive through learning new skills.”