Sunday 29 December 2019

All healthcare staff prefer high spirits to low and day shifts to night

All armies prefer high ground to low and sunny places to dark.

If you are careful of your men, and camp on hard ground, the army will be free from disease of every kind, and this will spell victory.

When you come to a hill or a bank, occupy the sunny side, with the slope on your right rear. Thus you will at once act for the benefit of your soldiers and utilize the natural advantages of the ground.

When, in consequence of heavy rains up-country, a river which you wish to ford is swollen and flecked with foam, you must wait until it subsides.

From "Sun Tzu on the Art of War - The Oldest Military Treatise in the World"
Translated from the Chinese By Lionel Giles, M.A. (1910)

Discussion:

The translation continues to try to replace geographical features by surrounding situations.


Translation:

All healthcare staff prefer high spirits to low and day shifts to night.

If you are careful of your staff, and provide psychological safety, the staff will be free from sick leaves of every kind, and this will spell clinical excellence.

When you come to a busy or difficult situation, highlight the positive achievements, with the provision of additional resources. Thus you will at once act for the benefit of your staff and utilize the natural advantages of the motivation.

When, in consequence of political upheaval, a change management which you wish to ford is swollen and flecked with uncertainties, you must wait until it subsides.

Ray Murakami

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