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Think you that Isengard is only an entertainment myth? I think not! As I have traveled it. As an insider in their councils. And returned to HobbitLife with those secrets. I bring you not only an accounting of that adventure and escape but also the sleights of hand and mind by which you may navigate, should you need to enter those territories.
As a mathemagician by training, I convinced one of their aging warriors -- in order to secure my entry-- that I could add dark actuarial skills to his powers. With access to their troves of data and by conjuring visions and computer orreries, I gained the confidence of a promising and ambitious chief, a competitor for the Chosen One's seat at Council. Building his castles and outflanking our adversaries, we formed alliances among the tribes and repeatedly led defensive as well as offensive maneuvers, til our exploits were legend at Councils across Isengard. |
Think you that corporate management is power and glory? I think not! As I have traveled it. As an insider in their councils. And returned to independence and homelife with those secrets. I bring you not only an accounting of that adventure and escape but also the sleights of hand and mind by which you may navigate, should you need to enter that world.
As a mathematician by training, I convinced one of their aging industry statesmen -- in order to secure my entry-- that I could add rare actuarial skills to his negotiating powers. With access to their troves of data and by conjuring scenarios and computer simulations, I gained the confidence of a promising and ambitious underwriting chief, a competitor for the CEO's seat in the Boardroom. Building his systems' empire and outflanking our regulatory adversaries, we formed alliances among the internal divisions and repeatedly led defensive as well as offensive maneuvers, til our exploits were legend at the international headquarters and ultimately in our underwriting councils across four continents. |
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But with notice came envy among the supposed allies, not just among the Winged Beasts, and our opportunity to establish a Hobbit outpost within our region led to internal dissension, loss of faith -- and a discovery. With the intervention of serendipity, all our Hobbit team silently dispersed in the heat of our biggest battle, leaving the fortresses we'd built to crumble, in poetic justice for betrayal by none other than the Chosen One, himself.
The escape seemed to have been accomplished without exposing our allies, since the promising one soon held the reins as Chosen -- as we had planned. Yet the loss of faith eventually took its toll there as well because today that Council is ruled by one of the velvet gloved treacherous ones among our supposed allies, but his realm is a shambles compared to the glory that we once tread. |
 Today that CEO's seat is held by one of the velvet gloved treacherous ones among our supposed allies, but his financial realm and market presence is a shambles compared to the power and glory that we once tread. |
| The vile wretch intended I would serve as Token Woman. Some details are known to only a few. And so I offer you the account in the guise of curriculum and consulting, should you choose to practice these Decision Support arts yourselves. For those sorts of details, we welcome your visit and thoughts as well as orders --credit card or mail-- for the book, Token Woman: The One That Got Away. | As I see it, Isengard is emerging in so many corners of the world as to make these encounters unavoidable and these skills have proven themselves in diverse scenarios. In creative hands they are invaluable in strategy sessions for confrontations that matter. With no gore, and only the spectre of violence, the concepts are comfortable for many age groups, wherever language skills are well developed. We've done workshops with unschooling teens and find ready acceptance of technique. For parents scouting for an advance view of style and content, we offer online selections but are averse to becoming overly schoolish though we've tread the path of translating freedom into shapes that have satisfied the requirements of institutions all the way up through college and Token Woman is listed as a leadership resource for young women by the Women In Higher Education (WIHE). |
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