PM Prayut suggests cabinet members read ‘Blue Ocean Shift’

[webfact]

PM suggests cabinet members read ‘Blue Ocean Shift’

 

 

Government’s spokesperson, Dr. Narumon Pinyosinwat, said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha suggested members of his cabinet and their spouses, who participated in the “Spirit of Volunteering” activities at Priest Hospital, should read W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne’s ‘Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing (Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth)’, so that they can apply its insights to national administration. 

 

The PM was said to have recommended the book so that cabinet members would learn ‘how to win without having to compete’ and move on from the competitive ‘red ocean’ to a new and larger ‘blue ocean’.

 

The blue ocean shift, as defined by the authors, is a system to change fierce business competition in heavily competitive markets – red oceans – into more open  ‘blue oceans,’ or new markets exempt from competition.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pm-suggests-cabinet-members-read-blue-ocean-shift/

 

 

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[canopus1969]

I'm impressed that his Cabint can read and understand a book like this in English

[worgeordie]

When does he have time to read all these books he keeps

recommending.

regards Worgeordie

[cornishcarlos]

18 minutes ago, webfact said:

‘how to win without having to compete’

 

March election was a perfect example of that philosophy ????

[zydeco]

37 minutes ago, webfact said:

learn ‘how to win without having to compete’

Isn't that already what they do here. The "without having to compete" bit, I mean. "How to win" seems as elusive as ever.

[DrTuner]

Thais moving into anything new.. yeah right. Just check how the roadsides are arranged, it's always near identical shops in a cluster, they just copy everything from the next guy. And then they all suffer because they saturated the supply.

[Eric Loh]

32 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

When does he have time to read all these books he keeps

recommending.

regards Worgeordie

Does reading the book preface counts? 

[leeneeds]

One flew over the cuckoo nest may be a more enlightening read,

for the cabinet,

[kotsak]

I guess he is done with George Orwell's books?

[KhunKenAP]

 

As with  most Thai's reading English is not a problem. Problem is spoken English. How can they learn to speak English from teachers that can't speak it.

 

In my 20 years in Thailand, I have never had a problem if a wrote something down in English, if I said something in English it was a best 50-50.

 

 

 

 

 

[mok199]

Open mouth and insert foot....

[Yinn]

11 minutes ago, KhunKenAP said:

 

As with  most Thai's reading English is not a problem. Problem is spoken English. How can they learn to speak English from teachers that can't speak it.

 

In my 20 years in Thailand, I have never had a problem if a wrote something down in English, if I said something in English it was a best 50-50.

 

 

 

 

 

You are correct.

if study English a lot easy to read, more easy than listen.

 

Because when read, you read at your speed, when listen you must listen at the speaker speed. 

 

But it I sure Prayut can not read English book. I sure he not read this book. He claim it before he read two English book in one night. Impossible

He lie, sure.

[sammieuk1]

After reading Mein Kampf generals edition whilst playing Frank Sinatra's my way I suppose???? 

[Cadbury]

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

When does he have time to read all these books he keeps

recommending.

regards Worgeordie

Other books on his shelf include Freakonomics, Economics for Dummies and The Dictator's Handbook.

[robertson468]

I thought Animal Farm was his favourite!

[nikmar]

"Im int....interr......intererr.......samart. Im samart ok!!"

[Fred white]

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

Thais moving into anything new.. yeah right. Just check how the roadsides are arranged, it's always near identical shops in a cluster, they just copy everything from the next guy. And then they all suffer because they saturated the supply.

Same as alot of the agriculture

[Fred white]

59 minutes ago, Yinn said:

You are correct.

if study English a lot easy to read, more easy than listen.

 

Because when read, you read at your speed, when listen you must listen at the speaker speed. 

 

But it I sure Prayut can not read English book. I sure he not read this book. He claim it before he read two English book in one night. Impossible

He lie, sure.

That's the problem I'm having learning Thai even the educational videos they talk fast

[mikebell]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

‘how to win without having to compete’

Just get born into an influential family so you can buy a high command in the army.

[Colabamumbai]

They would learn more reading my books on Thailand. 

[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, robertson468 said:

I thought Animal Farm was his favourite!

that was the beastiality version

[PatOngo]

"...and if you can handle that, I want you to read this next"

 

[Redline]

As Thailand realizes it can't compete~I'm sure this book applies more to advanced economies with an educated population

[Cake Monster]

3 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Thais moving into anything new.. yeah right. Just check how the roadsides are arranged, it's always near identical shops in a cluster, they just copy everything from the next guy. And then they all suffer because they saturated the supply.

And when those Shops become occupied, there will be 4 Pharmacys, all within 50M of each other.

[worgeordie]

2 hours ago, robertson468 said:

I thought Animal Farm was his favourite!

actually it's 1984 ...getting a lot of good ideas from that one.

regards worgeordie

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

PM suggests cabinet members read ‘Blue Ocean Shift’

Cabinet members suggest the PM read the "Oath" again !

[ChipButty]

I'd like to read his Bank Book

[phkauf]

So is this the Thai version of Oprah's Book Club?

Will Uncle Tu come out with a new recommendation each week? When do we get the romance novels?

[donnacha]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The PM was said to have recommended the book so that cabinet members would learn ‘how to win without having to compete’

Well, they certainly know how to gain power without running for election.

 

[Matzzon]

The Librarian has spoken. Heed his words.