Sun Tzu and the Art of Expediting What can expediters learn about the art of persuasion from Sun Tzu's "Art of War," the classic ancient Chinese text on military strategy? A lot. That’s because there is a key parallel between warfare and persuasion: Each is about deploying strategies and tactics that defeat the advancement or resistance of an enemy. It’s just that the nature of the “enemy” is different. Here's what I mean. In warfare, an enemy is a person or group of ...