Five Things Business Owners Can Learn From the Battle of Waterloo - presentation given by Norman Jackson at the JFP Waterloo Lunch in December 2015

1. Five Things Business Owners
Can Learn From
The Battle of Water
looWednesday , 9th
December 2015
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst

2. The Battle of Waterloo: 16th -18th
June 1815
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The French
Duke of
Wellington
Anglo-German-
Dutch
Gebhard von
Blucher
The Prussians
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3. The Battle of Waterloo –The Facts
• Napoleon had 72,000 troops, Wellington 68,000 and Blucher 30,000
• Between the armies, there were around 60,000 horses and over 500 guns
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4. The Battle of Waterloo –The Facts
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• The battle ground was held over an area of five square miles
• Casualties: Napoleon (33,000); Wellington and Blucher (22,000)

5. Business Tips
Wellington & Blucher
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As Wellington said:
“It was the nearest-run thing you ever saw in
your life”
In business, marginal gains (as the Japanese
say “Kaizen”), can mean the difference
between success and failure – minor
improvements every day should be the
mantra.
The Importance
of
A Strategic
Alliance
1st
2nd
The Importance
of Marginal
Gains

6. Business Tips
It is generally accepted that
Wellington and Blucher’s Chief of Staffs
were better informed than Napoleon’s.
In business, there has to be ‘buy-in’ by
everyone in the organisation.
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Napoleon erroneously delayed
his first attack.Better a good
plan today than a
perfect plan
tomorrow”
3rd
It is no good
only Top
Management
knowing the
Plan
4th

7. Business Tips
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“No Battle Plan
Survives Contact
with the Enemy”.
5th

8. Well worth a visit
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The Wellington Arch at Hyde Park corner
has an excellent exhibition, giving a good
overview of the battle.
Apsley House (The Wellington Museum)
at Hyde Park

9. John Fairley
(based Camberley)
sp@jfpstrategic-planning.co.uk
mobile: 07786 013035
JFP Strategic Planning
Partners
Norman Jackson
(based Richmond)
nj@jfpstrategic-planning.co.uk
mobile: 07710 348197
Peter Tory
(based Marlow)
pt@jfpstrategic-planning.co.uk
mobile: 07908 204057
Website: www.jfpstrategic-planning.co.uk
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10. John Fairley
(based Camberley)
sp@jfpstrategic-planning.co.uk
mobile: 07786 013035
JFP Strategic Planning
Partners
Norman Jackson
(based Richmond)
nj@jfpstrategic-planning.co.uk
mobile: 07710 348197
Peter Tory
(based Marlow)
pt@jfpstrategic-planning.co.uk
mobile: 07908 204057
Website: www.jfpstrategic-planning.co.uk
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Norman Jackson JFP