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	Judo Strategy
		As an organizer, if you go head-to-head with an incumbent, you’re likely to lose. There’s little you can do that an incumbent can’t do as well, if not better. But you don’t have to go head-to head. Instead you may be able to play off the links between the business you are targeting and the incumbent’s existing business. You do something that the incumbent can’t match without hurting his existing business. You create a dilemma for the incumbent. He wants to, and could come after you, but he doesn’t. So for now at least, the incumbent leaves you alone. The Japanese art of judo teaches how to use an opponents weight against him, to turn his strength into weakness. In organizing, the judo strategy exploits the links between games to turn the incumbents strength into a handicap.
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	Miguel de Clerck Professionally, my work at Medecins sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) has always included the imperative to evaluate my jobs through the criteria of the mobilized, or the served population; the omnipresence of ethical dilemmas; and the often completely unfamiliar environment in which I work. It has opened my eyes to the mechanisms that lead to either major societal changes, or the absence of change. Meet Miguel...		Executive Director PBHA is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a strong commitment to social justice and progressive education to serve as their new Executive Director.  Read more...		Community Profile Do you know how many people are part of this organizing community? Do you know how we break down by gender, location, and work sector? Check out we are and where we are in the "Our Community" section of this website. Go there

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