Science of Strategy Institute

The Science of Strategy Institute (SOSI) is the world's leading membership organization dedicated to strategy. More than 100,000 individuals and organizations have used our products and programs to master the secrets of strategy.

SOSI is a non-profit corporation structured as a membership organization. Our mission is to promote strategic knowledge, develop the strategic skills of our members, and promote the concept of "winning without conflict" to create more effective organizations and communities worldwide.

We champion the adaptive strategic principles first written down in Sun Tzu's The Art of War. SOSI develops information about strategy, training tools, and offers on-line and on-site education for our members. SOSI is a global organizations with branches throughout the world.

Our Organization and Related Member Sites

The Science of Strategy Institute runs this membership site and the StrategySchool.com, our on-line training program. Our worldwide network of trainers are independent contractors who work together within tthe Institute to build our Strategy Body of Knowledge and developing our training materials. Our site, StrategyTrainers.com, describes our licensing of trainers to share Institute training resources. OnSiteStrategy.com describes the training that they provide. Both of these sites are being integrated into this membership site over time.

Clearbridge Publishing is an Institute Member that publishing our books and other training materials. They sells them to the general public on-line at the Strategy-Shop.com. 

Our Beginning

The Institute was founded by Gary Gagliardi, the world's leading authority on the use of the science of strategy in today's world. In the last four years, ten of Gary's books on strategy have won award recognition in seven different nonfiction categories and been translated into languages around the world. The Institute grew out of people using Gary's material

Our Trainers

Our trainers come from a variety of backgrounds and have experience in a wide variety of business training methodologies. Several work as college professors as well as members of the Institute. What unites them is the dedication they share to promoting Sun Tzu's principles of winning without conflict. We have trainers promoting the principles and tools of strategy from Sun Tzu's The Art of War in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa.

The mission of the Science of Strategy Institute is to promote "Winning Without Conflict," the science of strategy that began with Sun Tzu's The Art of War. This system of competition is based on the idea of positioning. It teaches that we best advance our position by making good decisions about conditions in our environment.

This system is directly based upon the traditional strategy that has been learned on history's battlefield. Our word "strategy" comes form the Greek word, strategos, which literally means, "the thinking of a commander." The best commanders learned that the battle is not won by the force but by out-thinking your opponents. The force of conflict might decide a single battle, but wars are won by creating positions that others cannot attack and ideally want to join.

To paraphrase Sun Tzu, the best general is not the general who fights and wins a hundred battles: a great general is the general who wins without fighting a single battle.

Refund/Exchange Policy

The Institute offers a 60-day money-back guarantee on our products. Please call customer service, at 206-533-9357 to obtain an RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) number within 60 days of the purchase date in advance of any return shipment. .

Return merchandise with the RMA number to:

Clearbridge Publishing
(print RMA number here)
PO Box 33772
Seattle, WA 98133

Order Cancellation Policy

Most orders can be cancelled by logging into your account and going to the My Account page. You can also submit an order cancellation via e-mail to orders@scienceofstrategy.com, or call our business phone at 206-533-9357.

E-mail cancellations must contain the following: first name, last name, order number, and e-mail address. This information must be identical to the information originally submitted on your order. Please provide contact information so that we may contact you if we have questions with regard to canceling your order.

Every effort will be made to accommodate the cancellation of your order, providing your order has not been charged and/or shipped out. In the event that a cancellation was submitted (via e-mail or phone) and your order was shipped out afterward, we will gladly refund the complete balance charged, including shipping. However, if the cancellation was documented as received after the order was shipped, we will refund the merchandise total less shipping.

Warranty Policy

Shipping Costs
The customer assumes all costs in shipping to us, and we assume the costs in shipping back to the customer. All replacement/repaired products are shipped UPS Ground unless a rush is requested. The cost of such a shipping upgrade is to be paid by the customer prior to shipment.

60-Day Warranty
All products (unless specifically stated otherwise) carry an implied industry-standard 60-day warranty against defects due to manufacturing or failure to perform as designed. The warranty does not include any use of the product that does not fall into the designed use of the product as intended by the manufacturer.