The Templar Playbook (The Playbook Series)

By Benjamin Carter

What can a band of medieval warrior monks teach today's leaders? More than you'd think.

Around 1120, a handful of knights in Jerusalem took on a job nobody else wanted: protecting pilgrims on the most dangerous roads in the world. Within a few generations, the Knights Templar ran hundreds of houses across a dozen kingdoms, guarded the treasure of kings, and moved money across a continent without moving gold. Then, at dawn on Friday, 13 October 1307, the King of France brought it all crashing down.

The Templar Playbook shows how the Templars operated like a modern multinational nearly five hundred years before the Dutch East India Company, and why they fell. Each chapter pairs a turning point from their history with a modern company that faced the same test, from Airbnb, Amazon, and Costco to Kodak, Nokia, and Arthur Andersen.

You'll learn how to:

Find the road nobody is guarding, and start small enough to winBorrow credibility from powerful backers, then earn itBuild the engine that funds your missionMake trust your most valuable productKeep any one big customer from owning youBuild a second purpose before your first one disappearsFind your single points of failure before someone else does

Grounded in the work of leading historians and packed with practical exercises, The Templar Playbook is for young leaders building something that lasts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMXKLV9W
• ISBN13: 9798160848921
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"