Can feng shui get your company ahead in business? By Lee Xieli

Companies are turning to feng shui to gain an extra edge over their competitors, and it starts from getting a good office location. According to Master Tan Khoon Yong, geomancer of Way OnNet Group, the company’s industry plays an important part when it comes to choosing a new office location. He says every industry has a different direction in feng shui which allows them to prosper.

However Tan adds, “There is currently an economic crisis, so if there is any good direction, just take it. It doesn’t matter which direction you choose as long as it is good.”

Currently the best locations are found in the northeast, south, north and southwest directions. Tan explains this is why China is doing so well now and India is poised to gain further economic growth.

The worst directions for an office to be situated in are currently east and west. Tan warns that business will be bad for companies housed in buildings facing these two directions.

He cites America, Germany and France as examples of countries located in these directions which are currently undergoing crises.

For the corporate sceptics, Tan says because feng shui can calculate what others cannot predict, companies can use it as a strategy to “easily defeat their competitors”. If feng shui can be used during a war or in governing a country, says Tan, then it can certainly help a business succeed.

“That is why companies, especially foreign ones, are spending so much money to hire feng shui masters,” says Tan. Some of his clientele include Paragon, Fuji Xerox and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Furthermore, if a company implements feng shui in the office, it will only be to the management’s benefit. “If employees push the bad business or poor results to bad feng shui, there can be no excuses because the CEO has already consulted a feng shui master,” Tan says.