Comments on: The wonderful wisdom of the table tennis ball http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2008/12/the-wonderful-wisdom-of-the-table-tennis-ball/ Bright ideas to grow your business Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:13:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jemima Gibbons http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2008/12/the-wonderful-wisdom-of-the-table-tennis-ball/#comment-1644 Jemima Gibbons Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:44:22 +0000 http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/?p=253#comment-1644 Hmmm...thanks for joining the thread, Fourcultures. I'm intrigued to know who you are now! Hmmm…thanks for joining the thread, Fourcultures.

I’m intrigued to know who you are now!

]]> By: Fourcultures http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2008/12/the-wonderful-wisdom-of-the-table-tennis-ball/#comment-1641 Fourcultures Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:35:22 +0000 http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/?p=253#comment-1641 Andrew, I see the four solidarities of cultural theory as rather like four tools in a tool box. A good worker will be able to pull out the right tool at the right time. A less good one will struggle along with the tool that happens to be in their hands already. Unfortunately, some of us insist on using a flat head screwdriver to turn a philips head screw. The value of knowing about Cultural Theory is that it alerts us to the idea there may even <i>be</i> such a thing as a philips head screwdriver. As for good leaders, I don't think it's a matter of representing all four solidarities (at least not simultaneously). It's more about facilitating the ongoing argument, rather than quashing it in the name of one-solidarity-over-all. Andrew, I see the four solidarities of cultural theory as rather like four tools in a tool box. A good worker will be able to pull out the right tool at the right time. A less good one will struggle along with the tool that happens to be in their hands already. Unfortunately, some of us insist on using a flat head screwdriver to turn a philips head screw. The value of knowing about Cultural Theory is that it alerts us to the idea there may even be such a thing as a philips head screwdriver.
As for good leaders, I don’t think it’s a matter of representing all four solidarities (at least not simultaneously). It’s more about facilitating the ongoing argument, rather than quashing it in the name of one-solidarity-over-all.

]]> By: Andrew Carey http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2008/12/the-wonderful-wisdom-of-the-table-tennis-ball/#comment-1616 Andrew Carey Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:06:31 +0000 http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/?p=253#comment-1616 Talking about the approach that a business leader might take raises further questions. The leader many would tend to picture immediately (Alexander, Bonaparte, Churchill??) is presumably in the hierarchical mould. A more collegiate leader (Greg Dyke, Nick Clegg??) is presumably in the egalitarian mould. We could speculate about leaders from the individualist and fatalist solidarities. Is there a leader who can represent all four constituencies? Or do all good leaders in fact represent them all? Talking about the approach that a business leader might take raises further questions. The leader many would tend to picture immediately (Alexander, Bonaparte, Churchill??) is presumably in the hierarchical mould. A more collegiate leader (Greg Dyke, Nick Clegg??) is presumably in the egalitarian mould. We could speculate about leaders from the individualist and fatalist solidarities. Is there a leader who can represent all four constituencies? Or do all good leaders in fact represent them all?

]]> By: matthew taylor http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/2008/12/the-wonderful-wisdom-of-the-table-tennis-ball/#comment-1615 matthew taylor Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:27:21 +0000 http://www.interactiveknowhow.com/?p=253#comment-1615 Thanks for the link. Liked the post too. We will be doing more thinking about cultural theory in the new year. One fascinating avenue to explore is the neurological basis for cultural theory's core categories Thanks for the link. Liked the post too. We will be doing more thinking about cultural theory in the new year. One fascinating avenue to explore is the neurological basis for cultural theory’s core categories

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