Sunday, August 17, 2008
ADAPTABILITY books & movies
What books and movies would you recommend for someone strong (or weak) in Adaptability?
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Donald Clifton, Ph.D. 1924-2003
Father of Strengths Psychology and Grandfather of Positive Psychology
Peter F. Drucker, 1909 -2005
"The idea that there are "well-rounded" people, people who have only strengths and no weaknesses ... is a prescription for mediocrity if not incompetence. Strong people always have strong weaknesses. ... And no one is strong in many areas."
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Peter F. Drucker Quote:
"People-decisions are time-consuming, for the simple reason that the Good Lord did not create people as "resources" for organizations. They do not come in proper size and shape for the tasks that have to be done in organization - and they cannot be machined down or re-cast for these tasks. People are always "almost fits" at best. To get the work done with people (...) therefore requires lots of time, thought and judgement."
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When we think about business strategy, I believe there is a tendency to think about competitive analysis, positioning, convoluted planning books; the kind of stuff that you usually learn in an MBA program and that probably delights people with Analytical, Strategic and Deliberative.
However, there are other ways to look at strategy formation, such as en emergent process, a process of negotiation, a reactive process, a collective process. I believe that these "schools" may appeal to people with Adaptability and Arranger.
Henry Mintzberg has done a great job in explaining all these different strategy schools in his book "Strategy Safari". I recommend it to people who would like to develop their Adaptability and Arranger in strengths related to business strategy.
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