Sunday, August 17, 2008
CONTEXT books & movies
What books and movies would you recommend to someone strong (or weak) in Context (apart from History Channel)?
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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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Peter Drucker's "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" is one of the best books I have ever read about this subject. Therefore, I recommend it to everyone with Ideation and Futuristic. But I think it may be especially interesting for people with Context who would like to figure out how they can use this talent in business and innovation: for the book is full of interesting historic examples of innovation and what we can learn from them for innovation today. For example, I was not aware how the seemingly simple invention of the container revolutionized cargo shipping and set the stage for Globalization. I imagine that this kind of insight must be a delight for people with Context. Indeed, I am pretty sure that Peter Drucker must have had high Context talent, as one of the things that make his books so unique are his constant references to history.
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