Thanks for this Owen. I have watched the Charlie Rose interview and am
on to the first lecture.
Jen
On 6/20/2011 6:03 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
I'm oddly fortunate to have roughly 1.25 hr/day to listen/look at
interesting talks (due to required exercise). Charlie Rose is a
frequent source,
I know we all have our respective lenses through which we view the world and
that these lenses determine the explanations to which we are most receptive,
but if Mr. Friedman is talking about an inability to switch house as a reason
some people aren't able to take new jobs, it would seem
our respective lenses
You have your Apollonians and your Dionysians; Apollonians are your
planters, your gardeners, your planners. They can defer pleasure because,
for them, the future seems assured. Dionysians are your impulsive types:
they grab pleasure and excitement now because the future
Interesting way to parse an 'us versus them' situation.
From my study and work with creatives, Dionysians are the classic
artist type: great ideas, spontaneous behaviour, courting risk and
adventure, off on their own and near an edge. Edges are interesting,
because change happens there,
Tory
Spoken like a Dionysian!
Nick
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Nick --
You may also be familiar with Charles Handy's book The Gods of Management,
which expands the Apollonians and Dionysians to a couple of other dimensions:
Zeus, to express the power cult of personality around a founder/visionary,
and Athena, the idea of a distributed meritocracy based on
tested wisdom for positive contribution, Prof. Stuart Hill, U Western
Sydney: Dan Novak: Rich Murray 2011.06.21
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