How I learnt to stop worrying and love grid-group cultural theory
Fourcultures received a nice email from Huw asking how I learned about cultural theory. It was while enrolled on a religious studies course that I first came across the work of anthropologist Mary...
View ArticlePopularising the Four Cultures
It seems Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA, former chief political strategy advisor in the UK, is popularising grid/group cultural theory on his blog – and provoking an interesting discussion...
View ArticleIntroduction to Grid-Group Cultural Theory
Did I mention that Matthew Taylor of the RSA wrote a very good introduction to Cultural Theory in the Guardian newspaper last October? I have now. It’s called ‘The Search for Clumsy Solutions‘.
View ArticleLeadership Mismatch – what Napoleon can tell us about the evolution of leaders
The Emperor Napoleon was a consummate manipulator of other people’s expectations regarding leadership roles, and here’s how you can be too… In an RSA lecture Matthew Taylor engages Mark van Vugt,...
View ArticleScience communication and conservative values
Roger Scruton‘s recent article in Prospect Magazine provides an interesting illustration of what Dan Kahn and Chris Mooney have been discussing on their respective blogs. (Kahn blogs regularly now at...
View ArticleFriends, colleagues, or partners – what’s your favourite collaboration style?
Matthew Taylor of the RSA, blogs about collaboration styles in education… Oiling the System.
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