This is most definitely a new favorite quote. I have added Theodore Zeldin to a growing list of sociologists and historians I need to read. This one seems particularly apt for our time and my work on Tummeling:
"To be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as being in constant change, and who, without thinking that they can control it, wish to influence its direction." - Theodore Zeldin
Hi Deb, just caught this. Another track that I've found interesting is Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria's work Driven. I got there through exploring 'gamification' and through a @jobsworth pointer, but it really cuts core to human motivations that I think are really interesting in shaping conversation and relationship. They boiled the core human motivations (sub-conscious) to acquiring, bonding, learning, defending and show how they've played out in different phases of civilization and human development. Particularly interesting now in the context of the 'social web'. Cheers!
Posted by: Igniter | August 15, 2011 at 09:14 AM
Thanks! I will check em out!
Posted by: Debs | August 16, 2011 at 01:23 PM