Comments on: Theory matters http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/07/27/theory-matters/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Raftery http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/07/27/theory-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Tom Raftery Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:58:49 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/07/27/theory-matters/#comment-1490 <blockquote>but I have to sell ideas to real people in real businesses where real money is at stake in places they and their peers call markets.</blockquote> How can you do that Dennis when markets are imaginary? I'm confused! ;)

but I have to sell ideas to real people in real businesses where real money is at stake in places they and their peers call markets.

How can you do that Dennis when markets are imaginary?

I’m confused!
;)

]]> By: alastair http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/07/27/theory-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 alastair Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:21:30 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/07/27/theory-matters/#comment-1489 "But anyone who wants to be taken seriously in business cannot jettison ‘conventional thinking’ without developing a theoretical basis upon which to test ideas." thats all well and good, but what about string theory? I have a view! a market is a place where buyers and sellers come together to transact. It does not have to be a physical location, provided there can be interaction sufficient to allow transactions to take place, but of course if you aren't offering the best price then why would anyone buy from you - this is where relationships are important, but that is just a substitute word for differentiation. But that has been around since trading began - there is nothing new! “But anyone who wants to be taken seriously in business cannot jettison ‘conventional thinking’ without developing a theoretical basis upon which to test ideas.”

thats all well and good, but what about string theory?

I have a view! a market is a place where buyers and sellers come together to transact. It does not have to be a physical location, provided there can be interaction sufficient to allow transactions to take place, but of course if you aren’t offering the best price then why would anyone buy from you – this is where relationships are important, but that is just a substitute word for differentiation. But that has been around since trading began – there is nothing new!

]]> By: David Maister http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/07/27/theory-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 David Maister Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:23:26 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/2006/07/27/theory-matters/#comment-1488 You're right, Dennis, about the lack of originality. Are all your readers familiar with the book by Pfeffer and sutton "Hard Facts, Dangerousd Half-truths and Dangerous Nonsense."? Pfeffer has a great line - we should focus on what is TRUE, not what is NEW. You’re right, Dennis, about the lack of originality. Are all your readers familiar with the book by Pfeffer and sutton “Hard Facts, Dangerousd Half-truths and Dangerous Nonsense.”? Pfeffer has a great line – we should focus on what is TRUE, not what is NEW.

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