Was Rodin’s Thinker Overthinking?
Observer March 20th, 2007
….Newish to my radar, the verb of ‘overthinking‘. …Is this a new malaise or just a rework of the old paralysis by analysis? By now self-awareness and reflection are promoted as desirable leadership traits, but not to the point of the ‘just can’t make a decision’ variety. Which brings me to question: Are self-reflection and action orientation, by and large, mutually exclusive? Come to think of it (no pun intended) it’s a long time since I heard of any senior corporate leader described as a bit ‘cerebral’, or of anyone referred to as “..the thinking man’s…” anything in fact. I was probably out of consulting too long. In that business, claiming the high ground in terms of intellectual capital or thought leadership is a key business driver for most firms in one guise or another.
While onto thinking, if you’re in Zuerich anytime soon, take in the Rodin exhibition at the Kunsthaus if you can, including his iconic, if often satirised, The Thinker. It’s on until 13th May. I saw this at the Royal Academy in London last year and it’s a fantastic exhibition, not least for his life story, including breakthrough originality, prolific output, and the ups and downs he traversed before his eventual success.
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