TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This article aims to draw on analysis of embodied plays in the game of association football to show the central significance of embodied spatial competence. Design/methodology/approach– The paper is descriptive and theoretical. Findings– Describes the special skills of unusually talented performers like dancers and midfield soccer players who appear to understand embodied movement in three-dimensions, and considers whether these attributes are transferable to business decision making. Research limitations/implications– No original research is reported but suggestions for areas of further study are made. Practical implications– If senior managers were able to learn such skills, the practice of strategy formulation and review could be better understood as embodied rather than as embrained. Social implications– Developing strategy as performance could enhance organisational competence. Originality/value– These concepts have not previously been applied in organisational analysis.
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
SN  - 1746-5680
DO  - 10.1108/SBR-08-2013-0054
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-08-2013-0054
AU  - Thomas Weir David
ED  - Yoann Bazin and Elen Riot
PY  - 2013
Y1  - 2013/01/01
TI  - Knowledge in the feet: the “beauté du geste” in the “beautiful game”
T2  - Society and Business Review
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 235
EP  - 250
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -