Oliver Ding - Activity Analysis Center

Developmental Strategy: Revisiting the “Strategy” Theme from the GO Theory Perspective

GO Theory now contains a rich ecosystem of meta-frameworks. To revisit the “strategy” theme, I do not need all of them. I select three lenses, each offering a distinct perspective on strategy as a developmental phenomenon.

Lifechain: the Potential–Focus–Actual Schema (v1, 2025)

The Potential–Focus–Actual Schema describes a dynamic cycle within the Subject–Object relationship, explaining how potential possibilities of action become actualized through focus and reflection.

[Creative Note] The Concept Dynamics of Confucian Allusions

After the collection was finished, I kept thinking about it. Then I realized that I already had a tool for looking at it: the Concept Dynamics framework.

后记：儒家典故的概念动力学

我通常在编辑书稿和文集之后，会写概要、前言、后记和附录。关于书稿文集的正文内容由概要负责，而整个项目带来的一些副产品(by-product)则表达在后面三种文章中。这篇前言带出的副产品，其实是如何把概念动力学框架应用分析和思考 [文化典故] 的情境框架。[儒家典故]是一个测试案例。

附录：儒家典故体验馆

我在设计 [内圣外王：儒家典故体验馆] 图示时，采用了另外一个方法来选择儒家典故。这次设计的目的不是为了展示活动世界论，而是借助这个元图示，展示广为传播的儒家典故。

[活动分析与干预] 第九讲：内圣外王

内圣外王不是一个需要“开出”的线性过程，而是一个在多层系统中同时展开的生成过程。内圣与外王不是两个阶段，而是一体两面。

[活动分析与干预] 第八讲：成己成物

在创造生活论的视野中，“成己”是发展出自己独特的主题和概念系统，它们构成我们自己的心智平台，支持各种活动的进展；“成物”则是这些主题和概念系统通过各种形式的主题创造物，进入社会文化生态，被他人使用、承接、发展，最后变成文化框架。

[活动分析与干预] 第七讲：事上磨炼

儒家关心的是“事上成仁”，活动事业论关心的是“何以成事”。两者不是替代关系，而是“背景”与“前景”的关系。儒家的功夫论为活动事业论提供了一个深厚的本土语境，而活动事业论则为儒家的“事上磨炼”提供了一个可操作的分析语言。

[Meta-Framework] Mapping Knowledge Elements and Meaning Control System

The journey from George Kelly’s Grid Form to the birth of the Strategic Life Development project reveals the true power of meta-frameworks: they are not merely static records of thought, but evolutionary algorithms that pave the way for future thinking.

Activity Analysis Network #25: The Gejunction of Knowledge Engagement

This issue releases a new thematic collection: The Gejunction of Knowledge Engagement (Collection, v1, 2026), the outcome of the Revisiting-and-Ruilding the Knowledge Strategy Series (2025).