Now things start to get more involved, so please pay attention. I first focus on the transactions in the communication. A transaction is a single unit of a conversation – a phrase or two spoken by one of the participants. An initial transaction is followed by a...
Another example: Spock says to Captain Kirk, “I calculate that we will all die in 33.6 seconds, Captain”. If Kirk replies, ”Very well Spock, we need just 10 more …”, then everything is fine. Spock’s neutral transaction with conceptual content was met with an...
The second question is whether the People are Ok. This can be determined from their positions. Not their positions in the room, but in relation to a pair of axes known as the “Ok Corral”.
The Ok Corral is an excellent shorthand for describing somebody’s attitude to others. Being able to assess people’s positions is a major advantage when negotiating, for example. For our purposes, it is the instantaneous attitude that counts, not their position on life...
