Insights from postmodernist anthropology can inform development practice by encouraging eclecticism and challenging orthodoxy, although they can work against a practical agenda. The most useful insights for development organizations in recent years have come from the study of transnational coporations, rather than from anthropology. Organizations able to effect change in the global environment need to be flexible, adaptable and responsive. In the current context of globalization, interdisciplinarity and pragmatism are more useful to practitioners seeking implementable policy solutions than a single discipline.
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