All that follows will seem pretty gnomic to anyone other than me but here are some bits and pieces, some fragments that got stuck in the crevices and which I'm trying to live with.
"I dwell in possibilities" Emily Dickinson
Always see oneself on the boundary
We are narrative people
It is necessary to listen deeply with an open heart
Things can get lost in translation and things can get lost in psychology
Where leaders can't take up their role others can't take up their role either
If organisations have emotional lives they also have pathologies
The role is the meal not the menu
How to cope with toxic behaviour in organisations
When there is no leadership people resort to power
How to tell the story
of learning
of spirituality
of beginning
of learning
of spirituality
of beginning
There is no such thing as a minor language
watch for anxiety in the system
the qualitative is as important as the quantitative
How to encourage adherence to a different yet unknown future
faith is our most important resource
this he said is my body broken for you
a fragment
I dwell in possibilities
in crevices
a fragment
I dwell in possibilities
in crevices
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When there is no leadership people resort to THE MISUSE OF power
(Leadership is also a form of power but the issue is what form)
thanks anon
yes I agree the quote I made here was certainly shorthand for abuse of power not power per se
Also this: where there is no real leadership the bean counters take over.
Pathologies and toxic behaviour, I tend to believe all organizations have their share. The issue is whether we can do something about it, like say, work together in order to build spaces of healthy counter-organizational-culture...
Thanks Lac 19. I agree - one of the interesting things I learnt is that no organisation is ever entirely healthy. Setting up those healthy spaces for counter-organizational culture is also hard work and can make the individuals who try to do that quite vulnerable.
Maybe organisaitons should set up weekly organisational wellness retreats!
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