And of course this resonates with Ikigai. Sure it won’t work if people are just in it for the money. I’d guess that what is needed includes developing a real care for each other. But elusive, yes for sure!
I totally missed out on a career in the business world as a result of taking on board negative stereotypes around in the late 70s when I came out of university. Much later I came to appreciate that really good management (which appears to be rare, to say the least) involves the manager genuinely caring to develop the people they are managing. And of course this only works in a corporate environment that allows that — presumably then it has to be part of the corporate culture from the top down. Totally not Jack Welch. I think I would have enjoyed aspiring to be a really good manager.
Sitting here in my Seattle office of the Workforce Instruction Division, this all pretty pertinent to the life choices of my students. To what extent should they chase money? To what extent should they focus on other things?
I’ve been pretty fortunate to end up in a professional position that for me is pretty much four-quadrant Ikigai. In my earlier career, there were more specific tradeoffs involved. It’s a great notion to become a visionary business leader who can cultivate pro-social relationships along with profits. Easier said than done, however!
I’m interested in business models that are less dependent on sole, exceptional CEOs, so that the success of the company doesn’t depenend on an Yvon Chouinard for leadership.
I’ve been looking into several that seem promising. Holacracy, RenDanHeYi, Quantum Management, and so on.
My goal is to create a self-sustaining cooperative that will develop Promise Protocol and a platform that will make it grow to reach as many users as possible.
I’m interested in business models whose success isn’t dependent on exceptional CEOs. I’ve been looking into several that seem promising. Holacracy, RenDanHeYi, Quantum Management, and so on.
My goal is to create a self-sustaining cooperative that will develop Promise Protocol and a platform that will make it grow to reach as many users as possible.
I agree with absolutely everything you said. This 100% necessary. And something immediately follows from it. There cannot be a collective effort to build a post-postmodern cathedral unless we are in posession of the basic blueprint. We don’t need to specify the content of every individual stained-glass window, but we need a collective understanding of where the cathedral is being built, the nature of the foundations, and how we are to make sure that the walls can take the weight of the roof without the whole thing collapsing back into rubble.
The question which needs asking is this: how would we recognise these blueprints if and when they turn up? Because in fact there can only be one way to build this cathedral. At this point a different metaphor is more helpful: that of a jigsaw puzzle. We currently have a large selection if individual pieces, but no idea how to fit them together into a single coherent picture, and we also do not have the picture on the cover. Making this situation worse is that far more pieces are available than are actually required to complete the puzzle, and many of the pieces that people find attractive are not correct pieces – they are distractions, which will prevent the completion of the puzzle if people aren’t willing to remove them from their personal cathedral plans.
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[/quote] is indeed remarkable, and not theory without substantial application and replicable success, there is a US group who have adopted something similar…I can’t recall their name right now.
One way to frame my current mission in life is nudging people to get past Wilberian “green” and onto Wilberian “teal”. Here is the funny thing about “green”. Although it claims to be postmodern and critical of the modern, all that tribal intersectionality turns out racially isolating and egotistical in the end. None of us have the exact same race-gender-age-handicap-trauma profile as the other, so when we craft that safe space of people identical to ourselves in all particulars, we find ourselves entirely alone and isolated in that space! It’s like everyone needs their own personal Theory of Everything and would somehow be selling out Truth with a capital T by borrowing a cup of insight from the neighbors!
Again, to riff off of Wilber’s system, this is why 'growing up" requires a degree of “waking up” to get through this particular road block. Green have all the right opinions, but very few of the requisite skills. One of those skills is active listening. Another is relationship forming - especially across intersectional boundary lines. Another is finding common ground. Another is learning to speak the other person’s language, instead of insisting on our own. Another is trying someone else’s POV on for size. Another is taking turns and letting someone else call the tune. Another is being a follower, not always the leader.
I’ve been putting this into practice lately by essentially volunteering to be @rufuspollock 's digital valet. Somehow, my dignity remains intact! Rather contrary to Milton’s Satan, I’d rather serve in heaven than be the king of Hell.