The Organizational Spirit
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHETYPE
- Puts fragmented parts back together
- Gets underneath the conflict, the wounds, the separate parts to find common ground
- Cuts away rough edges so the new pieces can be joined evenly, without threads, tears or remnants hanging out
- Binds up wounds so the edges can grow together and create a new reality to secure the continued existence of both parts
- Weaves a new fabric from old threads. Mixes new colors from old
- Sees the possibility of mending among people, parts, institutions, beliefs which the rest of us would never think of putting together
- Finds his work, his location, his action everywhere the human condition is fragmented
- Brings together for healing to begin
QUESTIONS TO DETERMINE IF, WHEN, AND WHY
THE ORGANIZATIONAL SPIRIT SPEAKS TO YOU
- Do you recognize that we humans invent organizations?
- Do you recognize that the organizational culture and expression is the product of human invention?
- Do you recognize that if we can invent, we can dispose, render obsolete and invent new ones? Have you ever done this or wanted to do this?
- Have you ever seen, heard, felt the smothering of a person’s spirit in the name of an organizational purpose?
- Describe what happened. Retell what you did about it, including nothing.
