The way we manage Organizations seems increasingly out of date.
Reinventing Organizations describes in practical det.
It\'s hard not to get excited about this finding: a new organizational model seems to be emerging, and it promises a soulful revolution in the workplace.
Even though they operate in very different industries and geographies and did not know of each other\'s experiments, the structures and practices they have developed are remarkably similar.
Their founders have fundamentally questioned every aspect of management and have come up with entirely new organizational methods.
Could it help us invent a radically more soulful and purposeful way to run our businesses and nonprofits, schools and hospitals? The pioneering Organizations researched for this book have already cracked the code.
A new shift in Consciousness is currently underway.
But is there even such a thing? Can we conceive of enlightened organizations? In this groundbreaking book, the author shows that every time humanity has shifted to a new Stage of Consciousness in the past, it has invented a whole new way to structure and run organizations, each time bringing extraordinary breakthroughs in collaboration.
We need more enlightened leaders, but we need something more: enlightened organizational structures and practices.
In most cases, the system beats the individual-when managers or leaders go through an inner transformation, they end up leaving their Organizations because they no longer feel like putting up with a place that is inhospitable to the deeper longings of their soul.
But reality shows that this is not enough.
The solution, according to many progressive scholars, lies with more enlightened management.
Deep inside, we long for soulful workplaces, for authenticity, community, passion, and purpose.
All these Organizations suffer from power games played at the top and powerlessness at lower levels, from infighting and bureaucracy, from endless meetings and a seemingly never-ending succession of change and cost-cutting programs.
Government agencies and nonprofits have a noble purpose, but working for these entities often feels soulless and lifeless just the same.
The epidemic of organizational disillusionment goes way beyond Corporate America-teachers, doctors, and nurses are leaving their professions in record numbers because the way we run schools and hospitals kills their vocation.
Survey after survey shows that a majority of employees feel disengaged from their companies.
The way we manage Organizations seems increasingly out of date
