What's the thread running through your organisation?

Every organisation we walk into feels different.

What it looks like - cared for or tired?, what's on the walls - art or marketing slogans?

What it sounds like - the underlying level of hum, laughter, phones ringing.

How it responds to you - does it notice your arrival and make you feel welcome, or ignore you?

What it's for - Do you get a sense of why it exists? Is it important?

There are many traditions that believe we have a soul, from faith communites, to the ancient wisdoms.

I have always found the Myth of Er in Plato's Republic valuable to read every now and then as a means of reflecton.

Whether or not you choose to believe in a soul, I suggest it is a valuable thought experiment.

What if, At the moment of our birth, we receive a soul, to pass it on when we die ?

What if our job during life is to ensure we hand it on in better condition than we receive it?

What if we applied the same idea to our organisations? They are created for a reason, to meet a need in the world - whether for profit, …