Stories are the way we make sense of things, as well as commit them to memory. They are at the heart of our histories. Stories are fractal - every story has smaller stories within it, and is itself part of an ever developing larger story.
I've come to understand that stories are a good way to understand our relationship with our work. At any one point, both the organisation we work for and ourselves are at different points along our story line. We are founded, or born, and spend the rest our our time time working out who we are and want we want. It changes.
As we develop, sometimes the story of the organisation and the story of us align. We are good together, companions on a path that suits us both. We learn from each other, support each other, and enjoy the journey.
At other times, our stories diverge. Our needs become different. The organisation wants to settle down, but the individual wants to explore - or maybe the other way round. Either way, there comes a point where paths separate…
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