The Organizational Spirit Lacking in Today’s Financial Crisis
Organizations are invented by societies to achieve specific purposes. A small business, a large corporation, a church, an educational institution, a social club and even the family is organized for a purpose. We participate in organizations for all sorts of reasons. Some are work related, some are for educational improvement and some entertain us. The reasons are endless. Each one is regulated by roles and expectations within the nature of the organization. We are all members of organizations, and we could not do without them.
Today we are faced with many challenges. These challenges have made us realize organizations can no longer support us the way they once did. .Banks and mortgage and loan institutions can no longer function in a way that benefits our society. Foreclosures, unemployment, loss of equity and saving have marked our recent economy. Citizens of all cultures have reacted with anger, fear, depression, and loneliness. All too often, the family suffered most. Dysfunction, divorce, pain, and family violence make the headlines and blogs on a daily basis.
The impact of organizational downturns can lead to varied attempts to solve the problem. Some people leave the group and reach out to other organizations hoping to fulfill their needs through other avenues. Some turn to counselors, self help books or groups. Others turn to their religious faith. Some reflect on their priorities regarding what is really important in life and how they can make their lives more meaningful. Too many of us have not found a solution to the changes going on in our country today.
A large number of us want, or demand, that those organizations that have let us down change the way they do things financially. The banks, the SEC, our mortgage companies, Wall Street and our government should be held accountable. We want justice for the deceptive and greedy behavior of those who are members of these organizations. The amazing thing is that there appears to be no real desire of the people who work there to change the blatantly unethical behavior from inside. Most reforms come from outside the organizational framework, if they change at all.
There are persons, however, that have a different perspective on organizational systems. These are people who seek to change organizational behavior on the inside, as opposed to outside intervention. This person looks to change mission statements and goals to something more humanly oriented. She seeks to bring spirit into the fabric of the organization. Thus, we can interact with each other in a collective and mindful way so that all can contribute to its purpose.
The organizational spirit is one of nine universal spiritual archetypes that respond to their purpose in life. Her organizational calling is to transform the very nature of our interactions within the organization. She focuses on tearing down the boundaries and creating space for the human spirit to express itself. New purposes, human purposes, change the system.
Financial experts claim the housing crisis started the recession. Mortgage brokers practiced predatory lending habits with high risk borrowers. The core cause of this crisis is the immoral acts committed by mortgage industries. Now they are being investigated for fraudulent lending practices and securities fraud.
The organizational spirit does not accept the habits and practices of the established structure. She seeks to get beneath and beyond the way things are to the purposes of being fully human, not to deny her spirit, but to listen to it. She poses questions like, “Why? Who said so? Where does that come from? What is that all about?”
Many of today’s organizations are profit oriented. They do not search to maximize human potential, but to maximize profit. They do not integrate spirit into the way they do things. Our organizations, educational institutions, and religious groups all encompass so much of society’s institutional life and so little of the possibilities to which our human spirit calls us to do and to be.
But keep in mind that organizations were invented to maintain a purpose. We are not an unmindful society. We can be mindful about our collective behavior. We can and do make choices. If our organizations do not support us, we can change them, dispose of them or invent new ones.
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