Bringing a bit more human-ness to work Work is done through relationships, change can only happen through dialogue.
Easing the Sunday Scaries 21/1/24
I did it! I finally sat down with the Emergent Strategy book and my notepad and made some notes on the ideas that really struck me. I also started reading Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey aka the Nap Ministry. It's currently 99p on the evil river website (not an affiliate link) And I bought Humble Consulting by Edgar H Schein. Now I possibly need to put some discipline in around seeing a book to completion before starting the next one BUT.... I got some lovely insights as the three books jumbled around in my brain. Capitalism needs jobs to be joyless because a) workers need to be interchangable, easily replaceable widgets, b) joy needs to be paid for to ensure capitalism has something to do and c) joy needs to be rare and out of reach for some people. So what to do about it? I guess we have to make joy where we can find it. The Schein quote that I keep bumping up against is "An organisation can only do what is consistent with its culture..." which then leads me to adrienne maree brown's question of who do we need to be to bring into reality the future that we dream of? |
Recent articles I'm going to get better at sending these newsletters out every week and it's not 10pm so I'm already one up on last week!! Since my list is so small, if you want to hit reply, we can have a conversation about any of the things I share. I'll also use this weekly sharing to mention my coaching offerings. I'm looking to set up my first group coaching programme next month (which is just a couple of weeks away!), I'll let you know more in the coming weeks. Have a lovely week and let's catch up soon x |
Maxine Horne
Bringing a bit more human-ness to work Work is done through relationships, change can only happen through dialogue.
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