CHAPTER 4
RECONNECTING STRATEGY AND PURPOSE TO CULTURE
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
—SENECA
A book on culture without a link to strategy and purpose is like a book about exercise without anything about nutrition or mental health. I have been known to hit the gym six days a week, but if I did not attend to my nutrition, sleep, and the reflective space in my calendar, I would soon be frustrated by the results. Outward appearances might very well mislead me to thinking that I could ignore the fragility of my situation created through ignoring the system that is personal health. This is where burnout and a rebound to poor health are generated. Exercise is to strategy what nutrition is to culture and ...
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