Chapter 6
Moral Power
In This Chapter
- Every organization has a technical system, a political system, and a moral system. The first two are readily recognized, the third is not.
- When leadership fails, the moral system collapses and the people become self-interested.
- People of increased authenticity are people who have embraced their own power and have the capacity to invite others to embrace their own power.
- When conversations become authentic, the moral system repairs itself and the organization finds the power to change.
Slow death is a normal organizational process. Unless work is done to the contrary, organizations move toward rigidity or chaos. To avoid slow death, an organization must move into a state of adaptive order. This order emerges ...
