Compassionate Emptiness
Could that possibly be a corporate aspiration? To be a place where employees and co-workers and even bosses and supervisors could come to learn and grow while they are doing whatever it is they are being paid to do?
Gordon MacKenzie, author of the book Orbiting the Giant Hairball and a 30+-year employee at Hallmark, mentioned that term he learned by reading an article on Vipassana meditation, and thought it would serve him well in his later years at his corporate job.
He learned - and I am in the process of learning - that control and emptiness cannot co-exist. I have to be willing to give up one to allow the other.
Gordon called this "a state of nonjudgmental receiving." I'm calling it being an Isumataq: a person who holds the space for wisdom to emerge. I believe so strongly in that concept that I tattooed it on my arm to remind me.
What would happen in our busy corporate world if we had more opportunities to allow wisdom to emerge instead of either believing we have to already know everything and convince others we do, or controlling the atmosphere of our corporate cultures so we can be more productive? What if we chose VALUE growth over VOLUME growth?
I'm willing to bet on this being a big part of my corporate business in 2019. If you are interested in having a conversation about allowing your business to be a container for your employees and associates to grow into people who change the world for the better, let's talk.
Jodee@BocksOffice.com
Very interesting 👍💞😎
I like the concept that control and emptiness cannot co-exist! It’s almost a duh! You have to let it sink in - what it really means.