Spirit of Institutions

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Spirit of Institutions

I believe that there is a creative, healing spirit, in everything, wanting to emerge.

I'm exploring how we can pay attention to and move with this emerging spirit in secular organizations.

Theology

Identifying universal spiritual assets

Theology of institutions

Biblical approaches to the Powers and Principalities

Leadership

There are oodles of books and frameworks about leadership. I am most interested in the ones focused on the inner path of leadership and also collaborative, collective leadership.

A definition of leadership that I resonate with is from Otto Scharmer:

Leadership: The capacity of a system to sense and shape its future.

From this view, leadership can come from anywhere within (or outside) of an organization. It is not limited to those with formal positions of authority.

Personal mastery

Integrative Leadership

Servant Leadership

Community Building

I see these practices as building a trusting, sacred "container" where discernment and spiritually-grounded action can happen.

Interfaith dialogue

Ritual

Collective creativity

Consensus

Social Change

Social challenges and opportunities pushing us to new ways of knowing, deciding, and collaborating

Nonviolent direct action

Emerging network of grassroots orgs

Restorative Justice

Criminal Justice system change

Undoing racism (and other isms)

Profound global changes needed for ecological sustainability

Spirituality in the Workplace

Spritual Discernment

I believe some secular approaches to organizational development use methods and philosophies that are similar to religiously based discernment.

For example, I think that "Theory U," (http://www.theoryu.com/) has many parallels to how Quakers do discernment. Theory U talks about "leading from the future as it emerges" by cultivating open minds, open hearts, and open wills. In Quaker language, we seek to discern God's call for a group by centering down and setting aside our egos.

Collective wisdom

Spiritual direction

Ignation Discernment

Quaker "Sense of the Meeting"

Spiritual practices for community transformation

In addition to nurturing community transformation, I think that these spiritual practices also prepare our grounding and readiness for discernment.

Energy work/Healing Touch

Mindfulness practices

Evolution of consciousness

Meditation for community change

Transformational prayer

Organization Development

Within the field of professionals and academics working on organizational change, there are many models that connect with the values that I'm pursuing. The examples to the right are some of those. They tap into intuitive, relational, ethical, and integrative ways of building organizations.

I can sometimes slip into thinking that my interest is in translating spiritual discernment into secular settings. However, I think it is much more of a mutual exchange. Religious communities can learn a lot about discernment from these secular models.

Presencing/Theory U

Socially Responsible Business

Organizations as living organizations

Appreciative Inquiry

Deep dialogue

Organizational culture studies

Holacracy

Systems Thinking