Chapter 1 Pieces: Aristotle, the number of teeth and 3 brains. In modern era only 1 brain a hierarchy emerges “the head” how can we lose sight; prisoners of a world view. Loc 312: the limits of our current organizational models, a not quite accurate world view
Could we have invented a more powerful….
the individual Einstein Steve Jobs; he says not individuals but individuals collaborating in organizations.
John And yet…the malaise…the current limits are stretched at the bottom…the Dilbert cartoons, miserable and pointless work; organization leaders are also quiet suffers. John: no meaning in work. Why is this group important to be with; this group; we’re glad to be with your bank because. The student’s assume the only purpose is to make money.
Marissa – in my organization there is a sense of purpose and mission in the non-profit world.

So…the next section 2 Questions: the way we work problems make things worse, is there a better way to be an organization 3 how does this relate.

John the book Built to Last; the 3rd chapter, purpose driven organizaitons Like Merck to cure river blindness at a great cost to the corporations. There are many organizations around that do have a profound purpose. I have students read Milton Friedman; the purpose of the the corporation is to make money for it’s stockholders. Seems like this is changing these days…connecting with a purpose that is larger than making money.

James The rest of the chapter is an overview and the stage of development in the Wilbur framework- that integral level of consciousness

The last section different structure and process and making 3 breakthroughs in self-management, striving for whole people at work, listening to evolving purpose.

Marissa in the cases, the leadership made the ship 1st. Can you do this without commitment at the top. Starting from scratch is another thing. 40,000 people operating in a new way in an organization according to Fredric.

Human Development projects in village so…human development in an organization.

James: I’m willing to host and connect people up including the 24 who wern’t here.
Enought talking and listening time 4
Maistro groups of 4 or 5

James on organizing participation
Small groups pick up Chapters Marissa and some others on Chapter 4 for example
Partners in Participation group – they want a May 28 face to face study
James Q: should people pick a chapter and pull out key points and share-out

We agreed to meet again at the same time in the same way
We stopped at the hour.

In many ways, this is a strange and almost ungrateful question to ask. For thousands and thousands of years, people have lived on the brink of famine and in fear of plagues, always at the mercy of a drought or a simple flu. Then suddenly, almost out of nowhere, modernity has brought us unprecedented wealth and life expectancy in the last two centuries. And all this extraordinary progress has come not from individuals acting alone, but from people collaborating in organizations: