"I favor general use of the psychic-prison metaphor to free people from the traps of favored ways of thinking and to unleash their power and creativity."
--Gareth Morgan, Images of Organization
"We cannot just remodel the prison. No, we've got to get out of it."Interview with Gareth Morgan on the 2nd Edition of Images of Organization Workplace Issues (draft outline) Fear of Being Oneself in the Workplace (draft) ~~Psychic Prison Quotes~~
--W. Edwards Deming
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Monday, January 28, 2008
The highest aspiration
The following is quoted from a corporate annual report:
Beauty is intrinsic in nature and existed before Man did. All the most beautiful things that a human is capable of making are merely conscious or unconscious imitations of what is already present in nature. The beauty of nature is a source of inspiration not only for human endeavours, but also for human sentiments – and therefore ethics can be considered to be the transfer of beauty to human behaviour. The quest for beauty -- in this wider meaning of the term -- is the highest aspiration of any human.Similarly, the quest for socially responsible management is the highest aspiration of any company wishing to fulfill its natural function, i.e. satisfaction of human needs.
