Like a cell in a body, you are connected to the whole organization

As an intelligent being who is part of an organization (corporation, community, etc.), you are connected to the whole and, from your own perspective (which is the only one you have), you are at the centre. Begin to think from this position and discover what it gives you. Inquire into the meaning, significance, implications of this position and explore the new interpretations and insights that you gain.

>From this position, which is akin to being a "cell within a body", find your own voice, your own poem, your own expression. What is it that you have to contribute? What is it that you have to say? What is your unique form of participation? What richness is the whole missing by your not expressing this fully?

>From this position, say what the organization (or any part of it) is organised for? How many ways can you be organised at once? How many organizations can you be part of at once? How fast can you change? Begin to see organization as a matter of relationships which have different timings, different connections, different purposes. One corporation has many, many of these and each individual is related to all in some way.

In a corporation, what is being organised? We immediately see people, plant and equipment, physical stuff. We rapidly see physical flows of materials and people's work being co-ordinated. Begin to see organization as relating to flows of energy and information in patterns. Organization is the relationship of energy and information flows that makes patterns.

Consider your organization chart - formal and informal - from this point of view.