I have recently been reading some of Viktor Frankl work on Logotherapy.
And am part way through "Man's search for meaning" Frankl (1963). It
seems to me that Frankl, who died last year, would have enjoyed
participating in this list, and would have asked this question of us.
i.e. Is a learning organization a meaningful organization? What do L.O.'s
think? Have we have lost sight of WHY we are trying to create these
organizations? Doesn't it come down to wanting to make our organizations,
and the world, a better place to live? Frankl would say - quoting
Nietzsche: "He who has a WHY to live for can bear with almost any HOW."
Should we be advocating "meaningful" organizations?
Regards
Peter
Peter H. Jones
Peopletronics Limited, PO Box 30 451, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
peter@peopletronics.co.nz http://www.peopletronics.co.nz
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