Sherri Malouf said:
>What a wonderful concept -- Chief Sprituality Officer or CSO. I am struck
>by the lack of response to the post as I thought it to be very engaging.
>I decided to wait and see how others responded before I did.
A friend of mine once asked W. Edwards Deming if his System of Profound
Knowledge wasn't actually a framework for allowing spirituality in the
workplace. Deming responded that it was, indeed, but if you let anyone
know that, it wouldn't happen.
Sprituality is much misunderstood in the West. Westerners equate it, with
near identity, to religion. In the US, in particular, with our separation
of church and state, religion is often seen as something which interferes
with work (never talk about religion or politics), and by extension,
spirituality falls into the paradigm.
It is best to teach spirtuality through teaching of priniciples and their
application in your personal sphere of influence. Quietly build the
infrastructure. The announcement of a CSO will invite a pogrom, a
crusade, or some other form of self-righteous indignation. Sprituality is
another subject that should not become an object.....
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