Cultures that propagate
what humans seek.
Not just “good places to work” —
places grounded in our true selves.
Most cultures don’t aim at human being.
In the modern world, proxies like money, status, and identity overlay most human relationships and interactions.
The symptom, and the proof, of this reality is that we have vanishingly few opportunities to be seen as ourselves. So much so that it’s easy to forget who we are.
Companies navigate these dynamics by building cultures that are “good enough,” in the sense they try to thread the needle on the optimal level of self expression and self discovery and profit maximization.
That configuration locks in relational malnutrition.
What if an alternative were possible?
Nourishing Culture
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Grounded in Practice
Corporate cultures (and even many religious ones) place minimal emphasis on the practice of reducing reactivity or being present. But humans can ground our interactions and relationships in practice, which opens up a world of possibility.
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Nourishing to Others
Practice is not only about nourishing the self, it’s about creating nourishment relationally. For a company, this means explicitly focussing on nourishment as the guiding star in employee, partner, and customer interactions.
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Enduring Growth
While all of us can become distracted, practice is not a one-time thing. It is a lifelong pursuit. A culture that nourishes does so long after any one person leaves the organization that served as its container for a period of time.
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Soul Honest
Soul honesty has two parts: being true to ourselves, and being true in our relationships. Loving feedback is a vital tool, calibrated not to our “productivity” or the way we fit in, but to our trueness to the core of our being.