Letting “it” lead through us A brief account of the first spiritual steps of an ordinary manager Laurent Ledoux ledoux.laurent@gmail.com – 0478 62 14 20 www.philoma.org

There are many paths to the elusive top of the mountain

“It” shoots Milestone 1 - 1973 “Be one with the bow, the arrow, the target & everything, everyone else” Awa

Quand tu aimes, il faut partir. Milestone 2 - 1980 Quand tu aimes, il faut partir. When you love, you must leave Cendrars

Birds get into water without getting wet Milestone 3 - 1987 Birds get into water without getting wet

Milestone 4 - 1994 “My capacity as a leader comes from my choice to allow life to unfold through me” “The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works & the way people think” Senge Bateson

Milestone 5 - 2000 Nature is infinite in time and space Conche

Waves are distinct but cannot be separated from the sea

mobilize their group for the adaptive work Milestone 6 - 2008 Photo: ΠΑΣΟΚ Leaders mobilize their group for the adaptive work Heifetz

Milestone 7 - 2014 Spiritualisationclarifies & prioritizes desires to meet life’s objective Diel

My originial manager’s framework A classic business model to present possible actions Vision & Strategy Processes & Technology Organizational Structure & Culture Resources (Budget & People) Source: Arthur D. Little

All is one “Wisdom is knowing that all is one” Everything is connected Hawley

Wise leadership… …mobilizes the group to become conscious that all is one ?

From shareholder value to Shared value (put in a “spiritual” perspective) Optimize the value for the society at large under the constraint of an adequate profit for shareholders Faber VP Danone Nos comptes nous racontent des contes: il faut que nous changions les contes que nous nous racontons Maximize the value (without limits) for shareholders under the constraint of the respect of the law Friedman Chicago School 14

Spirituality guides ethics

Extend ethics to nature Callicott

Team management principles Intrinsic equality Personal growth Capacity to self-direct Inspired by Isaac Getz (Freedom Inc.)

Everybody wants to take initiatives 1 Whyway Intrinsic equality Intrinsic Equality 2 Humility Fairness 3 Everybody wants to take initiatives

Everybody is able to take initiatives 1 Exploration 2 Trust Personal growth Benevolence 3 Everybody is able to take initiatives

Capacity to self-direct 1 Adults 2 Engagement Capacity to self-direct Let go 3 Everybody has the liberty to take initiatives

Let the effect impose itself Julien

The best leader is the one whose existence the group barely knows Photo: Radoslav Minchev Laozi, 630 BC

Getz Laloux Personal growth Evolutionary growth Self-direction Intrinsic equality Evolutionary growth Self-management Wholeness

To the memory of François Vassart my first spiritual teacher Spiritual exercises To the memory of François Vassart my first spiritual teacher (1925 – 2001)

Inner calm “We only suffer from ignoring what is not lacking: inner peace” Castermane

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