Chapter 2-The Capitalist’s Paradox
Ask yourself why, despite billions spent on “change,” “transformation,” “training,” and “engagement,” does the work most organizations offer most people seem so unfulfilling? Why is it that the unhappiest part of the day has been found to be . . . the daily commute to work, closely followed by being at work when so much of our short lives are spent at work?
Why are most vision statements maddeningly unvisionary? Why is it that if in most boardrooms, you uttered words like “wisdom,” “truth,” “love,” “beauty,” or “justice”—the timeless expressions of the highest human potential—you’d probably end up in handcuffs, a straitjacket, or both? Why is it that the globe’s trillions of person-hours of human effort are ...
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