Meaningful Workplaces: Reframing How and Where We Work

Integrated Wholeness at the Individual Level

I ended the last chapter by discussing the organization as a work community, and the feeling of interconnectedness that such an environment creates. In Chapter One, I identified the sense of disconnectedness that many people feel in their work, which is similar to the phenomenon of disengagement. At the individual level, the focus is on feeling disconnected or disengaged from the work one performs. Does it fit your values and purpose? Does it fit the environment in which you would like to work? Does it fit the current stage of development of your life? Does it fit who you are? Whether a job fits or not is like trying on a piece of clothing; you know when it fits just right in terms of look and ...