Which diagnostic approach and tool do you use to determine the state of
health of your organisation? Whenever faced with hard to answer question, I
look for analogies. In this case I found the following quote from Fritjof
Capra's book 'The Turning Point' inspirational and would like to share it with
you.
‘In Western medicine the doctor with the highest reputation is a specialist who has detailed knowledge about a specific part of the body. In Eastern medicine the ideal doctor is a sage who knows how all the patterns work together; who treats each patient on an individual basis; whose diagnosis does not categorize the patient as having a specific disease but records as fully as possible the individual's total state of mind and body and its relation to the natural and social environment.
To arrive at such a complete picture the Chinese developed not only highly refined diagnostic methods of observing and questioning the patient but also a unique art of pulse taking that allows them to determine the detailed flow of patterns of ch'i along the meridians, and thus the dynamic state of the entire organism. Traditional Chinese practitioners believe that these methods allow them to recognize imbalances and hence potential problems before they manifest themselves in symptoms that can be detected with Western diagnostic techniques.’
We certainly need both, sages, and specialists.
But if we have more sages, wouldn't the specialists work be
easier and more satisfactory?
