the power and limitation of leadership and organisational metaphors
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The Power and Limitation of Leadership and Organisational Metaphors
Olaojo Aiyegbayo
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Man as a storytelling animal
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“We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.”
Jonathan Gottschall
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Steve Denning
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Metaphors
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What is a metaphor??
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“A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.”
Oxford Dictionary
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Book’s Main Premise
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Metaphors are powerful because …….
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Perception
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Morgan’s Organisational Metaphors
• Organisations as Machines• Organisations as Organisms• Organisations as Brains• Organisations as Cultures• Organisations as Political Systems• Organisations as Psychic Prisons
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Metaphorical Stem Activity 1
“My organisation is (like) ………………… because …………”
Complete with a metaphor that best describes your current organisation.
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Organisational Metaphors: Sources
• Military Metaphors• Sports Metaphors• Religious Metaphors• Musical Metaphors• Family Metaphors• Biological metaphors • Ecological Metaphors• Cooking Metaphors• Medical Metaphors
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Metaphorical Stem Activity 2
“ Leadership is (like) ………………… because …………”
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Common Leadership Metaphors
• Leaders as Conductors• Leaders as Coaches• Leaders as Doctors• Leaders as Servants• Leaders as Warriors
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The Limitation of Metaphors
Partiality of Insight
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“The blind men and the elephant” by John Godfrey Saxe
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Six Blind Men of Indostan
• Elephant is very like a wall• Elephant is very like a spear• Elephant is very like a snake• Elephant is very like a tree• Elephant is very like a fan• Elephant is very like a rope
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“And so these men of IndostanDisputed loud and long,Each in his own opinionExceeding stiff and strong,Though each was partly in the right,And all were in the wrong!”
John Godfrey Saxe
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“Any given metaphor can be incredibly persuasive, but it can also be blinding and block our ability to gain overall view.”
Gareth Morgan
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Image Attribution
• Storytelling: http://goo.gl/b4os37 • Storytelling animal cover: http://goo.gl/4ZReTF • Steve Denning: http://goo.gl/tWlQYf • Magnifying glass: http://goo.gl/6s58QN • Moses: http://goo.gl/u0Ulu0 • Milk and Honey: http://goo.gl/MUiGmw • Metaphors we live by: http://goo.gl/vKTRwx • Images of Organization: http://goo.gl/As5rWm • Elephant: http://goo.gl/HLrV7m