Social Futures LO7874

Rol Fessenden (76234.3636@CompuServe.COM)
13 Jun 96 13:32:21 EDT

Replying to LO7841 --

A long time ago, Terri challenged the essential male-ness of many of our images.
Team comes to mind, but at the time we did not come up with a good set of
replacement metaphors. Perhaps, in her note below, she gives a part of an
answer. If, after all, the goal is to be good care-givers to the earth and our
friends in the broadest sense, then we should begin to think about care-giving
images to represent our work.

Good job, Terri.

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Rol Fessenden LL Bean, Inc. 76234.3636@compuserve.com

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Infrequently do we ask, why is wealth important?

How do the rest of you answer the question, why is wealth important? Not just a surface kind of answer, like for organizational survival or paying the family bills, but the more essential answer? Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd guess most of you would answer similarly: that organizational survival is important in order to provide jobs for people; jobs are important so that people can care for themselves, their families, their communities, the earth. Or to contribute something meaningful to others. Or to cultivate personal talents and abilities. Or to otherwise live life more fully. How different might our workplaces be if we kept these assumptions, as goals, in front of us--NOT replacing wealth, but at least alongside it?

I sometimes think we sell ourselves short by keeping money as the bottom line. I'll step off my soapbox now . . .

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