Unravelling the Myth/Metaphor Layer in Causal Layered Analysis
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Parmi les contenus de la conscience collective d’un peuple, il y a les mythes, les contes et autres légendes populaires. Au contraire des archétypes vides de représentation et particulièrement difficiles à définir avec des mots, ces récits (muthos en grec) sont riches d’images, de mots et de symboles, principalement autour des dieux et des héros. S
... See moreThis kind of story sits deeper than any piece of literature or propaganda, deeper than our epic myths or religious texts. It operates at the level of world-shaping that Donella Meadows, one of the pioneers of systems thinking, articulated as the paradigm, which she described as: ‘The shared idea in the minds of society, the great big unstated assum
... See morewe must investigate why a culture is the way it is. For this inquiry, it is helpful to use Schein’s model, which divides culture into three layers: artifacts, espoused values, and underlying assumptions (Figure 11-1). Figure 11-1.