Heroes Not Zombies

I often think the fundamental principles of health, at an individual or collective level, can be found in Nature.

Difference and diversity are two of those key fundamentals.

Vast acres of fields given over to growing single crops year after year aren’t healthy. They need to be artificially maintained with ever increasing amounts of chemicals.

Individuals and small businesses innovate and adapt but vast multinational corporations grow towards monopoly positions and reduce diversity and choice.

A healthy organisation is one which encourages diversity and supports difference. Healthy societies are the same.

So if we want healthier organisations, societies, individual lives, we should be moving towards, not away from, differences and diversity.

In the pursuit of control, maximising profits for company owners and so called efficiency, we’ve seen increasing centralisation, standardisation and monopoly or near monopoly positions.

Diversity is beautiful. And it’s healthy.