Seven Levels of Organisational Consciousness

This is taken from an excellent book called Liberating the Corporate Soul by Richard Barrett.

Where does your organisation stand? It probably spans two or three levels.

1. Survival Consciousness

· The first need of an organisation is financial survival

· The danger is that by becoming entrenched in SC organisations develop a preoccupation with the bottom line

· This results in excessive control and territorial behaviour

· Takeovers to plunder assets rather than strategic alliance

· People and Earth as resources to be exploited

· Highest levels of fear at SC