Interesting article by Dave Logan (Tribal Leadership) about why organizations and people move into horrible acts -- using Penn State and the shootings in Colorado as examples: Two faces of evil
It's easy to slip from Tribal Stage 4 to Stage 3 to Stage 2 -- for individuals and organizations. His premise is that it's because they don't focus again on core values. Maybe -- if so, then how do you have tribes focus on core values on a regular basis without it just melting in the background. In the Tribal Leadership book is a section about having regularly scheduled "oil changes." I think that's something to focus or talk about during the oil changes -- especially if a tribe has enough trust among/within itself to look at core values critically and honestly.
Easy for individuals to slip from Stage 4 to Stage 3 as well -- the more stressed, overwhelmed one is, the easier it is to "just do it" and not worry about triads and communicating with each other. Or, being surrounded by people in various stages will carry over.
Something to watch for deliberately. How often do we have oil change discussions -- among teams, boards, friends, families? Can those discussions have core values as the framework to focus around?
