My point of departure is that myths are neither true nor false, we live inmersed in myths. As Ortega used to say, we are installed in myth. You know there´s a current discussion among consultants about the nature of leadership. We are born with some qualities or we can learn by education? Nature or nurture?

Well, ancient greeks did not have this problem for they thought lhuman soul was not twofold. For them, our souls were threefold. On one side there was the physis or what we say nature. On the other side there was psyché or soul. But there was a third part, called nomos. Nomos is the realm of values, of convention, of what is interpersonnally assumed as good or bad. And for the greeks, the soul to be in harmony needed nomos and physis to be in harmony.

This nomos is the realm of the myth. For myths are the stories circulating in any community.

I have referred to this in my post, Corporate mythics, what is it?

http://felixgerena.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/06/corporate_mythi.html

You can also read a development of these ideas in my post, The four spheres:

http://felixgerena.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/04/the_four_sphere.html

This autumn I´m going to publish a book along with two other Consultants. I will be talking about these topics in the book. I will sure tell you Bren.

I’d love to hear more about Felix’s concept of “myth management”

Volume 4 of our Weekend Learning Links,

It is important in cases like you are describing to know what are the collective myths circulating. I call this the corporate mythics. It will help you succeed in your position if you are able to manage these myths and build a story that leads to motivation and implication.