Dark Mirror, Navigating Power Without Pretense: A Dark Mirror to Integrity in Leadership
The Flattering Fiction of Integrity Integrity, as lionized in organizational culture and leadership dogma, is a decorative mask that is useful, ornamental, and ultimately disposable.
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You cannot guide others until you have peeled away your delusions, your borrowed ethics, your fear of solitude. Most so-called leaders are simply echoes, parroting institutional clichés, terrified of originality.
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Evil is clarifying. Exquisite, even. Because when the mask of civility slips, one sees the raw anatomy of the human condition.
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What you call ‘evil’ is simply will unburdened by self-deceit.
I N T E G R I T Y
Integrity is often perceived as an absolute quality; however, real-world scenarios frequently present complex moral dilemmas that challenge this notion. The concept of a "sliding scale" of integrity acknowledges that individuals may navigate ethical decisions differently based on circumstances, personal values, and societal norms.
A Person Never Takes Power.
Power is only given by those lorded over who choose to follow and obey.
C H A O S
What we call chaos is just a pattern we haven’t yet recognized. Chuck Palahiniuk, Survivor Is chaos what we think, or is it just an illusion of a complex system from which we cannot see its deterministic logic? Does chaos exist in our objective reality? Quantum physics seems to say, yes, all the way down... Continue Reading →
Scalable Integrity – An Existential Philosophy
Integrity is not what you think and goes beyond the simple phrase of “Doing the right thing when no one is watching” or the defined adherence to a code of values, soundness, and completeness (PBS Digital Studios., 2016) . Integrity does not mean the same thing to everyone. When you dispassionately evaluate people, you will... Continue Reading →
The Dark Arts of Leadership 