Lakota

Spreading the word!

November 17, 2015 by Kourtney McLean Leave a Comment

Sunday, I did a book talk at the Casco Library (my hometown library)! 1/2 of my former english teachers were there! That was a little overwhelming! Sold 20 books.

Yesterday we shipped 12 books from on-line orders to 7 different states!

Today I am giving a book to all 103 people who work at our mill in Bethel. Every voice matters! In addition, we are hosting a group of medical professionals from Central Maine Health Care at the mill today. We are sharing lean strategies for making the voices of employees and customers stronger in health care and manufacturing. I am giving them all a copy of the book!

The word is spreading! In the end, it’s all one tribe!

Balance

November 16, 2015 by Kourtney McLean 1 Comment

I want to share this great, short video. It summarizes what happened in just 20 years after wolves were reintroduced to the Yellowstone ecosystem. This story reinforces the Lakota view of the interconnectedness of all living creatures. Balance is nature’s optimal state. This also makes me think of human organizations and how easily they can fall out of balance if the needs of certain groups of individuals within the organization are neglected or excluded. It takes every member of the tribe to achieve optimal balance in a community (be it a reservation, a company, a state, a nation or a planet).

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded

Mitakuye Oyasin (“All things are one thing.” “We are all related.”)