Should I Stay, or Should I Go? (Video)
Sharing some reflections on the dilemmas posed by corporate jobs in an age of permacrisis.
Audio only:
Resonant World #35
I was very grateful for a number of messages I received from people who recognised the dilemma I explored in Resonant World #33 and Resonant World #34 in relation to my former employer Reuters, and its stance on the climate crisis.
I felt inspired to respond with a 12-minute video — a first for Resonant World — offering some further reflections on the benefits of cultivating more awareness of our relationship to the institutions we serve, and the unconscious trauma agreements we may have entered into. (There’s an audio version below the video).
I’m sensing there’s a lot more to explore on this theme, and I’d love to hear any resonance in the comments.
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Thank you Matthew for stepping forward with this bold call to action, enveloped in your warm facilitation and guidance through a gentle reflection we might each undertake if we find ourselves - or our children, peers, friends - in conflict when it comes to our income streams and loyalties to large employer institutions. Speaking out as you have here lands in me as a powerful counter force to hierarchy left unchecked. I'm left appreciating the often forgotten power of the written and spoken word in instituting change (perhaps the new "institution" style we all need during this time).
Really one of my favourite Clash-songs. And you at your best, Matthew, so calm and so bright, helps me a lot guiding me through my own process within a big organisation (which is about mental health but it does not matter so much, it's the same thing). It is also always a pleasure for me to listen to your brilliant English - I take it as a beautiful lesson. Love you, man!