Len Hjalmarson refers to Doug Pagitt’s analogy of leadership as organic gardening.
Doug Pagitt once proposed we ditch the word “leadership” with all its military implications, and find new language for talking about those who tend to communities. His preferred analogy was an organic gardener.
take crap and use it to nourish things
it isn’t “dirt,” it is soil, and the preparation and maintenance of the soil is really important
things that are garbage are used to grow the garden
vigilance is important
be willing to take smaller fruit in order for it to be truly healthy
gardening requires a systems understanding
gardens die every winter and require replanting
things can only grow in certain climates
hybrids don’t reproduce
if you use miracle grow to start, you have to keep boosting the amount
what you plant next to what is important
you have very little to do with the success of the gardern, photosynthesis is still a mystery, you can’t make it grow, it is a miracle
backs and knees are sore because you are down in the dirt, you don’t stand above the garden
we need to protect the garden from bunnies. Worms are good, bunnies are bad.
organic fruit doesn’t all look like the stuff in the market. Quality is over beauty, and there is no uniformity.. you share from the excess.
