Its worth pointing at Charles Taylor's Secular Age.
He said traditionally Religion more than Philosophy gave people a story, a shared story, a story larger than themselves, that helped with grounding/focus shifting when faced with existential angst, stress, complexity, unpredictability, moral compass etc. In addition to story, religions also produced things like rituals, priests/pastoral care, training of a priest, laws, imagery/art/architecture etc. These Features all help with the "finding meaning" question in different ways. (Orgs that don't have them consciously or unconsciously try to recreate them or defer to Religion or the State) As modernity entered the chat and the shared stories started fragmenting, rituals started looking disconnected from their purpose, priests misused the power the system handed them etc etc. Religion stopped being the Primary source of Meaning for many people. The challenge for Modern/Secular organizations (corporations being one subset) is how to fill that space? New or improved stories, rituals, pastoral care, moral bearings etc have to be found. Such blog posts show us that search is ongoing.
Its worth pointing at Charles Taylor's Secular Age.
He said traditionally Religion more than Philosophy gave people a story, a shared story, a story larger than themselves, that helped with grounding/focus shifting when faced with existential angst, stress, complexity, unpredictability, moral compass etc. In addition to story, religions also produced things like rituals, priests/pastoral care, training of a priest, laws, imagery/art/architecture etc. These Features all help with the "finding meaning" question in different ways. (Orgs that don't have them consciously or unconsciously try to recreate them or defer to Religion or the State) As modernity entered the chat and the shared stories started fragmenting, rituals started looking disconnected from their purpose, priests misused the power the system handed them etc etc. Religion stopped being the Primary source of Meaning for many people. The challenge for Modern/Secular organizations (corporations being one subset) is how to fill that space? New or improved stories, rituals, pastoral care, moral bearings etc have to be found. Such blog posts show us that search is ongoing.