![]() ![]() Another important strand to her work is work itself: a focus on the daily menial tasks which many wives and mothers have to carry out around the home as part of their domestic duties. Many of Maya Angelou’s best-known poems focus on the plight of women, and specifically Black women. Yet Angelou tells us that the girl in the poem is ‘blameless’, inviting us to read the poem as about ‘mothers’ and ‘daughters’ in a wider sense: it is about the generational shift between African-American women of Angelou’s mother’s age, and those of Angelou’s own generation. The subject of the poem is a girl who goes home to her mother’s arms, afraid and ‘creeping’ because she fears she is in trouble. Source: WHHY Series NavigationThe poem concludes with the image of an insistent drumbeat which marks the rhythm of social change which the speaker and others involved in civil rights have established. What do you think of this poetry? Please add your comment below.Ĭover Photo: Maya Angelou. As such, freedom is not just a political domain topic, but rather an understanding of human capability. ![]() How many cages did we build in our organisations? How many wings have clipped of our people, impeding them to dare for something bigger? Whatever stance we take on organisation design and the meaning we give to Work, the idea of enabling freedom also in the workplace is a must to be able to unleash human potential. And we know how much of personal endeavours can often make us resemble living in self-built a cage.įrom an organisation perspective, there’s something more. There’s no indication here about the origins of the cage of the bird. This poetry is a true invite to value freedom as a necessary step for human expression. A Caged Bird instead, his wings are clipped, and his feet are tied as he stands on the grave of dreams and only has his voice to play with and sings of freedom. A free Bird dares to claim the sky, showing how important liberty can be in also achieving the most difficult goals. Maya Angelou compares, in this poem, the lives of a free bird, and one living in a cage. His wings are clipped and his feet are tied Sings of freedom The free bird thinks of another breezeĪnd the trade winds soft through the sighing treesĪnd the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawnīut a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams I Know Why The Caged Bird SingsĪnd dares to claim the sky. Which is why I will be sharing more of these over time. I feel it can be really useful as support in our management and leadership quests, as it is probably one of the greatest tools of sense-making and self-expression. Poetry has always been one of my favourite forms of expressions, probably one of the eclectic sides of my multipotentialite trait. This is the seventh contribution to my Poetry & Management collection. Yet, there is also an interesting message from a Leadership and development perspective, that I’d like to explore. This poetry is famous for its intimate description of freedom, and for the role of personal voice as a true element of it. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is a powerful poem by Maya Angelou, the renowned US poet and civil rights activist who died in 2014. Leaders for Humanity with Carol Sanford: The Regenerative Paradigm- Creating A Better Future for All.Leaders for Humanity with Alejo Sison: Happiness and Virtue Ethics in Business.Leaders for Humanity with Bruno Frey: Happiness and Economics. ![]() Leaders for Humanity with Blaine Fowers: An Emergent Theory of Natural Ethics.Leaders for Humanity with Hari Tsoukas: Bridging Morality and Management.I am an experienced and innovative HR professional dedicated to improving the way organizations achieve results through their people. The Top 25 Management Books according to meĭigital Knowmad | Multipotentialite | HR Leader | Transformation Agent | Future of Work thinker | On a mission to re-embed Human into HR.Change Management: The 10 Best Approaches & Models.Organisation Models: a Reasoned List between Old and New.Operating Models: the theory and the practice. ![]()
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