Beware of the Jericho complex
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article33278
- Author
- Carriere, Vianney (Sam), 1947-2014
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Ministry Matters
- Date
- 1997 Spring
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Ministry Matters
- Date
- 1997 Spring
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- Page
- 3
- Notes
- Author comments on the tendency at General Synod to be overly modest about about the work they do and especially to speak about the person behind the work. "It's when I attempt to fuse the work and the person that I run into trouble. That's when I meet this Jericho Complex ["if we trumpet our achievements, our people, our resources too loudly, will the walls not come crashing down?"] that builds an artificial dichotomy between the work that is done and the person doing it. I know it is artificial because every time someone leaves 600 Jarvis and is replaced, the work changes dramatically. ...Thus it is that I've made a sport of that part of my job that allows me to go hunting for heroes. I have no great difficulty finding them."
- Location
- General Synod Archives