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Burns, in his poem, wrote of social class and putting on airs, with the church providing center stage for pretentiousness.  To what extent does social class prevent your organization from seeing yourselves as others see you?  Do you face different obstacles to self-awareness as an organization — and if so, what are they?

I’m willing to bet our organizations face all sorts of different obstacles to self-awareness, and yet, I’m also willing to bet we have an awful lot in common with Scotland in 1786.  What do you think?  Does Burns’s poem speak to you?