Because these stories are told and retold, in meetings, messages, rituals, and daily interactions, they become a form of control. In communities, people regulate themselves through stories of solidarity and care. In partnerships, through stories of reciprocity and equality. In marketplaces, through stories of generativity and proportionality. But these moral stories do more than regulate behavior. They give it meaning. They explain why people act the way they do. As such storytelling replaces supervision. They make abstract principles tangible and remind people what it means to be a good member of the organization. And what it means to be a “good member” takes three very different shapes.

Source: Get Rid of Your Boss. Share a Story Instead. - Blog

In a recent discussion about how money is the agent of coordination between humans, I went down a rabbit hole of trying to uncover what might be other ways in which humans can be coordinated.

It led me to this very interesting discussion around organizations and how they can be organized with culture - a set of shared stories that reinforce the behavior you want from society.

Great read.