If retaining good people involves respecting their spiritual interests, this becomes a business rather than a personal issue. Following the publication of SQ: The ultimate intelligence, by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, a serious attempt has been made to explore the scientific basis for spiritual intelligence and define this new area of interest. For me, spiritual intelligence is about the capacity to make meaning. It is as Zohar put it, the "soul's intelligence". It is linked to the capacity to see lives in wholes, not fragments, and to regenerate ourselves. Most importantly, it is connected to the ability to challenge whether we want to play by rules of situation in which we find ourselves. So, a person with a well developed SQ may not make a business decision on financial ground s alone, preferring to be guided by an ethical view point.
