6: Reconciliation

Reconciliation as a theory has its roots in history within religion, politics, war, forgiveness, and the restitution for wrongdoing and conflict. The basic definition of reconciliation is the action of reconciling, meaning to restore harmony, settle, or resolve (Merriam Webster, n.d.f). There are multiple interpretations and uses of reconciliation in the modern world, including the reparation of harm, reconciliation of conflict, forgiveness, and peace building. Reconciliation theorists advise that it be used for the context's intended purpose and explained as such (Radzik & Murphy, 2019). For the purposes within the Regenerative Process, the Reconciliation Stage expresses the action of reconciling what were the ways of being and doing in the organization before the crisis, disruption, or significant change and what is occurring in the present.