Storytelling on Consciousness-based View of Organizing
Marja Turunen
The Emerald Handbook of Quantum Storytelling Consulting December 10, 2018 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78635-671-020181006 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that organizing theory neglects consciousness and experiential ambiguity, and proposes a consciousness-based view in which consciousness is an everyday organizational process and everyone influences "consciousness fields" that act on organizational members unless made aware. The author contends this perspective can inform strategic leaps, accelerated innovation, and sustainable, ethical ways of working. |
Abstract
Abstract: The most widely used conceptualizations of organizing assume that organizational issues are known, and consequently, organizing targets on control and management. Traditional organizing focuses on planning for the known future with a small group of experts and for the most part neglects the experiential ambiguities of organizational stakeholders. That research stream neglects a topic of consciousness and if studied, it approaches consciousness mostly as an object. This chapter assumes that ambiguity holds many resources, which a storytelling approach – the quantum stream of it – accommodates. Furthermore, it indicates that consciousness can be included in the organization equation. It suggests understanding consciousness as an everyday process in organizations rather than a brain function only, and lets us to take consciousness seriously. This chapter draws on my dissertation about consciousness-based view of organizing. It claims that everyone working in organizations influences of the consciousness fields, which then become actors taking care of us in organizations unless we become aware of them. Consciousness provides momentous information for those interested in strategic leaps, accelerated innovations, and fosters sustainable and ethical ways of working and organizing.