Dear all, We are delighted to share the 8th issue of OM RISE Magazine with you. For this issue, the theme is Spirituality for Business and Society. Spirituality is a broad concept embraced by many with different principles, practices and rituals. The path to spirituality generally starts by recognising that something is greater and beyond […]
Month: June 2023
Wholeness of Being at the Workplace
Organizations have a legacy of de-personalizing their employees – seeing them as “resources,” “number of hands.” They are often stripped of their identity and become a “Worker”, “an employee”, “Manager”, “a member of the Sales force.” The history can be traced back to industrialization. The unintended effect of this is that organizations are often stuck […]
Spirituality in the Workplace: An Eastern Perspective
Background Spirituality in the context of workplace or workplace spirituality has drawn the interest of management scholars as well as practicing managers equally in the last few decades. Many multinational companies are now convinced that incorporating spirituality in their workplace can have a positive impact not only on their employees but also on the overall […]
How spiritual leadership can influence entrainment
Earlier this year (OMRISE 6 – April 2021) I introduced you to the phenomenon of entrainment and explained that entrainment can have a positive effect on organizational outcomes. It is defined as the adjustment of one or more cycles to a more dominant cycle. Such adjustment can be conscious (through choice) or unconscious. In this […]
Gandhi’s Experiments with truth – as guidance for managers
Mahatma Gandhi was a global leader from India. Gandhi’s vision and strategy were uniquely and deeply grounded in Indian values, and yet have a global appeal. On Gandhi’s martyrdom, the Nobel-prize winning scientist Albert Einstein declared that, “Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked […]
Guthi: An Indigenous Sociocultural Practice in Nepal
Introduction In the age old history of Nepal, ‘Guthi’ derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Goṣṭhī (गोष्ठी) means gathering or meeting of cow-herders (gopalas). It is a traditional socio-cultural and economic institution working for the socio-economic benefit of the Newar community. History The term ‘Guthi’ was first found in an inscription (shilalekh) at Pashupati dated 1403 […]
Spirituality in the MBA Education Setting
The approaches shared by the presenters and participants were self-exploratory and deeply reflective, aimed at inviting dialogue. The foundational approach reflected on our innate differences as revealed by the Myers-Briggs type indicator, giving rise to the awareness that our perspectives on life are largely influenced by our individual mindsets. Based on his previous work, Ian […]
Where Social Justice Meets Spirituality
“We, members of the human race, have clustered ourselves into groups that perceive each other as enemies, each with their own sets of values, rules, and regulations, with different degrees of spiritual awareness, and divergent perspectives on the essence of life. The common flaw of each “tribe,” however, is their failure to implement the “oneness” […]
Exploring the spiritual roots of mathematics and science
Mathematics, mathematicians, and God Scientific discoveries require mathematics. As MIT’s Tegmark argues “Our physical world doesn’t have some mathematical properties but has only mathematical properties” (Joshi, 2021). Albert Einstein wondered “how it was possible that mathematics does so well in explaining the universe” (Joshi, 2021). Finally, as history has abundantly proven, mathematical achievements are the […]
Our first Academy Of Management conference – A reflection
Do you remember your first (academic) conference visit? In our fast-paced world, we are ushered to quickly establish routines and security. However, there is beauty in observing something for the first time. Before we, as well rush on to becoming seasoned attendees, we would like to celebrate this first-time moment with you in this reflection […]
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