Prof. dr. Sharda S. Nandram Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, dear children, Namaskar, Pranaam to the elders here in our midst. In the next 40 minutes, I would like to talk about Divali, also known as the festival of lights. Yet you yourselves already know so much about Divali. How many Divalis have you celebrated […]
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Spirituality Led Ethical Decision Making with Yogic Yamas and Niyamas
We examine how ethics and spirituality are part of one holistic framework shaping the organizational decision-making processes. This conceptual paper addresses: How Yogic Yamas and Niyamas (disciplinary restraints and observances) as expressions of spirituality led ethics, can enrich ethical decision making towards a trustful environment sustainably. Three philosophical texts for Aṣṭāṅga Yoga in Indian spiritual […]
Humane Organizing in a Post-COVID-19 World: Learning from Buurtzorg’s Trust-Based Decentralization
This paper examines the enablers and consequences of less hierarchical organizing in which humane values are in focus as a path toward spirituality in the workplace. It describes Buurtzorg Nederland, a revolutionary case in-home health care due to its radically decentralized structure and integrative, autonomous system of organizing. Data were collected by studying the responses […]
Natural leadership: The Everest Climber in Everyone (2013)
There is an Everest climber in each one of us. During our life, we get to know about our ‘Everest’ and the ‘climb’. This case study is about Tine Mena, the youngest Everest climber from the North East of India. The case takes us through the stages of development of various qualities, values, vision and […]
What If Business Revisits Pavlov’s Kennel? The Case of Buurtzorg Nederland (2018)
The view that individuals can be controlled through conditioning is predominant in the businessenvironment. However, in recent years, people have started to question this control mechanism. Inthis article, the authors elaborate further on the implications of conditioning to business and presentanother approach to making organisations agile, highly productive and VUCA (volatility, uncertainty,complexity and ambiguity) ready. […]
Editorial Note: Spirituality, Management And Society, Issue 6 – Managing VUCA
Dear all, We are delighted to share the sixth issue of OM RISE Magazine with you. For this issue, the theme is Managing VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity). VUCA can be felt at an individual level as well as in organisations and society at large. Some experience VUCA as crisis and may lose their perspective […]
Dying and Living on
असतो मा सद्गमय । तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय । मृत्योर्माऽमृतं गमय ॥ asato mā sadgamaya, tamaso mā jyotirgamaya, mṛtyormā’mṛtaṃ gamaya. From falsehood lead me to truth, From darkness lead me to light, From death lead me to immortality. Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (1.3.28.) If there is one certainty in life, it is that we are merely mortal. And […]
OM RISE memoriam (Paul de Blot SJ)
Download Special 1, Dec 2020: Dutch Edition Beste allen, Hierbij ontvangt u een speciale uitgave ter nagedachtenis van de heer Paul de Chauvigny de Blot SJ. Prof. dr. Paul de Blot SJ was honorair hoogleraar Business Spiritualiteit aan Nyenrode Business Universiteit in Breukelen. U kunt deze speciale uitgave ook vinden op de volgende website: https://magazine.omrise.org Ter […]
Editorial Note: Spirituality, Management and Society, Issue 5 – Divali Special
Download Issue 5, Nov 2020: English Edition ; Dutch Edition Dear all, We are happy to share the fifth issue of OMRISE Magazine with you. We are also delighted to inform you that now all OMRISE magazine content can be accessed online via our website: https://magazine.omrise.org This is a number especially created for the occasion of The […]
The Diyá as a vehicle to a conscious life
Prof. Dr. Sharda S. Nandram, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Nyenrode Business Universiteit I asked my 94-year-old father about his memories of the Divali festival. As so often, he has many. “I can still remember how women used to go from house to house before Divali to sell big baskets full of diyás (earth pots with […]
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