Inviting Wonder in Organization: Tiger, Sandstone, Horror, Snowball

From ideas of power to the powering of ideas in organizations: Reflections from Follett and Foucault

“…Ideas emerge from conversations within and across extant practices and dialogues with others. Generative ideas are never fully formed but always in the process of becoming (Carlsen, Arnulf, & Weitao, 2017); embryonic in their generation, they can be stripped down and simplified to their core through negotiations and disputations or worked up to a richness rarely imagined when the glimmer of an idea first emerged (Kelley & Kelley, 2013). The more that different ideas conflict or point in alternative directions, the more controversial work on and with them will be and the harder they might be to translate and align (Callon, 2008;van Werven, Bouwmeester, & Cornelissen, 2019).…”

In search of copassion: Creating a novel concept to promote re-enchantment at work

“…Workplaces and organizations, however, might never have been as deeply disenchanted as research has depicted (Boje & Baskin, 2011). Inviting wonder (Carlsen et al, 2017;Carlsen & Sandelands, 2015), generativity (Carlsen & Dutton, 2011), and even humor into organizations (Välikangas & Sevón, 2010) has pointed to its salience at work. Enchantment reaches beyond phenomena such as well-being or engagement at work, by connecting to larger frameworks for meaning in the life of individuals or communities and by transcending the boundaries between individuals and teams/organizations (Bell et al, 2020;Bennett, 2001Bennett, , 2010.…”