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Please join us for the MSR Plenary session scheduled for Monday, August 10, at 6:00-7:00 pm U.S. pacific time / 9:00pm EDT.  

The session theme is “How is the convergence of science and spirituality on an interconnected (“Oneness”) view of reality changing our paradigmatic assumptions about what it means to be alive today?” Please note that you must be registered for the AOM Annual meeting to participate in the session.

Here is the link to the MSR Plenary: https://aom2020.aom.org/meetings/virtual/kA8ijhpbFJkWnRtAB

The plan for the session is as follows:

• Chris Laszlo, MSR Scholarly Program Chair, introduces and frames the session (5 minutes)

• Dean Radin, Chief Scientist at IONS and author of many books including The Conscious Universe and Real Magic, gives his keynote presenting his research (20 minutes)

• Claire Lachance, CEO of IONS, brings a Noetic Leadership perspective (5)

• Judi Neal, CEO of Edgewalkers and co-founder of MSR, shares her pioneering work on spirituality in the workplace, transformational leadership, and consciousness (5)

• Xiaoan Li highlights spiritual leadership development from his work as Senior Program Officer at the Fetzer Institute (5)

• Chris Laszlo concludes the panel presentation (5)

If you are not familiar with Dean Radin's research, there are a couple of links that can help you familiarize yourself with his perspective: https://noetic.org/profile/dean-radin/ and https://www.amazon.com/Dean-I.-Radin/e/B000APW7CE%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Background on Noetic Leadership can be found here: https://noetic.org/blog/noetic-leadership-taking-its-place-in-world/

MSR Plenary thematic details

The AOM 2020 theme aims to expand our research impact and to break down apparent trade-offs that constrain our thinking. The goal is to create greater synergies and increase value-add for individuals, organizations, and society, thus enabling the field of management to contribute more effectively to meeting global and local challenges from conflict and discrimination to income inequality and climate change.

Example MSR research topics this year include:

• How is the convergence of science and spirituality on an interconnected (“Oneness”) view of reality changing our paradigmatic assumptions about what it means to be alive today? How is this convergence playing out differently in different cultures?

• How can spiritual development contribute to strengthening the role of business as an agent of world benefit? Why is transforming consciousness a high point of leverage for leaders pursuing pro-social and pro-environmental strategies and behaviors?

• What is the role of science in transforming business leaders at a spiritual level?

Many of these questions touch on the growing body of scientific evidence that a range of religious and spiritual practices have a transformative effect on our consciousness, sense of purpose, health, and wellbeing. (Tackney, et. al. 2017). Specifically, such practices are shown to help cultivate broader perception and greater awareness of our connection to self, family, community, and the natural environment (Sheldrake, R. 2017).