Enabling the Phronetically Enacted Self: A Path toward Spiritual Knowledge Management

Markus F. Peschl, Alexander Kaiser () and Birgit Fordinal
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Markus F. Peschl: Department of Philosophy and Vienna Cognitive Science Hub, University of Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Alexander Kaiser: Knowledge Management Division, Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1020 Vienna, Austria
Birgit Fordinal: Knowledge Management Division, Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1020 Vienna, Austria

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-19

Abstract: The role of spirituality in organizations has received increasing attention over recent years. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to take up this shift and develop the foundations for an alternative approach to knowledge management: Spiritual Knowledge Management . A key question in spirituality concerns the unfolding of the identity (of an organization) or the self toward a “higher end” or purpose. We propose the concept of the phronetically enacted self (understood here both in an individual and an organizational sense) that helps us conceive of how this unfolding can be achieved in a thriving and sustainable manner. The self is conceptualized as a highly dynamic and emergent “entity” that is grounded in a continuous process of becoming and of transitions transforming a state of potentiality into a state of actuality and fulfillment. Insights from the theory of spirituality, enactive cognitive science, the theory of potentials/possibility studies, phronetic organizations, and resonance theory lead us to a novel understanding of knowledge-driven organizations embodying a spirituality-based and, as a consequence, (regenerative) sustainable approach. Finally, we will develop the basic characteristics and leverage points for transformative shifts toward sustainability in organizations.

Keywords: spiritual knowledge management; phonetically enacted self; phronesis; enactivism; knowledge management; innovation; future potentials; 4E cognition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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