This book offers an exploration of how scientific principles can illuminate and redefine leadership. It delves into the interdisciplinary nexus of leadership and the natural sciences, examining how concepts from physics, biology, and systems thinking can enrich our understanding of leadership.
It begins by exploring the contributions of Michael Polanyi to leadership in the sciences and progresses to innovative metaphors like fluid dynamics and folding/unfolding to describe leadership phenomena. The book also investigates the role of boundaries – spatial, temporal, and conceptual – in leadership systems, drawing on examples from literature, such as The Wizard of Oz, to illustrate these ideas. Further, it ventures into altered states of consciousness, such as dreams and poetry, as sources of leadership insight, and culminates in a discussion of metaphysics and organizing principles grounded in multiplicity.
With rigor and imagination, the book invites readers to consider leadership as both a scientific and philosophical phenomenon, offering examples, metaphors, and frameworks that challenge traditional disciplinary silos. It is intended for scholars, researchers, and advanced students in leadership studies, organizational psychology, and social psychology.
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