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Hi Everyone,

As you begin to plan your <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename> schedule, we hope that you will be able to join us at an exciting All Academy Symposium in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Anaheim</st1:place></st1:city> on: 

Intellectual Shamans:

Asking Questions to Try to Heal the World

<st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename> Annual Meeting, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Anaheim</st1:city></st1:place>

Tuesday, 8:30-10:10 a.m., Hilton <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Anaheim</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">California</st1:state></st1:place> Pavilion A

Intellectual shamans bridge new territories and can see the world in unusual ways.  Shamans are healers who see beyond the ordinary to might be done to heal the tribe, individual, organization, society.  Intellectual shamanism allows for asking important questions that can bring significant positive change. 

Five scholars will share about their own intellectual shamanic journeys.  Ed Freeman, known for developing the stakeholder concept, will discuss how a diverse set of shamans can help management theory take on its fundamental moral obligations to make capitalism better.  <st1:personname w:st="on">David Cooperrider</st1:personname>, known for developing appreciative inquiry, will share his awareness that awe moves us forward, arguing we live in the worlds our questions create, where inquiry moves beyond the edge of the known into the experience of mystery that changes our lives.  Phil Mirvis, known for his consciousness raising work with executives, will demonstrate through vivid photography how leaders, spiritual teachers, and facilitators served a shamanic function as healers in journeys with a community of business people.  Bob Giacolone, known for his innovative approaches to ethics, will focus on worldview storytelling:  approaches to ethics and social responsibility focus on two competing, intricately connected stories that serve as ethical guideposts to our lives and organizations.  <st1:personname w:st="on">Nancy Adler</st1:personname>, who has brought her artistry to the academy, will use stories her mother taught her to question, "Where do we stand and how do we remain rooted?"  Organizer/moderator <st1:personname w:st="on">Sandra Waddock</st1:personname> will facilitate and briefly share insights from work on "difference makers" who have built a responsibility infrastructure intended to improve the world. 

We hope to see you there!

<st1:personname w:st="on">Sandra Waddock</st1:personname>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Boston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Organizer

Panelists: 

Nancy Adler, McGill

<st1:personname w:st="on">David Cooperrider</st1:personname>, Case <st1:place w:st="on">Western Reserve</st1:place>

Ed Freeman, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Virginia</st1:state></st1:place>

Bob Giacalone, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Temple</st1:city></st1:place>

Phil Mirvis, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Boston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Corporate Citizenship

<st1:personname w:st="on">Sandra Waddock</st1:personname>, Professor of Management

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Boston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Carroll</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Management

Senior Research Fellow,

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Boston</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Corporate Citizenship

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Chestnut Hill</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">MA</st1:state>  <st1:postalcode w:st="on">02467</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
 
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waddock@bc.edu
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