Terhi Takanen : The power of being present at work

This work arises from curiosity to how we could co-create social realities in the here and now. Context is a long-term consulting project in one department of the Finnish Ministry of Finance which seeks to renew their organizational culture. In this action research, the task was to develop ways of being present at work. Co-Creative Process Inquiry was developed as a new development approach that underlines such relating which does not separate you and me but recognises relationality. In work life, this enables new ways of working which are based on power with instead of power over. "This outstanding piece of work shows deep and sophisticated understanding of relational constructionism... it is able to put it to work to show differences between existing approaches to organizational development and mindfulness, gives serious attention to different kinds of knowledge and power, and provides empirical material to illustrate how this kind of work can unfold in practice". Professor D.M.Hosking