All Outputs (9)

Stoicism, philosophy as a way of life, and Negative Capability. Developing a capacity for working in radical uncertainty (2023)
Journal Article
Hirsch, C., von Bülow, C., & Simpson, P. (2023). Stoicism, philosophy as a way of life, and Negative Capability. Developing a capacity for working in radical uncertainty. Leadership, 19(5), 393-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/17427150231178092

Philosophy and leadership are not generally held in close association. By contrast, this paper is a call to action for the academy and organisational practitioners to reflect on the potential contribution to leadership of a practice of philosophy as... Read More about Stoicism, philosophy as a way of life, and Negative Capability. Developing a capacity for working in radical uncertainty.

Negative Capability in Leadership Practice. Implications for Working in Uncertainty (2022)
Book
von Bulow, C., & Simpson, P. (2022). Negative Capability in Leadership Practice. Implications for Working in Uncertainty. Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95768-1

Working in uncertainty has become the new normal, but what do leaders have to draw upon when lacking the requisite knowledge? In this book, the authors make a case for Negative Capability, which enables leaders to work in a state of not knowing witho... Read More about Negative Capability in Leadership Practice. Implications for Working in Uncertainty.

Narratives of wellbeing (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Gaggiotti, H., Jarvis, C., Kars-Unluoglu, S., & von Bulow, C. (2022, September). Narratives of wellbeing. Paper presented at Narratives of Wellbeing Symposium, Hybrid - LaTrobe University, Australia and online

As the Philosopher John Austin (1962) pointed out, saying and doing are indissociable, although not always expressed in the same way with the same understanding and intention. For Cieslik (2016), accounts of wellbeing are “rooted in social, caring re... Read More about Narratives of wellbeing.

It’s a kind of magic: Narratives of wellbeing in health and social care in England (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Gaggiotti, H., Jarvis, C., Kars-Unluoglu, S., & von Bulow, C. (2022, September). It’s a kind of magic: Narratives of wellbeing in health and social care in England. Paper presented at Narratives of Wellbeing Symposium, HYbrid - LaTrobe University, Australia and online

As the Philosopher John Austin (1962) pointed out, saying and doing are indissociable, although not always expressed in the same way with the same understanding and intention. For Cieslik (2016), accounts of wellbeing are “rooted in social, caring re... Read More about It’s a kind of magic: Narratives of wellbeing in health and social care in England.

The deep education conversation in a climate of change and complexity (2021)
Book Chapter
Von Bulow, C., & Simpson, C. (2021). The deep education conversation in a climate of change and complexity. In Deep Adaptation - Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos (11). Polity Press

Negative capability and care of the self (2020)
Book Chapter
Von Bülow, C., & Simpson, P. (2020). Negative capability and care of the self. In L. Tomkins (Ed.), Paradoxes of Leadership and Care: Critical and Philosophical Reflection (131-141). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975506.00021

This chapter considers caring leadership through the twin prisms of Negative Capability and Care of the Self, arguing that an aspiration to practise caring leadership involves a commitment to the development of self-knowledge and the capacity to be w... Read More about Negative capability and care of the self.

The practice of attention in the workplace - Phenomenological accounts of lived experience (2020)
Thesis
von Bülow, C. The practice of attention in the workplace - Phenomenological accounts of lived experience. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/4750905

In this very moment, our attention is being captured, tracked and traded as a commodity in the commercial market. As a global community, we are facing one of the most serious cultural crises of our time yet we are too distracted to be aware of it a... Read More about The practice of attention in the workplace - Phenomenological accounts of lived experience.

Negative Capability and conflicting narratives in leadership development (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, P., & von Bulow, C. (2018, September). Negative Capability and conflicting narratives in leadership development. Paper presented at The Poetics of Leadership International Conference - Crossfields Institute, UK and IFLAS, University of Cumbria, Lake District, UK

In this paper we reflect on a very specific aspect of some recent organisational research. In particular, we will look at the phenomenon of ‘caring leadership’ through a reflection on some ‘conflicting narratives’ of leadership and care within a char... Read More about Negative Capability and conflicting narratives in leadership development.

Envisioning a future by paying attention to the past: Rediscovering the work-of-leisure. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Von Bulow, C., & Simpson, P. (2017, December). Envisioning a future by paying attention to the past: Rediscovering the work-of-leisure. Paper presented at International Studying Leadership Conference 2017, Richmond, Virginia (US)

Populist movements are inherently reactionary, motivated by dissatisfaction with the status quo (Albertazzi & McDonnell, 2008). One source of dissatisfaction in the West over the last decade has been a decline in prosperity alongside an increase in d... Read More about Envisioning a future by paying attention to the past: Rediscovering the work-of-leisure..