The Practical Wisdom in Leadership and Organization Series

The Practical Wisdom in Leadership and Organization Series provides a platform for authors to articulate wiser ways of managing and leading and of reassessing both practice within organizational settings and organizational research. Books in this series focus on the art and practice of inquiry and reflexivity and explicitly connect with challenges and issues of 'praxis' in the field of organization and management, be that academic research or in situ management practice. Rather than offering closure and final answers, contributions to this series invite further critical inquiry, cross-disciplinary conversations and explorations. The aim is to engage authors and readers - students, academics and practitioners alike - in inspiring, reflexive and critical dialogue. By thus engaging readers, we hope that these books play an important role in informing, teaching and learning in educational contexts and public forums as well as among practitioners and in management boardrooms.

Dr Ali Intezari (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer at UQ Business School, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He specializes in the study of Wisdom, Decision-making, Knowledge Management, and human-technology interaction. His peer-reviewed research appears in the very top international journals such as Decision Sciences, International Journal of Information Management, Internet Technology & People, Journal of Knowledge Management, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Management Inquiry. Dr. Intezari is the lead author of the book, "Wisdom, Analytics and Wicked Problems: Integral decision-making in and beyond the information", and the co-editor of "Practical Wisdom in the Age of Technology: Insights, Issues and Questions for a New Millennium", "Practical Wisdom, Leadership, and Culture: Indigenous, Asian, and Middle-Eastern Perspectives", and "Leadership: Regional and Global Perspectives". Dr Intezari is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Management & Organization, and the editorial board member of Journal of Knowledge Management, International Journal of Knowledge Management, and the Journal of Business Ethics Education.

Wendelin Küpers is Professor of Leadership and Organization Studies and academic vice-president at Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe, Germany. Combining a phenomenological and cross-disciplinary orientation, his research focuses on embodied, emplaced, emotional, creative, and aesthetic dimensions of organising and managing. In his current research and teaching he is focusing on more responsive, responsible, and wiser forms of organisations and management/leadership that are contributing towards more integral and sustainable practices. He is Associate Editor of the journal ‘Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility’ and serves as editorial board member and reviewer for various journals.