Spirituality is about qualities. It's about the immeasurable, the unquantifiable. It's about things like unselfishness, concern for others, caring. It's about creativity, and nurturing creativity. It's about intelligence. Seen from that standpoint, it's no surprise that spirituality in the workplace is no longer just a special-interest topic. It's the focus of best-selling books, business publications, and national news magazines. The concept of workplace spirituality is virtually mainstream.
My first public encounter with the idea was a few years ago when my employer sent me to an international conference on leader ship. I began to realize how concepts of Spirit and the workplace were being broadly applied in both not-for-profit and for-profit sectors across the country. Conference keynote speakers and break-out sessions addressed ideas of "inner work," "spirituality in the workplace," "principlecentered work," and related concepts, and told how they impact workplaces.
At one point, a participant in an open-mike question-and-answer session with one of the keynote speakers inquired timidly, "I am almost embarrassed to ask this, but where do you see God in all this?" Replied the presenter forcefully, "Right smack in the middle."
