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The Power of Mind

What if the Game Is Bigger Than We Think

University of Colorado at Denver

Edward J. O’Connor

University of Colorado at Denver

This essay invites you to entertain the possibility that our current ideas about the human mind and its supposed limitations may themselves be limited. What if organizational realities were more malleable than we believe? What if organizational members could alter their physical surroundings even just occasionally through focused mental attention? We review evidence from numerous fields suggesting that the human mind may be capable of affecting physical reality from a distance and into the past and the future. Although not all studies have provided universal support, the evidence for the impact of focused mental attention is sufficiently compelling and the potential implications sufficiently important that we believe it is time to explicitly examine the organizational implications of the power of the human mind.

Key Words: focused mental attention • collective mind • nonlocal influence

Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 13, No. 4, 342-352 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1056492604270797


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