J. Neal (ed.), Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace: Emerging Research and Practice, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-5233-1_13, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 Abstract In this chapter, we explore the ways in which the dominant wisdom, economic, and social traditions of the West can potentially integrate with some of the wisdom, economic, and social traditions of indigenous and Eastern cultures in the interest of creating a more complete understanding of links between wisdom, eco- nomics, and organizing. Western thinking tends to be based not only on a modality of constant growth but also on a worldview that is based on linear thinking and atomization and fragmentation of wholes into parts as paths that lead to understanding. These ways of thinking have resulted in the West’s putting economics, materialism, consumerism, and markets ahead of other types of values and issues. In contrast, many indigenous and Eastern traditions offer a more holistic, relationally based set of perspectives that might provide better balance in approaching issues of work, eco- nomics, and organization. Indigenous wisdom traditions, illustrated through African, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, Japanese, Māori, and Native American worldviews, offer E. Pio (*)฀•฀M.฀Ho Business & Law School of AUT University, 42 Wakefield Street, Level 8, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, ACT 2913, Australia e-mail: edwina.pio@aut.ac.nz; marcus.ho@aut.ac.nz S. Waddock Boston฀College,฀Carroll฀School฀of฀Management,฀Chestnut฀Hill,฀MA฀02467,฀USA e-mail: waddock@bc.edu M. Mangaliso Management Department, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA e-mail: Mangaliso@mgmt.umass.edu M. McIntosh Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, South Bank campus, PO Box 3370, South Bank, QLD 4140, Australia e-mail: malcolm.mcintosh@btinternet.com Chapter 13 Pipeline to the Future: Seeking Wisdom in Indigenous, Eastern, and Western Traditions Edwina Pio, Sandra Waddock, Mzamo Mangaliso, Malcolm McIntosh, Chellie Spiller, Hiroshi Takeda, Joe Gladstone, Marcus Ho, and Jawad Syed [AU1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pio, E., Waddock, S., Managaliso, M., McIntosh, M., & Syed, J. (2013). Pipeline to the future: Seeking wisdom in indigenous, eastern, and western traditions. In Neal, J. (ed.), Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace: Emerging Research and Practice, pp.195-222. New York: Springer.