Interiority in the Work of Edgar H. Schein: A Personal Reflection

Abstract

In this reflection I explore how Ed Schein's philosophy of being a scholar-practitioner is expressed through interiority. By interiority is meant a quality of attentiveness to one's cognitive processes (data of consciousness) while attending to data of sense (what one is seeing and hearing). Throughout his writings Schein explicitly accesses his experience, his questions, his understanding, and his coming to know and judging how to act. This reflection is offered both to celebrate Ed's scholarship of practice and to stimulate reflection on how scholar-practitioners may engage in their craft.