Experiences of presence connecting people towards more sustainable innovation

Mankind is facing numerous global, ecological and economic challenges that demand new, holistic approaches, and more sustainable innovations. This study identifies a multifaceted here-and-now approach of presence. Presence can be regarded as promising and little researched approach in finding fresh solutions and ideas of sustainable approaches. The qualitative data was collected through workshops, interviews and written narratives from six organizations of public sector and 220 workers with different sexes, ages, backgrounds and professions in Finland examined through the holistic approaches of phenomenology. The results unveiled that the most common experiences of presence in the daily life of the workers were connected specific themes like being in nature, sharing experiences and interconnectedness. The purpose of this study is consider if it is possible to use the learnings of these experiences as help for the more sustainable innovation, work, and the way of life?