Energising critique in action and in learning: The GNOSIS 4R FrameworkFootnote^*

* An earlier version of this paper was presented at the International Action Learning Conference, Ashridge, March 2017 and in August 2017 at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management in Atlanta. It received recognition as a best paper and a shorter version ‘Critical Action Learning Revisited: The GNOSIS 4R Approach’ appeared in Guclu Atinc (Ed.), Best Paper, Proceedings of the Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Online ISSN: 2151-6561.

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