Creating a ba for generating self-transcending knowledge

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new type of ba, called ‘‘vocation ba’’ and to describe the main aspects of this type of ba as well as its methods. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the literature in the field of self-transcending knowledge and the concept of ba and shows the main aspects for the design of a new methodology and framework. Additionally it analyzes experiences with the new method from several case studies. Findings – First the concept of vocation ba describes a space on the individual level as well as on the collective level for the generation of self-transcending knowledge. Second the method of Vocation-coachingWaVe is a helpful method within the vocation ba. The experiences with these two new concepts from several case studies are very encouraging. Research limitations/implications – The number of case studies at the collective level is still limited, as the authors have been working with the method of Vocation-coachingWaVe at the collective level for two years. At the moment further research is done in larger systems. Practical implications – This study gives insight and information about the method of Vocation-coachingWaVe and the concept of vocation ba. Originality/value – The paper presents one of the few studies, which theoretically and practically deals with the aspect of self-transcending knowledge in the context of vision development processes and knowledge-based management on the individual level as well as on the collective level. The method of Vocation-coachingWaVe at the collective level is a continuous approach of a bottom-up vision development process.