Walking to learn: Rethinking reflection for management learning

This article investigates possibilities for reflection when understood from within a world that is practically experienced rather than theoretically contemplated. Based on an analysis of space and time in Descartes, it suggests that prominent conceptions of reflection in management learning remain static and lifeless. Drawing on the work of Heidegger it introduces the metaphor of 'walking around' to suggest an alternative understanding of reflection which is sensitive to the worldly immersion and finitude of being and begins to outline implications for management learning.