From June 24 to 27, 2024 the renowned Conference on Organizational Process Research took place in Cyprus, bringing together leading process-oriented scholars from around the world. The conference, known as the "Process Organization Studies" (PROS), is dedicated to exploring organizations through the lens of process metaphysics - a worldview that sees processes rather than substances as the fundamental forms of organizing.

This year, Benjamin Schiemer presented a remarkable contribution related to a paper recently published in the journal “Organization Science”. The paper sheds light on temporal structuring in the music studio and examines how certain materially induced waiting periods influence the creative process. Schiemer's work impressively demonstrates how phases of creative production are affected by the dynamics and interruptions in the studio and how waiting can act as a catalytic factor.

The PROS conference is known for its innovative approach and its focus on the process perspective, which is based on a relational ontology, a performative epistemology, and a dynamic praxeology. It places special emphasis on becoming, change, and flow, and examines various forms of agency. The process perspective prioritizes process over outcome, activity over product, change over stability, and openness over determination. This perspective challenges us to acknowledge the complexity of the world rather than oversimplifying it.

Participation at the PROS conference provided a unique opportunity for exchange and discussion of the latest research findings and methodologies in process research.