1854: The Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Ecosystem:Charting New Scholarship in Value Creation & Distribution (13088)

Building on the success of the 2023 inaugural symposium, “Psychedelic Assisted Therapy as a Catalyst for Refreshing Dominant Assumptions of What’s Possible Through and In Organizations,” this panel symposium delves into the transformative impact of Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (PAT) on organizational assumptions and possibilities. Aligning with the AOM 2024 theme, “Innovating for the Future,” we focus on possibilities to generate insights into value creation and distribution by studying an industry that is attracting billions of dollars in investments. This industry is particularly interesting because it is mired in challenges associated with the multistakeholder, scientific, economic, and political realities inherent to establishing safe and effective delivery of legalized psychedelics. Utilizing multiple theoretical lenses across differing levels of analysis, the panelists share their research on organizations and organization members at the forefront of exploring the potential of psychedelics to alleviate suffering, promote well-being, and open new pathways for addressing societal challenges. We investigate individual, organizational, and systemic possibilities of value creation and distribution while wrestling with associated complexities of harm and risks. Thus, we propose a phenomenon-driven symposium with the intent of further building the theoretical lenses through which we can better understand foundational topics of organization scholarship.