Designing Information and Organizations with a Positive Lens at Weatherhead School of Management

Program Overview and Presentations

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Program Chairs: Kalle Lyytinen and Michel Avital

Friday Nov 11	(click on below to view)
08:30-10:00	Greetings > Myron Roomkin Setting the stage: Workshop motifs, agenda and organization Chair: Kalle Lyytinen -Managing as Designing > Richard Boland -Change with a Positive Lens > David Cooperrider -Design with a Positive Lens: Putting it All Together > Michel Avital
10:00-10:30	Break
10:30-12:00	Positive Change Chair: Frank Barrett -Design with Appreciative Intelligence > Tojo Thatchenkery -Design for Sustainable Value > Chris Laszlo
12:00-01:30	Lunch
01:30-03:00	Workgroup Presentation and Discussion WG1 - Organizational Design, Chair: Deborah Dougherty WG2 - Collaboration Across Boundaries, Chair: Finn Kensing WG3 - High Performance Process Design, Chair: Eleanor Wynn WG4 - Design Methods & Techniques, Chair: Matt Fineout WG5 - Design Science & Design Practice, Chair: Neil Ramiller WG6 - Positive Theories and Paradigms, Chair: Raghu Garud
03:00-03:30	Break
03:30-05:00	Workgroup Presentation and Discussion (6 workgroups)
05:00-05:10	Break
05:10-05:30	Aesthetic Reflection - Leading Globally: Designing the World We Want to Live In > Nancy Adler

07:00-08:00	Dinner
08:15-09:15	Improv Night -Design for Improvisation: Exploring Jazz Metaphor > Frank Barrett

Saturday Nov 12
08:30-10:00	Positive Design Chair: Jurgen Faust -The Four-Stage Revolution in Design > Dong-Sung Cho - Envisionment Scenarios > John Carroll
10:00-10:30	Break
10:30-12:00	Mobilizing Networks of Positive Change Chair: Susan-Leigh Star -Designing Interorganizational Relationships and Information Systems with a Positive Lens > M. Lynne Markus -Earth-OrgScope: Applying a Science of Organization Networks > Jeff Stamps and Jessica Lipnack
12:00-01:30	Lunch
01:30-03:00	Workgroup Presentation and Discussion (6 workgroups)
03:00-03:30	Break
03:30-04:30	Workgroup Summary Reports (click on below to listen) WG1 - Organizational Design > Deborah Dougherty WG2 - Collaboration Across Boundaries > Natalia Levina WG3 - High Performance Process Design > John Venable WG4 - Design Methods & Techniques > Brian Butler WG5 - Design Science & Design Practice > Dick Boland WG6 - Positive Theories and Paradigms > Will Rifkin > Name of person presenting in behalf of the workgroup
04:30-05:30	The Road Ahead: Positive Change, Design and Information Chair: Richard Boland Panelists (in order of presentation): Daniel Robey, Nancy Adler, Richard Buchanan and Diana Whitney

07:30-09:30	Farewell Dinner