In all organizations past events, even if they are unique or at least very unlikely to recur, have strength beyond their ambition. In terms of NCA Theory they have persistent influence and therefore are durable actors in the network regardless of the presence of human actors who had direct experience. The crisis in education of March 2020 will never unenroll from our network of management education. As a result, it will resonate in institutional choices, individuals' decisions and forever ...

Chris Hartt

Keynote speaker

Rene Arseneault

Moderator

The Myths of Disruption: How Established Firms are Adapting to the Digital Revolution Julian Birkinshaw is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Faculty Advisor for Executive Education at the London Business School. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the (American) Academy of Management. He has PhD and MBA degrees in Business from the Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, Canada, and a BSc (Hons) from the University of Durham, UK. He was awarded Honorary Doct...

Jianyun Tang

Speaker

Julian Birkinshaw

Keynote speaker

Pouya Seifzadeh

Moderator

Chair/Président:Yuanshun Li (Ryerson University)Guest Speaker:Lawrence Kryzanowski (Concordia University)

Dr. Yuanshun Li

Moderator

Lawrence Kryzanowski

Keynote speaker

We live in a world that emphasize the rational and the objective. We cling dearly to objective facts, rigorous thought and rational decisions. In doing so, we risk losing sight of the internal world and our emotional and intuitive aspects. Understanding our “inner theatre” is essential, but also an uphill challenge, fraught with difficulties and anxieties. In this conversation, Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries explores the essential need to build self-understanding and the difficulty in doing so.

Mark Mullaly

Moderator

During 2020, the pandemic revealed that topics like care, gender, and vulnerable populations should be addressed seriously. Feminist economists see an opportunity to restructure the economy based on the idea of “care” and not on “profit”. Women as subjects have been particularly harmed during this health crisis, due to the precariousness of their work (most women are in service industries), or because of the burden of care work at home. Dr. Rupa Banerjee proposes to discuss the trajectorie...

Mariana Ines Paludi

Moderator

Rupa Banerjee

Keynote speaker

In this session Dr. Jamie Gruman will discuss his book 'Boost: The Science of Recharging Yourself in an Age of Unrelenting Demands', which builds on the literature on recovery and focuses on how we can get back to our best by flipping our downtime into ‘Uptime’ to most successfully recharge our batteries and return to work happier, healthier, and more productive. He will present his ReNU model, which synthesizes the research behind Boosting, and will discuss specific activities we can impl...

Morrie Mendelson

Moderator

Jamie Gruman

Keynote speaker

Please join us for an exciting talk by Dr. Roy Suddaby. This is a joint divisional event with Organizational Theory and Social Responsibility.

Heather Ranson

Moderator

Roy Suddaby

Keynote speaker

PLEASE NOTE: The virtual button for this session will appear 10 minutes prior to the session start.In keeping with the 2021 ASAC theme of “Considering Impacts on Business and Society” this 90-minute panel discussion will feature five panelists with a variety of editorial experience discussing their future visions of the changes they see coming to publishing and research more broadly going forward to improve the impact of management research, as well as the role they see for j...

Lillian Eby

Panelist

Jerry Davis

Panelist

Terri Griffith

Panelist

Michel Laroche

Panelist

Marc-David Seidel

Moderator

William Foster

Moderator

PLEASE NOTE: The virtual button for this session will appear 10 minutes prior to the session start.Interested in learning some of the basics when it comes to working with social and traditional media? Join Rory O'Neill, a ten-year communications professional, who will take you through some of the fundamentals of growing your own presence and profile through social media, as well as a few tips and expectations for working and building relationships with reporters and mainstrea...

Rory O'Neill

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