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

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Julian Birkinshaw

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Pouya Seifzadeh

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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

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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

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Rupa Banerjee

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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

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Roy Suddaby

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Sustainably comes in many forms and exhibits many facets. Virtually all of them have been challenged in the last year. A global pandemic has massively disrupted the world at large, and with it organizations, economies, communities and nations. The vocal cry of populism—already visible before the pandemic—has not quietened. While there is a natural desire for life in a post-pandemic future to return to normal, that is an outcome that isn't possible.We will find a new normal in time. ...

Iain Klugman

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Lisa White

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Ann Langley

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Roy Suddaby

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Mark Mullaly

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PLEASE NOTE: The virtual button for this session will appear 10 minutes prior to the session start.The final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued three calls to action that directly implicate Business Schools to engage in teaching, research, and service to advance reconciliation. Last year’s initial ASAC workshop provided overviews of administrative leadership, curricular reform, and research activity related to indigenizing and decolonizing business schoo...

Diane-Laure Arialiès

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Frank Bastien

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Teddy Carter

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Mary E Doucette

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Albert James

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Raj Manchanda

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Peter Pomart

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David Deephouse

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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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