Come Join Us, Sunday July 27, 8:30-10:00 for a Symposium: What Now? What Are We missing? What Do We Need to Learn and Change as Management Scholars?
Bella Center, Hall D-D3-m8
Come join us for what we hope will be an exciting symposium on how management paradigms/research could and need to evolve to encompass the realities of swiftly-changing politics, social norms, and polycrisis. Opening key knowledge gaps, provocateurs will reflect research on what is missing and how to move new insights forward. Sandra Waddock (Boston College) will introduce the topics and speakers then ask what is and needs to be next in the light of global challenges shifting democratic and egalitarian norms? What is needed now and how can we as management scholars catalyze transformative action? Brad Agle (Brigham Young) will discuss his recent boo, The Totality of Allegiance: Inside the Hearts and Minds of Trump Supporters (with Travis Ruddle), which researched how so many good, honest, hardworking Americans could support a politician who clearly did not share many of their values or personal conduct. Irene Henriques (York U) will explore how the massive increase in information availability and growing specialization of media outlets has transformed stakeholder perceptions of when their interests and identities are at risk or could be advanced by influencing firm behavior. Otto Scharmer (MIT) will introduce Presencing: Seven Practices for Transforming Self, Society, and Business (with Kaufer), and the concept of social soil, arguing that democracy is undermined by two main forces: dark money and 'dark tech'. Bobby Banerjee (City St George's, U London) explores key aspects of Project 2025 – a US-manifesto so radical and regressive that even Donald Trump tried to distance himself from it, though now seems to be fully implementing it. These topics and numerous controversial others based on audience input arguably need to be incorporated into management thinking, paradigms, and research to evolve a world that copes with today's emerging polycrisis.
We hope you'll join us!
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Sandra Waddock
Galligan Chair of Strategy
Boston College
Carroll School of Management]
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 USA
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