‘Seeing the World Anew’

Dates and venue> 3 early evening sessions (17.30 - 19.30)> Breda, Archimedesstraat 17

(parking available and 2’ walk from the station)> Exact dates: October 14 December 10 February 10See also: www.imagineering-network.com > Language: English> Fee: d 95,- for 1 session d 195,- for all three sessions d 20,- for each of the three sessions for students and alumni of the Master in Imagineering

As we advance deeper into the networked knowledge society, we start to realise that our managerial and governance systems and our thinking are stuck in the industrial era. It is time for reinventing management. Offering understanding of the management issues that arise when ‘continuous creative business development’ has to be a core competency of the organisation, recognizing the diffi culties in the simultaneous orchestration of the existing (transaction) and the innovative (transformation) activities in the fi eld of product and/or market and/or primary process. Dr. Liliya Terzieva completed her promotion on the competitive advantages of leisure and tourism organizations and has been busy with the organizational development issues within the new managerial paradigm for the last 7 years. She will ‘host’ the evening: introducing the books , presenting the students and empowering the interactive discussion with the participants at the end of the session.

Conscious CapitalismLiberating the Heroic spirit of Business by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia, 2013, Harvard Business Review. “Conscious Capitalism” promotes a business culture that embodies “trust, accountability, caring, transparency, integrity, loyalty and egalitarianism.” The management ideal of “Conscious Capitalism” contains four key elements of “decentralization, empowerment, innovation and collaboration.” Above all, this exemplary form of business practice relies on careful attention to four tenets: higher purpose and core values, stakeholder integration, conscious leadership and conscious culture and management.

Effectual Entrepreneurship by Stuart Read, Saras Sarasvathy, Nick Dew, Robert Wiltbank, Anne-Valérie Ohlsson , 2010, Routledge.So what is `effectual entrepreneurship’ about? Effectuation is a way of creating a business that is prepared to acknowledge irreducible uncertainty: the market cannot be defi ned; consumers are not aware of their future preferences; new technologies may emerge; available data are incomplete and confl icting. Acknowledging these constraints means that we can only have modest expectations as regards the usefulness of market research and competitive analysis to lead us to new opportunities.

Leading from the Emerging Future From ego-system to eco-system economies by Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer, 2013, Berrett-Koehler Publishers.We have entered an age of disruption. Financial collapse, climate change, resource depletion, and a growing gap between rich and poor are but a few of the signs. Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer ask, why do we collectively create results nobody wants? Meeting the challenges of this century requires updating our economic logic and operating system from an obsolete “ego-system” focused entirely on the well-being of oneself to an eco-system awareness that emphasizes the well-being of the whole.

Implementation Tuesday, February 10, 2015

The hyperconnected society, complexity thinking, design thinking, today we realize that our conventional thinking falls short in coping with much of the organizational and societal issues we face today. We need new thinking and new competencies in order to make our organizations fl ourish in today’s society. Professor Diane Nijs recently completed her promotion on designing for emergence, designing to unleash a culture of innovation. She will ‘host’ the evening: introducing the books and the presenting students and fi nally empower the interactive discussion with the participants at the end of the session.

The Improvising Society by Hans Boutellier, 2013, Eleven International Publishing.The Improvising Society sheds new light on the complexity of today’s society. Feelings of chaos and confusion are common. There is discontent among citizens, and uncertainty and lack of direction among administrators, managers, and public offi cials. It seems as though no one has a clear perspective on what is happening to society, and yet … perhaps we have overlooked something?

The surprising power of Liberating Structures by Keith McCandless and Henri Lipmanowicz .Simple Rules to Unleash A Culture of In-novation authored by Keith McCandless and Henri Lipmanowicz. Smart leaders know that they would greatly increase productivity and innovation if only they could get everyone fully engaged, as do professors, facilitators and all changemakers. The challenge is how. Liberating Structures are novel, prac-tical and no-nonsense methods to help you accomplish this goal with groups of any size. Prepare to be surprised by how simple and easy they are for anyone to use. This book shows you how with detailed descriptions for putting them into practice plus tips on how to get started and traps to avoid. It takes the design and facilitation methods experts use and puts them within reach of anyone in any organization or initiative, from the frontline to the C-suite.

Design Transitions - Inspiring Stories Global Viewpoints, 2013, by Joyce Yee, Emma Jefferies and Lauren Tan, Bis Publishing.How Design is Changing, discover where design practice is today - and where it will take us in the future. Design Transitions presents 42 unique and insightful stories of how design is changing around the world. Twelve countries are represented from the perspectives of three different communities: design agencies, organizations embedding design; and design academics.

Seeing things differently is urgently needed in today’s exponentially connected society in business as well as in society. Luckily we are aware that there is a bunch of new books bringing new insights that help us liberate organizations from their industrial shackles. Open Your Mind, our three sessions of 120-minutes briefi ngs from Imagineering Academy, celebrates these new insights and knowledge in an inspiring and fun way. Introduced by a professor of NHTV/Imagi-neering Academy, Master students present three recent books (each book presented in 20 minutes) to make you see things differently.

Brought in the three phases of a design process: Inspiration, Ideation, Implementation,annuallywe help you free your mind by presenting you cutting edge new books related to the specifi c phases so to empower you for the interventions you make on a daily basis in your organization and/or society at large.

From Open Your Mind…> You get insights from complexity thinking and design thinking

in management;> You keep up to date with recent books from the perspective of

living systems;> You …will see the world anew.

Not just seeing organizations as living systems but also treating them as such. Nijs, D., Professor Imagineering, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences

Designing conversations – is about creative processes, meaning making, generative dialogue and critical/creative thinking producing transformation in the context of organizations. In order to design effective interventions, it is important to prepare the space in order to engage participants, generating a sense of responsibility and commit-ment. For that some methods and tools can be applied in order to work with individuals, groups and organizations as a whole. As a professional of the 21st century it is fundamental to develop a “hybrid tool box”, being able to design a conversation / a creative session, asking powerful questions, taking into account the context and the local needs of the involved. Celiane Camargo-Borges is the host of this evening. Her work focuses on relational forms of practices creating a more effective means of collaboration and decision making. She is interested in exploring how individuals can come together through dialogic relations – cultivating interaction participation and collaboration. The books presented on this evening bring a fl avour of this theme and we will have a change to discuss it further.

A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger, 2014, Bloomsbury. USA.The book explores the world of curiosity and explains that questioning -deeply, imaginatively, “beautifully”- can help us identify and solve pro-blems, come up with game-changing ideas, and pursue fresh opportunities. The author outlines a practical Why / What If / How system of inquiry that can guide you through the process of innovative questioning-helping you fi nd imaginative, powerful answers to the complex issues of nowadays organizations.

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovationby Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove & Kent Lineback, 2014, Harvard Business Review Press.Collective Genius is about building creative cultures and creating a stage for others to perform upon. Authored by Linda Hill of Harvard Business School, former Pixar tech wizard Greg Brandeau, and two other leadership experts, they debunk the myth of the lone creative genius and give valuable tips for releasing the combined creativity of organizations.

Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Changeby Simon & Schuster, 2014, Simon & Schuster.The book is about strategic conversa-tions that give companies a chance to examine their business models from the outside—and, as the authors put it, to “imagine operating within several different yet plausible environments.” Great strategic conversations generate breakthrough insights by combining the best ideas of people with different backgrounds and perspectives. In this book, you get inspired by design creative, collaborative problem-solving sessions that are generative and successful

Ideation Tuesday, December 2, 2014

InspirationTuesday, October 14, 2014

‘Seeing the World Anew’