A joint session between Cognitive Edge and Adelphi, with participation from Durham and UCL will take place on the 8th August. It will be in part based around the ideas in the HBR article. As a part of the workshop we will be creating an online database for stories about leadership.

Title and original submission below, its open to any participant in the Acadamy meeting

Complexity in human systems: Exploring how leaders respond & what research has to say about it.

Chair: James K. Hazy; Adelphi U.;
Presenter: David Snowden; Cognitive Edge Ltd;
Presenter: Pierpaolo Andriani; Durham U.;
Presenter: Bill McKelvey; U. of California, Los Angeles;

The 2007 Best Practitioner Paper award in the OB division of the Academy went to “A Leader’s framework for decision making,” by Snowden & Boone, published as the cover article in the Harvard Business Review. This event, which includes one of the authors of that paper, will gather a group of interested academy members from both practice and research to review the current state and future potential of complexity research, its modifications or extensions that are needed to accommodate it to human systems, and its future directions for research and practice. Brief presentations and a panel discussion on research and practice will begin discussion. A workshop will follow to define potential practice directions and research questions. It is anticipated that cross-disciplinary links identified in the workshop will be utilized to create future research programs and publications.

Prior to the meeting a database will be opened up to participants. More information can be found at: http://complexityleadership.wikispaces.com