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August 13, 2018 Hyatt Columbus KL, Chicago Meeting o Academy of Management CONSULTING CAN SAVE HUMANITY FROM 6 TH EXTINCTION DAVID M. BOJE, PH. D. ‘MANAGEMENT CONSULTING DIVISION Slides & books at http: //davidboje. com/AOM
ACADEMY IS MANSION WITH MANY ROOMS – FIND YOURS – L. R. PONDY
STORYTELLING COMING TO AN END • • William James (1907) ‘Things tell a story’ Mikhail Bakhtin (1919) Walter Benjamin (1936) Gertrude Stein (1935) Mark Sandberg –NTL 1974 Professor Rider University Ken Rowland –ODC 1976, my Ph. D. advisor U of I Lou Pondy –RMD 1977 my mentor U of I Henri Savall, Veronique Zardet, Marc Bonnet, & Michel Peron 1999 Chicago AOM - interview Theatrics of David Whetten -1978 my SEAM dissertation chair Amandine Savall – in Lyon SEAM Journal of Organizational Change class Management 1989 -2003, editor Colo Tech – Joanne Preston, Tonya Tamara Journal – 2001 -2011 founding Henderson, Wanda Cousar … editor STORY OF RMD change agent STORY of EAM and proposing to Grace Ann Kurt Motamedi, Ricky Moore, Dave Jamison, Phil Mirvis, Miguel Delattre, Kenneth
THERE IS NO PLANET B Globalization Myths Leading Humanity to 6 th Extinction David M. Boje HJU 05 code for 25% discount at the Routledge booth World Scientific Press For November, 2018 Download draft of books at http: //davidboje. com/AOM until printed books arrive
THE STORYTELLING CONSULTING PARADIGM
THE VANISHING CORPORATION BY NIKEFICATION The NIKE ROLE MODEL FOR HIVING OFF SUPPLY CHAIN & DISTRIBUTIONS WHILE RETAINING MARKETING & DESIGN is AMERICAN CORPORATE ROLE MODEL That is BOTH VIRTUAL & DIGITAL!
MY UNIVERSITY Does VIRTUAL MULTIPLICITIES turning ‘idealized past’and’idealized future’ into representationalillusion
DIGITAL IS NOT THE SAME THING AS VIRTUAL university business-narrative has become VIRTUAL/REAL Business-narrative of ‘academic capitalism’ (Slaughter & Leslie, 1997) has morphed the TFW virus into its digital ACTUAL/REAL: AND digitalized university is also virtualized
MYTH: CONSULTATION HAS NO ALTERNATIVE Savall is better way to go! 9
WHERE DYSFUNCTIONS COME FROM? TFW VIRUS GONE DIGITAL SEAM-STORYTELLING MULTIPLICITIES STORYTELLI NG DYSFUNCTIO NS WEBERIS M FAYOLIS M STORYTELLI NG Structures STORYTELLI NG Behaviors TAYLORISM STORYTELLI NG Hidden Costs SEAM-STORYTELLING BY DAVID M. BOJE 10
SAVALLIANS’ CHALLENGE TO GROUNDED THEORY (GT) Challenges 3 waves of GT with trilectic Socially responsible capitalism Scientific method experimentation & hypotheses qualitative quantitative financial data to verify its theory
QUALIMETRICS (SAVALL & ZARDET, 2011) Bridging quantitative and qualitative in an alternating series of deduction, induction, abduction inquiries (pp. 18 -20) “Trilectical …
SAVALLIAN ENSEMBLE OF MULTIPLICITIES “What is unique about SEAM (1) the triple-multiplicity focus (financial-, numeric-, and qualitative-multiplicities entangled 'qualimetric'), (2) not just positive dialectical intervention but it is actually trilectic, (3) the multiplicities are rhizomatic-antenarrative formations, & (4) some rhizomatic-multiplicities form 'double spirals' to transform 'implosive-death spiral' into 'explosivespiral' of human- and socioeconomic-potential by flushing out dysfunctions and hidden costs” (Boje, 2018 b: 238).
NEW DIRECTION FOR SEAM TAUGHT IN SEAM TO UNDERGRADUATES SEAM-STORYTELLING BY DAVID M. BOJE Can SEAM help routines of University be DYNAMIC and AGILE? Latest work on dynamic routines says routines that ACTORS perform are mediated by ACTANTS (Sele & Grand, 2016) Organization Science, 27(3), 722 -738) ACTANT can be an App, software, material configuration, and the 6 SEAM TOOLS BOJE’S Please Make SEAM Logbook PILOTING LOGBOOK
M A E N O C L U S G N TI L E OD M S 6 SEAM TOOLS are ACTANTS that MEDIATE THE ACTORS’S EROUTINES AM-STORYTELLING BY DAVID M. BOJE 17
WHY SEAM IS NOT AR OR GT INDUCTIVE FALLACIES DPIE (Diagnose, Project, Implementation, Evaluation) are part of Scientific Method I call Self-Correcting INDUCTION 1. DIAGNOSE: Observation Exploration Diagnostic 2. PROJECT: Conceptualization for Project Planning 3. Modelization 4. IMPLEMENTATION: Experimentation 5. EVALUATION: (compare to initial predictions) 6. Validation & New Modelization 7. Formulation (Next Mirror Effect Meeting) 18
NEW DIRECTION FOR SEAM ROUTINES OF SMALL BUSINESS TAUGHT IN SEAM TO UNDERGRADUATES Can SEAM help routines of university business be DYNAMIC and AGILE? Latest work on dynamic routines says routines that ACTORS perform are mediated by ACTANTS (Sele & Grand, 2016) Organization Science, 27(3), 722 -738) ACTANT can be an App, software, material configuration, & SEAM BOJE’S Tools PILOTING LOGBOOK
To be a SEAM Consultant: Listen to and Observe the 'living stories’ Directly Participate in the Clover Field Then understand what the ensemble of three multiplicities is all about Thus caring for the entire Clover Field
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TRUE STORYTELLING PRINCIPLES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Truth: You yourself must be true and prepare the energy and effort for a sustainable future Make room: True storytelling makes spaces respecting the stories already there Plot: You must create stories with a clear plot creating direction and help people prioritize Timing: You must have timing Help stories along: You must be able to help stories on their way and be open to experiment Staging: You must consider staging including scenography and artifacts Reflection: You must reflect on SEAM is already Full of Storytellin g Pay Attention to Material Storytellin g Strategy is Storytellin g 3 C’s is already Storytellin g SEAM-STORYTELLING BY DAVID M. BOJE 25
What is TRUE STORYTELLING now? Reflect on OUTCOME S? How to plan FUTURE? When & Where to do PROJECT? 26
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