February 27th, 2:00-3:00 PM EST
Join Don de Guerre, Bernard Mohr and Douglas Austrom for a deeper dive into ideas/practices of their PPI methodology presented back in June 2015.
Besides updating the knowledge shared in 2015, Don, Bernard and Doug want to provide a “toe-in-the water” experience for people thinking about attending the two day workshop sponsored by Concordia University John Molson School of Business and the Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies, on May 6-7 in Montreal (8.30 am to 4.30 pm)
Bernard Mohr
Bernard Mohr is past Dean of Complex Systems Change at NTL
Institute for Applied Behavioral Science and adjunct faculty in organizational innovation at Concordia University. He works throughout the USA, Central America, the Caribbean, Western Europe, Canada and the Middle East on human centered innovation of service delivery, management and production challenges. Representative clients include Baystate Health, British Petroleum, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Coca Cola, Exxon, GSK, Delhaize, LL Bean, Novartis, Tufts Medical Center, US Internal Revenue Service and the World Health Organization. He is the co-author of five books and many articles dealing with co-creating more humane and effective organizations
Don de Guerre Ph.D.
Don de Guerre is one of the world’s leading experts on Open Systems Theory and its application to strategic planning and policymaking, and to organization design. After 30 years of practice, he joined Concordia University as an Associate Professor. With colleagues, his research established that the choice of design principle and resulting organizational structure is the key lever that management can control to boost productivity, adaptability, innovation and health. His work in the social economy sector has established that for projects to be sustainable and scalable a strong and formal community infrastructure is required, ideally as a first step. Co-founder of People Powered Innovation Labs Dr. de Guerre is today continuing to develop direct participative democratic human systems characterized by full engagement and participation of all stakeholders.
Douglas Austrom Ph.D.
Douglas Austrom Ph.D. is an Adjunct Professor with Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and co-founder of Adjutant Solutions Groups. Doug has three decades of consulting experience with a wide range of organizations on four continents including The Nature Conservancy, Eli Lilly, Rolls-Royce, Remy International, AT&T, E. Merck Pharmaceuticals, RCI, DowElanco, Sandoz, Elanco, and Wellpoint. He is also a faculty partner and leads executive education programs for Kelley Executive Partners, Indiana University, and the Center for Food and AgriBusiness, Purdue University.
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