Management Consulting: Saving Humanity from Extinction

1. August 13, 2018 Hyatt Columbus KL, Chicago Meeting o Academy of Management Consulting can save humanity from 6th extinction David M. Boje, Ph.D. ‘Management Consulting Division Slides & books at http://davidboje.com/AOM

2. Academy is Mansion with many rooms – find yours – L.R. Pondy

3. Storytelling coming to an end • 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 • David Whetten -1978 my dissertation chair • Journal of Organizational Change Management 1989-2003, editor • Tamara Journal – 2001-2011 founding 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 Jorgensen, Marita Svane, & other living stories… • William James (1907) ‘Things tell a story’ • Mikhail Bakhtin (1919) • Walter Benjamin (1936) • Gertrude Stein (1935) • Henri Savall, Veronique Zardet, Marc Bonnet, & Michel Peron 1999 Chicago AOM - interview Theatrics of SEAM • Amandine Savall – in Lyon SEAM class • Colo Tech – Joanne Preston, Tonya Henderson, Wanda Cousar …

4. THERE IS NO PLANET B Globalization Myths Leading Humanity to 6th Extinction David M. Boje World Scientific Press For November, 2018 HJU05 code for 25% discount at the Routledge booth Download draft of books at http://davidboje.com/AOM until printed books arrive

5. The STORYTELLING CONSULTING PARADIGM

6. 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!

7. My University • Does VIRTUAL MULTIPLICITIES turning ‘idealized past’and’idealized future’ into representational-illusion

8. 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

9. Myth: Consultation has no alternative Savall is better way to go!

10. Where Dysfunctions come from? SEAM-STORYTELLING MULTIPLICITIES TFW VIRUS gone DIGITAL SEAM-STORYTELLING by David M. Boje

11. 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

12. Qualimetrics (Savall & Zardet, 2011) Bridging quantitative and qualitative in an alternating series of deduction, induction, abduction inquiries (pp. 18-20) “Trilectical …

13. Savallian Ensemble of Multiplicities “What is unique about SEAM • the triple-multiplicity focus (financial-, numeric-, and qualitative-multiplicities entangled 'qualimetric'), • not just positive dialectical intervention but it is actually trilectic, • the multiplicities are rhizomatic-antenarrative formations, & • some rhizomatic-multiplicities form 'double spirals' to transform 'implosive-death spiral' into 'explosive-spiral' of human- and socioeconomic-potential by flushing out dysfunctions and hidden costs” (Boje, 2018b: 238).

16. NEW DIRECTION for SEAM  TAUGHT in SEAM to Undergraduates • 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 Piloting Logbook Please Make SEAM Logbook SEAM-STORYTELLING by David M. Boje

17. SEAM Consulting Model 6 SEAM TOOLS are ACTANTS that MEDIATE THE ACTORS’ ROUTINES  SEAM-STORYTELLING by David M. Boje

18. Why SEAM is not AR or GT inductive fallacies DPIE (Diagnose, Project, Implementation, Evaluation) are part of Scientific Method I call Self-Correcting INDUCTION • DIAGNOSE: Observation Exploration Diagnostic • PROJECT: Conceptualization for Project Planning • Modelization • IMPLEMENTATION: Experimentation • EVALUATION: (compare to initial predictions) • Validation & New Modelization • Formulation (Next Mirror Effect Meeting)

19. 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 Tools Boje’s Piloting Logbook

20. 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

24. As we approach 6th Extinction

25. 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 the stories and how they create value TRUE STORYTELLING PRINCIPLES SEAM-STORYTELLING by David M. Boje

28. THANK YOU Question & Answers about How CONSULTING CAN SAVE HUMANITY from 6th Extinction Slides & books at http://davidboje.com/AOM