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I3M Symposium @ UW

Yesterday we had an exciting day at University of Washington, Seattle.  By all accounts, the I3M Symposium was a success. Presentation-wise, the morning started with a keynote presentation by Phil Fawcett, head of Microsoft Research who has been with this Seattle giant since 1984. This was followed by our research presentation – Demystifying the Link between Business Value and Innovation, which was presented by the PI of the project, Prof Dr Kevin Desouza. Following the lunch was a panel discussion exploring the various issues surrounding innovation and business value. The evening concluded with presentations of potential research projects of the Institue for Innovation in Information Management, and a wine and o’ devours reception. Networking-wise, the meeting was invaluable, as new opportunities for joint research with companies were popping out one after another. R&D chief officers, knowledge officers, business development officers from esteemed companies such as Boeing, Microsoft, Mattel, Parsons Brinkerhof, Washington Mutual, and others, truly practiced open innovation during the lively discussion which continued late in the evening.

Vegas & Seattle (part 1)

ISOneWorld in Las Vegas went well, interesting keynotes and other presentations, excellent new contacts & opportunities, organization A-OK. Unfortunately no time for much fun, as my flight out to Seattle was just after the conference.

Seattle impressed me with its European looks, green patches, mountains and hills. Not to mention the University of Washington, where 40.000 students are supported by 30.000 staff (3.500 of that instructional). I am amazed over exceptional facilities at the (huge) campus and hospitability of people here, especially Prof Dr Desouza who I have been visiting.

Featured in the IRIS newsletter

I am honored that IRIS, 6* RAE institute of Salford University, Manchester, UK, awarded my work with “featured postgraduate student” title in their semi-annual newsletter.

Visiting US - ISOneWorld and I3M Symposium

My plane leaves in couple of hours to the States.

From April 11-13 I will be attending 6th ISOneWorld conference in Las Vegas, NV, where I am presenting a paper on design of Knowledge Management Systems, and where I am acting as KM-track co-chair, along with Murray Jennex. No doubt, a busy one, with many meetings already scheduled. Moving on, I will be attending Spring 2007 Institute for Innovation in Information Management Symposium at University of Washington, Seattle, WA. At the symposium, findings from the Ideas for Innovation (I4I) and Demystifying the link between innovation and business value (BVI) projects, which I have been involved with recently, will be presented, with many interesting people from academia and business attending. After the symposium, I will stay for couple more days at the University of Washington, discussing future research opportunities with Dr Kevin C Desouza and other faculty at Information School, and pursuing my own doctoral research.

Roadtripping couple of days in California will finish my trip at the end of April.

More than looking forward to the next couple of busy (but obviously fun) weeks.

Research featured in MIT SMR

Top news. The core paper of the I4I research project, Leveraging Ideas for Organizational Innovation, that I have been involved with recently, is featured in the Intelligence section of the current issue of the MIT Sloan Management Review.

See http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/issue/2007/spring/06/

MIT Sloan Management Review is a business journal that bridges the gap between management research and practice, evaluating and reporting on new research to help readers identify and understand significant trends in management. SMR is published by the MIT Sloan School of Management, which consistently ranks as one of the world’s top business schools. Since its founding in 1959, SMR has been a venue for business-management innovators such as Peter Senge, James Brian Quinn, Gary Hamel, Thomas Davenport, Sumantra Ghoshal, John Quelch, Henry Mintzberg. A peer-reviewed quarterly, the journal covers all management disciplines, although its particular emphasis is on corporate strategy, leadership, and management of technology and innovation. SMR accepts approximately 7 percent of submitted articles.