Hi Ken,
Your last paragraph sounds like the ultimate
Fringe Café if AACORN people would be willing to
gather to share nuts of wisdom!
I'm not sure that I will be able to make it to
Oslo as I am in the midst of a job search to get
me out of Bush country, but I'll be there if I
can!
Great idea!
Chris
>Dear Friends,
>
>Johan Olaisen and I decided as one of our first
>policy decisions that EURAM 2006 in Oslo would
>have a strong emphasis on culture. This is
>reflected in three ways.
>
>The first is tracks. The tracks deadline is
>past, and tracks are now being reviewed and
>structured by our track chair, Fred Stronen. I
>know that Pierre, Wendelin and others (me, too)
>have proposed a continuation track of our
>ongoing conversation. Arjo and David have also
>proposed a track. These proposals are moving
>through the snake now.
>
>The second is a culture emphasis in our
>information and outside work. We'll be
>researching and recommending cultural activities
>and we'll publish a series of "EURAM guides" to
>different Oslo attractions.
>
>The third -- and this is where AACORN comes in
>-- is our culture program. I spoke long ago with
>David, with Soren Friis Moller, and others about
>organizational theater, an exhibition, and other
>possible activities. David is actually chair of
>organizational theater. (I owe Soren a phone
>call to start things moving on exhibitions.)
>
>Johan and I are offering the forum -- I spoke
>with David yesterday to say that AACORNers are
>free to develop the culture program as we (well,
>actually you) wish. The one regret I have on
>this is that I'm not the guy to flesh out ideas
>for the program this year. As co-chair, I'm
>responsible for the conference as a whole and
>I'll be hopping from dawn to dusk at the
>conference itself. David is the key figure in
>the process.
>
>What I realize now that I did not mention to
>David is that we also have a fourth possibility.
>We have the full campus for the days just before
>and after EURAM. If AACORN wanted to come a day
>early or stay a day late, we could spend a day
>together as AACORN. Even if a fair number of us
>turn up, it would be easy to get a place that
>holds us for conversation and interaction. If
>anyone wishes to think on this, we can add a
>pre-conference or post-conference, and we can
>supply logistical support for on-site
>facilities, housing, and the like.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Ken
>
>
>
>
>David Barry wrote:
>
>Our good friend Ken Friedman is putting together the next EURAM
>(European Academy of Management), in Oslo, along with Johan Olaisen:
>http://web.bi.no/euram2006/. We've been talking about ways to turn it
>into more of an AACORN conference, replete with artful events, cultural
>thickness, mixes between arts and business, performance, exhibitions,
>great food, wine, and the like. In light of Academy of Management's
>withdrawal from arts & business this year, EURAM could be a nice
>opportunity to create a powerful counterstatement in Europe, something
>to show our AoM counterparts just how rich things can be when the arts
>and aesthetics are brought in.
>
>I know some of you are considering submitting track proposals, but I'd
>encourage everyone in AACORN to get on board. Ken's a wonderfully
>enthusiastic and creative guy and I'm sure he'll help you flesh out your
>ideas: [log in to unmask] In 2007, EURAM will probably return to its
>crusty old ways as it hits the mainstream Parisian business schools (I
>believe INSEAD got the bid along with several others there), but if we
>can infiltrate it extensively this year and make it as word-worthy and
>memorable as possible, maybe we can begin a new precedent for mainstream
>management conferences! One thing I'm going to be pushing for is more
>conversational sessions--getting rid of the paper/powerpoint blah blah
>blahs. Hopefully we can find lots of other ways to make it fun,
>engaging, and stimulating. David
>
>--
>
>Ken Friedman
>Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
>Department of Communication, Culture, and Language
>Norwegian School of Management
>
>Design Research Center
>Denmark's Design School
>
>email: [log in to unmask]
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