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Competitive Learning Ecologies - Michael Kenney

Competitive Learning Ecologies - Michael KenneyMichael Kenney Professor, University of Pittsburg conducts research into the adaptive strategies and learning processes of illicit organizations, particularly focusing on Colombian drug trafficking networks and terrorist groups. He examines how these entities modify their behaviors in response to experiences and new information, embedding this knowledge into their routines and procedures. This adaptability enables them to persist despite aggressive law enforcement More »

Theory U: A Framework for Leading Change Otto Scharmer

Theory U: A Framework for Leading Change Otto ScharmerDr. Otter Scharmer introduced Theory U, a framework for transformation that guides individuals and organizations through a process of deep awareness and renewal to the LILA community More »

Polarity Mapping with Barry Johnson

Polarity Mapping with Barry JohnsonMany of the challenges we face in organizations are not problems to be solved. Rather they are polarities that need to be managed. Dr. Johnson defines polarities as interdependent pairs of values, both of which are neutral or good, which comprise an interdependent energy More »

Cultural Contagions - Damon Centola

Cultural Contagions - Damon CentolaDamon’s study showed that complex contagions (like behavior change) spread more quickly in Large World networks, even though information can spread more quickly through weak ties and small world networks. Across six independent trials of the experiment, it appeared that: more people adopted the behavior in clustered networks and there was faster diffusion in clustered More »

2024-2025 LILA Theme Announced: Navigating the Cs of Change

In its 25th Year, the LILA Community will be exploring the theme we are calling Navigating the Cs of Change focusing on Transforming Conceptions, Developing Capacities and Shifting Complex More »

 

Upcoming Events

Sept  26, 2024 – Member call

OCT 28-29, 2024  (Mon/Tue) Gathering – In person: TRANSFORMING CONCEPTIONS

Nov 21, 2024 – Member call

DEC 18-19, 2024 (Wed/Thurs) Gathering – Virtual: DEVELOPING CAPACITIES

Jan 16, 2025 – Member call

Feb 13, 2025 – Member call

March 19-20 2025 (Wed/Thurs) Gathering – in person: SHIFTING COMPLEX SYSTEMS

April 10, 2025 – Member call

May 15, 2025 – Member call

JUNE 11-12, 2025 (Wed/Thurs) – Virtual SUMMIT: NAVIGATING THE Cs OF CHANGE

This Year’s Theme: Navigating the Cs of Change

For 25 years the LILA community has examined a range of strategic challenges organizations face as they aim to develop and perform in today’s complex world. Looking back at our topics over the years, one theme continues to resurface: how can organizations effectively navigate change? Leaders continue to struggle to transform their culture, support employee development, accommodate emerging technologies, and adapt to changing demographics. Shifts since the pandemic in where and when we work continue to challenge organizations. The world continues to change and, along with it, so must organizations. The question is: what contemporary models of change are best suited to tackle changing mindsets, processes and practices, and the social systems of work?

This theme will revive past powerful insights on navigating change and update them with emerging insights from research in social psychology, political science, ecology, and organizational development. It will highlight ecological and iterative models of change that better fit the increasing complexity organizations and their leaders face. It will examine three “Cs” of change –how we change conceptions, capacities, and complex systems –that touch on the cognitive, behavioral, and socio-structural facets of a changing work life.

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