Pluridisciplinary Exploration of the Theory, Practice and Teaching of Creativity in Multi-Organizational Decision Making

Convenors: Laurence de Carlo and Sanda Kaufman

Session One - 9:00am to 10:30am

Facets and Tools of Creativity in Policy and Planning

• Creativity and Organizational Change
  Dr. Noelle Aarts and Prof. Cees van Woerkum, Wageningen University and Research Centre
• From Back-To-Back Planning To Joined-Up Development: Making Space For Cross-Border Collaboration On The Island Of Ireland
  Brendan Bartley, NIRSA, NUI Maynooth
  John Driscoll, International Institute for Urban Development, Cambridge, MA
  Kasey Treadwell Shine, Combat Poverty Agency, Ireland
• Stimulating Creativity by Means of Logical Argument Mapping
  Michael H.G. Hoffmann, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Whose evidence base? Negotiating questions of receptiveness to and ownership of research for effective policy making
  Kasey Treadwell Shine, Combat Poverty Agency, Ireland
  Brendan Bartley, NIRSA, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Session Two - 11:00am to 12:30pm

Creativity in Intra- and Inter-Organizational Relations

• Revisiting Shared Meaning and Its Utility for Understanding Multi-party Collaboration
  Barbara Gray, Pennsylvania State University
  Chris Huxham, University of Strathclyde Business School
• Ellis & Hopkinson - Talking About Talk: Making Sense of Communication in Inter-Organizational Relationships
  Nick Ellis, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
  Gillian Hopkinson, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
• The Dynamics of Goal Alignment in Multi-Organizational Collaborative Projects and Their Influence on Project Performance
  Atilio J. Moran. PhD, Oklahoma State University
• Lindgren & Saghaug - Innovating Business –  A Question of Thinking Different
  Peter Lindgren and Kristin Falck Saghaug, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark