Nineteenth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations

Abstract

The Spirit of Collaboration is a socio-technical system (STS) that is supported by research-based evidence, and values-aligned leadership ethics. The Spirit of Collaboration framework dovetails Knowledge Management (KM) with Socio-Technical Systems (STS) within the flexible structure of Action-Science, advancing enterprise-wide open “agile” systems for “on-demand” knowledge creation and distributed intelligence—co-creating a cycle of sustained innovation and actionable knowledge. The Spirit of collaboration is aimed at organizational leaders, administrators and community change agents providing a framework for creating community in the workplace integrating values-aligned decisions for initiating and maintaining adaptive, functional and innovative interactions enabling organizational members to flourish within their communities of practice. Innovation is the lifeblood of twenty-first century organization. Collaboration is key for co-creating “new knowledge” and innovative practices. Socio-technical systems (STS) provide opportunities for agile open-systems thinking. (New knowledge is defined as that which occurs when learning becomes situated in a moment of action requiring a novel response [actionable knowledge], where work groups collaborate, organizing innovative work patterns, co-creating a cycle of sustained innovation). There are three critical constituents of the Spirit of Collaboration, the Collaborative framework: The Spirit-led leader, The workgroup/team and, The technology. This session is hands on and includes various gestalt puzzles and group problem solving activities. The session is engaging and collaborative.