At Y-SIM Academic Camps, interdisciplinary groups of distinguished scholars and thought leaders exchange ideas to push our collective thinking forward.
As part of our research setting agenda, Y-SIM leadership identifies an emerging topic from our CEO interviews, develops focused questions, and hand-selects leading experts to share their findings. This cross-pollination of scholars and thought leaders from various disciplines creates new pathways for inquiry and leads to fresh perspectives and innovative solutions. Participants leave with refined ideas, potential collaborations and inspiration for their work.
Purpose and Values Academic Camp
Our research has found that today's business leaders seek practical ways to operationalize purpose and values across multiple stakeholders; internal and external.
In April 2024, Y-SIM convened top scholars and thought leaders in stakeholder management to explore how purpose and values embedded within organizational culture and strategy can drive stakeholder engagement, organizational growth, and performance.
The event examined how new thinking in this area can address the challenge of moving from idea to action.
Speakers included:
- CB Bhattacharya, Professor, University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business
- Charles Dhanaraj, Professor, Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business
- R. Edward Freeman, Professor, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
- Claudine Gartenberg, Associate Professor, The Wharton School
- Colin Mayer, Emeritus Professor, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
- Rita McGrath, Academic Director in Executive Education, Columbia Business School
- Raj Sisodia, Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Stakeholder Design Academic Camp
In December 2022, Y-SIM convened an interdisciplinary group of leading academics and thought leaders to present their work on theories of organization innovation, design, and collaboration that extend Design Thinking into today’s multi-stakeholder era.
Speakers included:
- Mariana Amatullo Associate Professor, Parsons; Vice Provost and Academic Dean, The New School
- Banny Bannerjee, Professor, Stanford
- Rodrigo Canales, Associate Professor, Boston University
- Charlie Cannon, Professor, Rhode Island School of Design
- Lorraine Justice, Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Jon Maeda, VP of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft
- Virginia San Fratello, Chair of Design, San Jose State University