Roundtable, February 13, 2008
The Challenge of Organizational Change in Pursuit of Innovation. As we have seen in past Roundtables, successful organizations face a paradoxical tension when they engage in substantial change. How do we keep our current operations successful as we reinvent ourselves? How do we continue to leverage our profitable core business while we implement transformational innovation? In effect, and only a bit facetiously, how do we stay the same until we are completely different? This Roundtable will investigate this conundrum. [more...]
Roundtable, November 14, 2007
The Roundtable meeting is devoted to Selected Research Presentations. Highlights of three research projects underway at the Howe School will be presented and the business implications discussed -- see the abstracts below. This annual meeting with faculty has always been one of our most stimulating and well-received Roundtable meetings of the year. [more...]
Roundtable, September 18 2007
Transforming Mindsets for Collaborative Innovation
The September meeting will expand on that discussion and demonstrate tools that can be used to understand and cope with mindset conflicts rooted in differences in goals, strategies, and values. Participants will come away with specific approaches they can use with people and organizations impeding their innovation efforts, in order to engage them more effectively in collaborative innovation. [more...]
Conference, June 12 2007
Commercializing New Ideas: Crossing the Bridge from Idea to Innovation
Previous Alliance Conferences have explored such aspects of innovation as The Creativity-Innovation Connection, Innovation as an On-going Strategy, Achieving Radical Innovation, and Processes for Product Conception. The 2007 Conference examines the critical process of securing organizational alignment and support to develop and commercialize new concepts -- in other words, to cross the bridge from idea to innovation. [more...]
Roundtable, May 2 2007
Our primary facilitator will be Dr. Christopher Barlow, who spoke at last year's HSATM Conference. Chris received outstanding reviews for his talk, and we have invited him back to speak at this year's Conference on June 12. He is a researcher, professor and author who has been involved in the management and teaching of team creativity and innovation for more than twenty years. Our Alliance Partner facilitator will be Geza Pap of ARDEC, who has facilitated three past Roundtable meetings. [more...]
Roundtable, February 7 2007
Creative Problem-Solving: Lessons and Guidelines
The objectives for the Roundtable are: 1) to crystallize lessons from our previous sessions on creative problem-solving; and 2) to generate concrete guidelines for enhancing creative thinking.
To accomplish these objectives, we will begin with brief status reports from the Alliance Partner "clients" whose problems served as vehicles for our study of problem-solving models during previous Roundtable meetings. [more...]
Roundtable and Advisory Board meeting, November 15 2006
As is our custom, the Advisory Board meeting will be immediately followed by the November Roundtable meeting, during which selected Howe School faculty members will present highlights from their current research and discuss the business implications. This year we will hear from Professors Patricia Holahan, Peter Koen, and Aaron Shenhar. [more...]
2006 HSATM Conference, June 7
The Creativity–Innovation Connection
The 2006 HSATM Conference is devoted to the topic of creativity, as both the igniting spark of the process of innovation and the insights that move an idea along the innovation path from conception to commercialization. [more...]
Roundtable, April 26 2006
Understanding Creativity to Enhance Innovation
Wednesday, April 26 at ISO Headquarters in Jersey City, from 9:30-12:00.
Tony Le Storti, former director of the Center for Creative Studies and principal at IDEATECTS will facilitate the session.
The afternoon Roundtable meeting will continue our February Roundtalbe on the exploration of the umbrella topic of creativity, with emphasis on experiences and tools that have been employed. [more...]
2006 Roundtable Meeting February
Understanding Creativity to Enhance Innovation
Innovation begins with a creative idea, and only comes to fruition when considerable creativity is applied to develop and refine that idea. But creativity, both as the "eureka moment" itself and as a cognitive process, remains a mystery to many. In this Roundtable meeting, we will lay a foundation upon which to build both understanding and ability. [...More]
2005 HSATM Technology Management Seminar Series, November 02
Responsive Organizational Dynamism:
Managing Technology Life Cycles using Organizational Learning Techniques
Responsive organizational dynamism is an approach to how organizations should respond to challenges posed by the introduction of new technologies. Dr. Langer introduced this concept to readers of the HSATM publication Current Issues in Technology Management in his article that appeared in the Spring 2005 edition. He postulates that technology -- which by its nature produces change -- has a special role to play in changing organizational behavior and culture. It can catalyze the evolution and maturation of the organization, not only in dealing with new technological issues but in coping with other change agents as well. [...more]
2005 SATM Advisory Board meeting/Roundtable, November 17
The Advisory Board meeting/Roundtable has been scheduled for November 17.
The meeting will be at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken starting at 1:00PM, preceded by a buffet luncheon that will be served from noon. The Advisory Board portion of the meeting will take place from 1:00-2:00, followed by the Roundtable meeting 2:00-5:00. At the Roundtable meeting, Howe School faculty members will discuss selected research findings and their business implications.
Dress code is business casual. Please let Sharen Glennon (sglennon@stevens.edu or 201-216-5381) know the names of attendees
2005 SATM Roundtable Meeting, Sep 20.
Turning Innovation into a Powerful Business Strategy:
4) Overcoming the Obstables to Innovation, continued
The September SATM Roundtable meeting will continue our 2005 series on innovation by further exploring the subject of overcoming barriers to innovation. At the July Roundtable, the group held a vigorous and productive discussion on this topic, and consequently decided to extend it. We will continue to have discussion leaders from Sponsors who have direct experience with implementing innovation programs. The topic is timely and meaty, with a lot of experience to be shared. For those of you who were unable to attend the July session, I advise reading the meeting Takeaways that were sent earlier. (Please contact Sharen Glennon -- sglennon@stevens.edu or 201-216-5381 -- if you would like another copy sent).
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2005 SATM Roundtable Meeting, July 12.
Turning Innovation into a Powerful Business Strategy:
3) Overcoming the Obtables to Innovation
The July SATM Roundtable meeting continues our investigation of the general theme of innovation. The February Roundtable meeting began the series with a broad exploration of the principles and processes of innovation, the April meeting focused on leadership for innovation, and the annual Conference in May dealt with innovation as an on-going strategy.
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2005 SATM Conference, May 19
We are pleased to announce the 2005 SATM Conference. The annual SATM Conference will address Innovation as an On-going Strategy . It will provide an understanding of innovation strategy as an integral part of business strategy, and look at how some organizations are dealing with the necessity for continual innovation.
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SATM ROUNDTABLE MEETING - April 19, 2005
Turning Innovation into a Powerful Business Strategy -
2) "Leadership for Innovation"
Key questions to be considered include:
What are the overarching roles/responsibilities of leaders with regard to innovation?
What are the specific roles of leaders in each phase of the innovation process?
In what ways do leaders most importantly impact or shape a culture of innovation?
Anthony (Tony) Le Storti, former director of the Center for Creative Studies and principal at IDEATECTS, Inc., will continue as our primary facilitator.
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SATM Roundtable Meeting, February 8
The Alliance begins its fifteenth year with the first Roundtable meeting of 2005, on Tuesday, February 8 from 2:00 - 5:00 PM at ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal. This meeting begins a new series devoted to a comprehensive, systemic examination of the general theme of innovation. The specific aim of this initial meeting will be to map the key elements and interrelationships embodied in the innovation process, and to identify the specific interests of Sponsors, which will shape the agenda for subsequent meetings. Tony Le Storti of Ideatects, a distinguished authority in the field, will be special guest facilitator.
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SATM Seminar Series in Technology Management, March 23
The fourth seminar of this series, sponsored in collaboration with the Columbia University School of Engineering, will be on Wednesday evening March 23rd from 6:30-9:00 PM at Columbia University . The speaker will be Dr. Frank Castellana, on the topic strategic management of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
Combined Roundtable and SATM Advisory Board Meeting - November 15, 2004
The next SATM Roundtable meeting will be held on Monday, November 15 from 1:00 - 5:00 PM at Stevens. It will feature three presentations by Howe School faculty members on their research: Michael zur Muehlen, Hosein Fallah, Pat Holahan/Ann Mooney
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Seminar - Assesing and Improving the Alignment of Information Technology with the Enterprise - November 3, 2004
The third of a Seminar Series in Technology Management, sponsored by SATM in collaboration with the Columbia University School of Engineering, will take place on Wednesday, November 3rd, 6:30-9:00 PM, at Columbia.
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SATM ROUNDTABLE MEETING - September 21, 2004
The next Alliance Roundtable meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 , from 2:00 - 5:00 PM . The location will be Unilever Bestfoods, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The topic for discussion will be:
"Strategic Alignment of Information Technology and the Business Enterprise "
Jerry Luftman, Professor of Technology Management in the Howe School , will present and lead a discussion of his acclaimed model for assessing the strategic alignment of IT and the business. As many of you know, this question is active in the minds of most executives who have IT organizations. You will gain a lot of insight from Jerry that should help with your organization's decisions. Additionally, John Joly of ISO will discuss ISO's use of Luftman's model and express his views on the critical role their IT organization plays.
2004 SATM CONFERENCE - May 11, 2004
"Retaining and Motivating Key Technical Personnel"
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SATM ROUNDTABLE MEETING - April 20,2004
"Sustaining Innovation While Outsourcing Technology Development"
The next SATM Roundtable meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 20 from 2:00 - 5:00 PM at ISO in Jersey City, NJ. Following up on the February meeting on general issues in managing the outsourcing of technology development and support, the topic is Sustaining Innovation While Outsourcing Technology Development.
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SATM - CESSA - TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT SEMINAR SERIES - March 04, 2004
"Strategic Project Leadership®"
The seminar will be held on March 4, 2004, 6:30 - 9:00 PM, Botwinick Gateway Lab, Room 1220, 12th Floor, Mudd Building, Columbia University. This seminar is presented by Dr. Aaron J. Shenhar, Institute Professor of Management at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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SATM ROUNDTABLE MEETIN - February 3, 2004
The next SATM Roundtable meeting will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 2:00-5:00 PM at ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal.
This meeting begins a new umbrella theme, sustaining innovation in a pervasive cost reduction environment. The specific topic is "Issues in Managing the Outsourcing Relationship." Facilitating speakers will be Geza Pap, Chief of Portfolio and Knowledge Management at ARDEC, and Doug Ogino, Director of Vendor Management at Lucent Technologies.
SATM-ELI ROUNDTABLE & SATM ADVISORY BOARD MEETING - November 17, 2003
"Workplace Transformation for the Knowledge Economy"
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SATM Seminar Series in Technology Management, October 29, 2003
"Increasing Shareholder Value using Technological Value Drivers"
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ROUNDTABLE, September 15, 2003
"Learnings from the Symposium on: "Creativity Under Time Pressure""
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SATM-ELI ROUNDTABLE July17,2003
" Breakthroughs: A Further Discussion "
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ROUNDTABLE March 10,2003
Jeff Nickerson - "Web interfaces to sensor/actuator networks"
Zvi Aronson/Thomas Lechler - "Situational Project Leadership: Balancing Transactional with Transformational Approaches"
Ann Mooney/Pat Holahan "The Role Of Conflict In Project Teams: An Exploration Of Its Determinants And Consequences" "
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Roundtable meeting, February 3, 2003
Issues in Managing the Outsourcing of Technology Development and Support
