Whilst not directly affiliated with AoMO, the work GNOSIS does will likely be of interest to us as a community. For more information please contact Elena directly on E.Antonacopoulou@liverpool.ac.uk
1. GNOSIS 2020 BOOK PROJECT
Steve Taylor and I are delighted with the response from our network on our book project. Thanks to your amazing contributions we are signing a book contract with Palgrave Macmillan Publishers for 2 edited volumes:
Sensuous Learning for Practical Judgment in Professional Practice:
Volume 1: Arts-based Methods
Sensuous Learning for Practical Judgment in Professional Practice:
Volume 2: Arts-based Interventions
The volumes will be delivered in January 2018 and will be in print March 2018 in time for it to be launched at the OLKC Conference in April 2018 – see below details. It is so exciting that this now becomes one key collective publication that celebrates the work we are doing and offers some essential advancements to learning theory and practice as well, hence the link to OLKC.
We cannot stress enough that the success of the volumes will be subject to the quality of the content and we are working with authors closely to ensure that we have the best illustrations of how ABM and ABI are applied as innovative learning modes with evidence of the difference they make. We urge authors to work with us and to ensure that we meet the deadlines we are all working with.
We see these volumes as a fitting tribute to celebrate the life and work of our friend and colleague Grete Wennes to which the volumes will be also dedicate to.
2. OLKC Conference – GNOSIS 2020 SYMPOSIUM
The Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference (OLKC) is an established annual conference held in North America and Europe bringing together scholars and practitioners who are interested in advancing learning theory and practice. We are delighted to be hosting the 2018 OLKC conference in Liverpool 25-27 April 2018. The theme of the Conference is ‘Learning to Make a difference’. Please find all information here:
We want to use the opportunity of the OLKC Conference to launch our edited book volumes and also two other writing projects (Journal Special Issue and Handbook) that will follow. We are therefore, hosting as part of the OLKC conference a symposium.
Attached is the call for papers for the symposium and we urge both the authors of the edited book as well as, other network members to submit their work so that we have the opportunity to continue to cease the momentum and impact of our collective work through the subsequent writing projects that we are using the symposium as a platform for advancing.
3. GNOSIS 2020 NEXT GATHERING – 27-29 April 2018, LIVERPOOL
We will align the OLKC conference with our next gathering to follow straight after the conference 27-29 April 2018. Our focus at this gathering is to elaborate the GNOSIS 2020 Research project on Resilience. See attached project description.
We will also use the opportunity of the gathering to lay the foundations for the Handbook of ABM/ABI. The opportunity to demonstrate our methods will also remain a vital part of our time together. We will also seek on this occasion to invite and learn from leading organisational practices in advancing the use of the Arts in business with where possible a dialogue with UNILEVER and their ‘Catalyst’ Programme.
The Art of Management & Organization 