Transforming Business & Education Week 2024

Facilitating research to inform practice.

Location: Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street New York, NY 10023 – 12th Floor Lounge

9:00am - 9:30am: Welcome & Overview of Workshop 

• Michael Pirson, Chair and Professor, Fordham University; Co-founder, Humanistic Management Network and the International Humanistic Management Association
• N.K. Chidambaran, Associate Dean for Research, Fordham University
• David Wasieleski, Professor of Ethics, Duquesne University
• Ayse Yemiscigil, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Fordham University; Harvard Human Flourishing Program

9:30am - 10:00am: Transforming Business and Education towards Flourishing

• Sandra Waddock, Boston College: Catalyzing transformation and new social imaginaries
• Chris Laszlo, Case Western Reserve University: Making transformative impact for real innovation

10:00am - 11:00am: Thematic Table Pitches

• Introductions
• 2 Minute Research Abstract Pitch

11:00am - 11:15am: Break

11:15am - 12:30pm: Paper Development Workshops

1:00pm - 2:00pm: Lunch & Keynote: Rethinking the Foundations of Business and Business Education - The Evolutionary Perspective

• David Sloan Wilson, Co-Founder, Evolution Institute; Co-Founder, Prosocial World

2:00pm - 2:15pm: Reflections

2:30pm - 4:00pm: Paper Development Workshops

Topics: 

• New Paradigm for Business Leadership- an evolutionary perspective 
• Love and Organizing
• Artificial Intelligence and Flourishing
• Wisdom, Transformation and Flourishing
• Social Innovation
• Mindfulness and Leadership
• Dignity and Organization
• Arts and Sustainability
• Impact Measurement
• Smart and Regenerative Cities
• Getting UnStuck (AMP Special Issue)

Outcome: Draft ideas and research questions for HMJ Special Issue 

 4:15pm- 4:45pm: Panel

• Donna Hicks, Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
• Michael Pirson, Fordham University

4:45pm - 5:45pm: Paper Sprints

5:45pm - 6:00pm: Next Steps

• David Wasieleski, Duquesne University
• Ayse Yemiscigil, Fordham University, Harvard Human Flourishing Program

6:00pm - 7:30pm: Reception

With Ashoka U/ UN PRME/ Humanistic Leadership Academy/ Evolution Institute/ IAJBS Inspirational Paradigm

Location: Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street New York, NY 10023 – 12th Floor Lounge

9:00am - 9:30am: Welcome & Overview

Group Reflections & Setting the Stage

• Heather MacCleoud, Chief Network Officer, Ashoka U
• Brian Wellinghoff, Senior Director, Leadership and Outreach, Barry-Wehmiller

Rethinking the Paradigmatic Foundations of Business Education

• David Sloan Wilson, Prosocial World
• Michael Pirson, Fordham University

9:30am - 10:15am: Transforming Business and Education for Flourishing

• Heather MacCleoud, Ashoka U
• Gisela Veritier, ICDA Argentina, Head of Inspirational Paradigm for Jesuit Business Education
• Monika Lopez, President, CLADEA
• Konstantin Mudrack, Co-founder, Conscious Capitalism (Spanish Chapter); Project Director, Conscious Business Education

10:30am - 11:30am: The Foundational Role of Dignity

• Donna Hicks, Harvard University

11:45am - 12:15pm Learning about Ongoing Curriculum Transformation Efforts

• Inspirational Paradigm: Cristina Gimenez Thomsen
• Human Energy: Sheila Hassell Hughes
• Humanistic Leadership Academy: David Capistran
• Inner Development Goals: Daniel Hires

12:15pm - 1:00pm Workshop on Redesigning Curriculum

1:00pm - 2:00pm: Lunch

2:00pm - 3:00pm: Harnessing Creative Pedagogy and Praxis for a Sustainable Future

• Cheyenne Maddox, Senior Manager, PRME
• Andrew Karolyi, Dean, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University; Vice Chair, PRME
• Lerzan Aksoy, Dean, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University
• Christy Ashley, Professor of Marketing, University of Rhode Island

3:00pm - 4:00pm: Humanizing the Curriculum towards Sustainable Flourishing

Textbooks

• Julita Haber
• Frank Werner
• Anthony Annett

Sustainability Initiatives

• James Stoner
• Robert Sroufe
• Isabel Rimanoczy

4:00pm - 4:45pm: Workshops on Redesigning Curriculum

• Human Energy
• i5

4:45pm - 5:30pm: Discussions, Reflections, and Conclusions

6:00pm: Networking Reception

Exploring and Enabling Effective Partnerships with Stakeholders

Location: Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street New York, NY 10023 – 12th Floor Lounge

8:00am - 10:00am: Breakfast sponsored by the Fordham / Gabelli Responsible Business Center
With UN PRME/ Ashoka U/ Barry-Wehmiller/ Humanistic Leadership Academy/ Conscious Business Europe/ Conscious Capitalism/ B-Lab/ NOW Partners/ Harvard Human Flourishing Program

• 8:30am - 8:45am: Welcome: Lerzan Aksoy, Dean, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University
• 8:45am - 9:00am: Welcome Address: Leigh Anne Statuto, Executive Director, Fordham / Gabelli Responsible Business Center

9:00am - 10:00am: Duty of Care: Andrew Kassoy, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, B Lab

• Moderated by: Peter Lupoff, Gabelli Fellow, Gabelli School of Business; Director of Strategy, Fordham/Gabelli Responsible Business Center 

10:00am - 10:15am: Break

10:15am - 10:45am: Partnerships with Research

• Matthew Lee, Harvard Human Flourishing Program
• Ayse Yemiscigil, Fordham University

10:45am - 11:30am: Partnering with System Actors

• Patricia Grant, Senior Associate Dean Undergraduate Program, Georgetown University
• Cristina Gimenez-Thompson, ESADE, Taskforce Co-Chair of Inspirational Paradigm
• Gustavo Loiola, Manager Leadership Education, UN PRME
• Daniel Hires, Director of Partnerships & Communication, Inner Development Goals
• Marcello Palazzi, Co-Founder, B-For Good Leaders

11:30am - 12:15pm: Partnership with Media

• Stephanie Sharis, CEO, Good News Network
• Joseph Kenner, CEO, Greyston Bakery
• Alison Bartlett, Actress/ Director/ Producer

12:15pm - 1:00pm: Connection Lunch

1:00pm - 2:15pm: Spice Up Your Teaching with Colin Quinn

2:30pm - 3:30pm: Partnering for Flourishing Workshop

• Dan LeClair, CEO Global Business School Network
• Tracy Howlett, Metlife

3:30pm - 4:30pm: Partnering with Practice

• Bob Chapman, CEO, Barry Wehmiller
• Raj Sisodia, Founder, Conscious Capitalism; Distinguished Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey

4:45pm - 5:45pm: Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities for Partnership

• Jerry White, Executive Director, United Religions Initiative; Author, Co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize, Senior Ashoka Fellow

6:00pm - 7:00pm: Reception

Parallel workshops and sessions.

Location: Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street New York, NY 10023 – 12th Floor Lounge

8:30am - 9:00am

• Ashoka U Change Leader Convening (Invitation only)
• Humanistic Leadership Cohorts Convening
• Jesuit Business School Cohort Convening

9:00am - 9:30am: Collective Reflection

• Where are we?
• What are the successes?
• What is missing?

9:30am - 10:30am: Workshop: Enhancing Our Individual Changemaking Capacity: Building Resilience

• Jerry White, Executive Director, United Religions Initiative; Author, Co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize, Senior Ashoka Fellow

10:30am - 10:45am: Break

10:45 - 12:15pm: Parallel Workshops: Enhancing Our Individual Changemaking Capacity

• Ashoka U Change Leader Convening (Invitation only)
• Humanistic Leadership Cohorts Convening
• Jesuit Business School Cohort Convening

12:15pm - 1:30pm: Networking Lunch

1:30pm - 5:30pm: Jazz at Lincoln Center Leadership Workshop

• Description: Experience “whole person learning” for team-building with Jazz at Lincoln Center
• Location: 55th street: Carroll Studios at 625 W 55th St #6, New York, NY 10019

Parallel workshops and sessions.

Location: Fordham University, 140 West 62nd Street New York, NY 10023 – G76/G77

9:00am - 10:00am: Parallel Workshops: Enhancing Our Collective Changemaking Capacity

• Ashoka U Change Leader Convening (Invitation only)
• Humanistic Leadership Cohorts Convening
• Jesuit Business School Cohort Convening

10:00am - 10:45am: Using Organizations to Advance Change

• Christopher Marquis, Cambridge University

10:45am - 11:00am: Break

11:00am - 12:15pm: Parallel Workshops: Enhancing Our Collective Changemaking Capacity

• Ashoka U Change Leader Convening (Invitation only)
• Humanistic Leadership Cohorts Convening
• Jesuit Business School Cohort Convening

12:20pm - 1:30pm: Workshop: Transforming Systems towards Flourishing

• Otto Scharmer, Theory U

1:30pm - 2:30pm: Closing Reflections 

• Humanistic Leadership Cohorts Convening
• Jesuit Business School Cohort Convening

1:30pm - 5:30pm: Ashoka U Change Leader Convening (Invitation only)

Program is tentative and subject to change.