January 2023 Symposium Recordings
The presenters at The New Rules for Work Online Symposium included a deliberate mix of over 56 professional facilitators, business leaders, technologists, global change agents, and published scientists.
Our common intellectual thread is a belief in the power of creative teams to change the world for the better.
The Symposium was conducted entirely online. All materials are hosted in CrowdComms.
Here are just a few of the topics we explored.
Full Agenda
Here’s what we covered during this kickoff event.
Tuesday, January 17th
| Start Time | Presenter | Session Title |
|---|---|---|
| 14:30 GMT / 9:30 ET / 6:30 PT / 1:30 AEDT (next day) | New Rules for Work Hosts | Welcome! Why We’re Here & What to Expect |
| 15 GMT / 10 ET / 7 PT / 2 AEDT | Charlie Hoehn Play Cure Inc. | How to Unlock Creativity Through The Power of Play |
| 16 GMT / 11 ET / 8 PT / 3 AEDT Lightning Talks | Matt Chadder Instinct Laboratory | Understanding the Power of Environmental Space on Human Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation |
| Dr. Melanie Brucks Columbia Business School | When Virtual Communication Might Curb Creativity | |
| Elizabeth Zavodsky Ecochallenge | Making Climate Action Fun | |
| 17:30 GMT / 12:30 ET / 9:30 PT / 4:30 AEDT | Keith McCandless (Liberating Structures) & Nancy White (Full Circle Associates) | A Door Opens – Making Space for Innovation |
| 19 GMT / 2 PM ET / 11 PT / 6 AEDT | Dr. Michael Platt Wharton Neuroscience Initiative | The Neuroscience of Teaming |
| 21 GMT / 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT / 8 AEDT | Chris Bent Piccles | Facilitated Mixer: An Abundant Exchange |
| 22 GMT / 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT / 9 AEDT | Genein Letford CAFFE Strategies | Intercultural Creativity® for Leadership: The Ace Up Your Sleeve for the Future of Work |
| 23 GMT / 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT / 10 AEDT | Dr. Myriam Hadnes Never Done Before | Are we solving the right problem? Slowing down to speed up in 3 steps |
| 00:30 GMT / 7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT / 11:30 AEDT | New Rules for Work Hosts | Day 1 in Review: Three ways to collect feedback |
Wednesday, January 18th
| Start Time | Presenter | Session Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9 GMT / 4 ET / 1 PT / 20 AEDT | Judy Rees & Steve McCann Rees McCann Limited | Metaphors All The Way Down: Clean Language for Innovative Teams |
| 10 GMT / 5 ET / 2 PT / 21 AEDT Lightning Talks | Jules Gilleland Think with Things | Think with Things to Go from Play to Work and Back to Play! |
| Niels Anhalt growhuman.io | Don’t the best ideas emerge overnight? | |
| David Chislett Weapon of Mass Creation | Rule 1: There are no RULES! | |
| 11:30 GMT / 6:30 ET / 3:30 PT / 22:30 AEDT | Thomas Lahnthaler Crisis Compass | How to Foster a Culture of Creativity Using Disruption, Constraints, and Deception! |
| 14:30 GMT / 9:30 ET / 6:30 PT / 1:30 AEDT | Advisor Panel featr. Dr. Samantha Dubrow The MITRE Corporation | Tips for Collecting Great Experiment Data |
| 15 GMT / 10 ET / 7 PT / 2 AEDT | Loren Edelstein (Northstar Meetings Group) & Bruce McIndoe (McIndoe Risk Advisory LLC) | Current and Future Risks of Travel, Meetings, and Humanity |
| 16 GMT / 11 ET / 8 PT / 3 AEDT Lightning Talks | Wayne Turmel Remote Leadership Institute | The 3Cs of Culture No Matter Where People Are |
| Heather Martinez Tech Host Academy | Tech Hosting: Adding the Skill Set to Your Existing Role | |
| Annette Gregory-McArthur Talent for Good | Using Consent-Based Decision Making to Launch Complex Initiatives into Action | |
| 17:30 GMT / 12:30 ET / 9:30 PT / 4:30 AEDT | Tricia Conyers & John Norcross Every Little Model | Innovation, Engagement, and the Bigger Brain |
| 19 GMT / 2 PM ET / 11 PT / 6 AEDT Lightning Talks | Mark Russell Author of Superman, The Flinstones, & God is Disappointed in You | The Creative Power and Process of Comics |
| Dr. Roni Reiter-Palmon University of Nebraska at Omaha | The Research Perspective on When (and When NOT) to Invite Creativity | |
| Brenna Simmons-St. Onge The Alliance Center | The Age of Regeneration | |
| 21 GMT / 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT/ 8 AEDT | Shishir Mehrotra Coda | Innovation Rituals of Great Teams |
| 22 GMT / 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT / 9 AEDT | Nathan Coutinho Logitech | The New Logic of Work: A Smarter Vision for Hybrid |
| 23 GMT / 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT / 10 AEDT Mini Workshops | Kevin Joyce (EnJoy Productions) & Betty Ray (Center for Ritual Design) | Reverence and Irreverence: How Humor and Ritual Make Meetings Matter |
| Anca Castilo & Cary Lopez DesignConvo | How the heck did we just do that? A case study about the creative power of a good process | |
| 00:30 GMT / 7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT / 11:30 AEDT | Advisors and Hosts | Ask Us Anything! Get Ready for the Design Competition & Experiment |
Thursday, January 19th
| Start Time | Presenter | Session Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9 GMT / 4 ET / 1 PT / 20 AEDT | Cate Czerwinski Cate Facilitates | Facilitated Mixer: An Abundant Exchange |
| 10 GMT / 5 ET / 2 PT / 21 AEDT Lightning Talks | Hassan Ghiassi The Dialogic Approach | Lean Into Difficult Conversations to Unblock Creativity |
| Steve Bather Realise Group | Using Technology to Unleash Team Creativity, Innovation Practice, and Facilitation | |
| Anamaria Dorgo Butter | Exploring the Conditions for Connection | |
| 11:30 GMT / 6:30 ET / 3:30 PT / 22:30 AEDT | Dr. Maha Bali American University in Cairo | Using Intentionally Equitable Hospitality in Hybrid/Digital Learning/Meeting Spaces |
| 13 GMT / 8 ET / 5 PT / 0 AEDT (Next day) | Michael Lee & Mark Dodsworth World Creativity and Innovation Week | How Might Creativity Help Save the Planet? An Interactive Exploration |
| 14:30 GMT / 9:30 ET / 6:30 PT / 1:30 AEDT | Advisors and Hosts | Ask Us Anything! Get Ready for the Design Competition & Experiment |
| 15 GMT / 10 ET / 7 PT / 2 AEDT | James Frankis (Convene), Rowan de Bruin (Mapiq) Ryan Anderson (MillerKnoll) | Panel: Creating a Future-Fit Workplace Now |
| 16 GMT / 11 ET / 8 PT / 3 AEDT Lightning Talks | Bruce Honig Idea Guides | The BETA Approach to Building Creative Capacity |
| Kristin York Brennan Exiger | Beyond the Status Quo: Unleashing Creativity in Change-Averse Environments | |
| 17:30 GMT / 12:30 PM ET / 9:30 PT / 4:30 AEDT | Jim Kalbach & Mark Tippin Mural | Balancing Participation in Hybrid Meetings |
| 19 GMT / 2 PM ET / 11 PT / 6 AEDT | Dr. Joseph Allen The University of Utah | The Science Says! Top Five Recommendations from Science for Effective Meeting Designs |
| Henry Hall CrowdComms | Does every event need to be a hybrid event? | |
| 21 GMT / 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT / 8 AEDT | Marysia Czarski Ignition Creativity | Generating and Leading a Climate of Creativity and Collaboration |
| 22 GMT / 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT / 9 AEDT | Michael Arena Connected Commons | Innovating Through Networks in a Hybrid World |
| 23 GMT / 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT / 10 AEDT | Ben Crothers Bright Pilots | And then what happened? Capturing Results & Inspiring Next Steps |
| 00:30 GMT / 7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT / 11:30 AEDT | Advisors and Hosts | In Closing: Let’s confirm next steps! |
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