AOM CTO Division

CTO: Come for the research, stay for the network! 2025 Call for Professional Development Workshops #AOM2025 The Communication, Digital Technology, and Organization (CTO) Division invites submissions for professional development workshops (PDWs) at 2025 AOM Annual Meeting to be held in-person 25 July through 29 July 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. PDW sessions will take place from on Saturday 26 July and Sunday 27 July, from 8 am to 6 pm each day. PDWs are an opportunity to be innovative, discuss unresolved questions, learn or demonstrate best practices in teaching and research, debate future directions for research, and organize novel activities that bring the expertise and experience of CTO members to bear on the challenges that we all face in our daily professional lives. We seek sessions that recognize the division’s interdisciplinary approach to further the understanding of the behavioral, social, technical, and economic issues at the intersection of communication, digital technology, and organizing. The CTO Division is actively seeking PDW proposals that address important organizational issues involving anything digital, including organizational communication, artificial intelligence and machine learning, digital platforms, data analytics, social media, and—generally—information and communication technologies of any form. Workshops can take many forms such as tutorials, town hall meetings, breakout sessions, debates, roundtables, tours or research incubators—as long as they have a clear interactive component. Proposals will be evaluated on their ability to draw an audience from CTO and across the Academy, innovativeness of format and topic, coherence of elements including format and content, and the potential impact on the professional success of participants. Priority will be given to proposals that incorporate geographic diversity, gender balance, and incorporate prominent roles for early career scholars and scholars who have not frequently participated in the CTO Division’s PDW sessions. Workshops can be of any duration. Regardless of the requested duration for a submitted PDW, the PDW Chair may adjust the session duration if they feel that a shorter or longer duration better suits the session. The deadline for submissions is January 7, 2025 at 17:00 ET (UTC-5/GMT-5). We only accept submissions made through the AOM submission system: https://lnkd.in/eDcWjqWg If you are interested in proposing a PDW session, you are welcome to contact PDW Chair, Steven L. Johnson, at [email protected], to get feedback and further develop your idea for a PDW session. To learn more about the CTO Division, please visit our website: https://cto.aom.org More details: https://lnkd.in/eDBSaXMr Michael Barrett Nick Berente Dr. Roberta Bernardi Susan Winter

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?? Looking Back on an amazing Time at the #AOM2024 in Chicago! ?? I was fortunate to attend the CTO Doctoral Consortium at the Academy of Management in Chicago, organized by Dr. Roberta Bernardi. It was an enriching experience where I had the chance to discuss my PhD research in depth and gain some valuable new perspectives about my work and work life balance in general. One of the best parts was meeting fellow scholars Alexandre St-Vincent Villeneuve, MBA, PhD (c.), John-Patrick Akinyemi, and Krishna Prasad Pothugunta. It was a pleasure to connect with them, and their feedback played a key role in helping me refine my research ideas. A major takeaway from this event was the focus on work-life balance. Hearing honest and inspiring perspectives on this topic was truly refreshing and has given me plenty to think about. I also had the opportunity to attend several captivating paper sessions that expanded my understanding of current research trends and methodologies. A heartfelt thank you to Professor Dr. Johann Nils Foege, the Professur für Innovationsmanagement - Leibniz Universit?t Hannover, HDI Group, and especially Bianca Steckel-Novacic and Tamara Richter for making this experience possible.? I’m excited to put these new insights to work and move forward on this journey! ??

Honored and surprised to receive the "Outstanding Associate Editor" award for the AOM CTO Division. I had a great time at AoM, attending several sessions and workshops on AI in OB, Strategy, and IS domains—and yes, AI is taking the academy by storm! A big thank you to the AOM CTO Division and program chairs, Michael Barrett Nick Berente Susan Winter Marco Marabelli Dr. Roberta Bernardi Steven L. Johnson (and others) #AoM2024 #AI

Attending the annual conference of the Academy of Management in Chicago was definitely one of this year's highlights: It has once again proven to be one of the best places to receive valuable feedback and fresh ideas for our ongoing projects from the AoM community, particularly within the growing AOM CTO Division. I am also happy that Alexander Benlian, Martin Wiener, and I had the chance to publish an abridged version of our paper in the conference proceedings (https://lnkd.in/eaT_Gp2S). Check it out; I am eager to hear what you think! Just as important, catching up with old friends and meeting new colleagues was super fun! I am still very grateful that I work with so many amazing colleagues who are willing to share their fascinating thoughts about this world with me. See you all next year!

I am now sitting at my desk after returning from #AOM2024, writing my first LindedIn post to give a shoutout to all the amazing people I met and to commemorate the unforgettable experience. It was the perfect start to the conference by participanting in the DC by AOM CTO Division . Huge thanks to Dr. Roberta Bernardi for organizing the amazing event and Monideepa Tarafdar & Jingjing Li for sharing their incredibly inspiring insights into my dissertation and career. You may not realize just how helpful your suggestions are to a late-stage PhD student filled with uncertainty. I also feel fortunate to have discussed and made friends with my roundtable mates Dominik Zahs Melissa Sexton Dhruv Pratap SINGH . One key takeaway from the DC is the importance of staying connected ?? On Tuesday morning I was honored to present my latest paper and I hope it provided the audience with some insights into the tensions of value (particularly value capture) on digital platforms. Thanks to my fantastic supervisors and co-authors Jochem Hummel Joe Nandhakumar. I’m also deeply grateful for the valueable feedback from Jonny Holmstr?m Susanne Beck. I hope to bring this paper to your desk soon! This wasn’t my first time at AoM, but it was definitely the most unforgettable one. Can’t wait to meet and impress you next time somewhere in this fabulous world!

What a wonderful conference #AOM2024 in Chicago! I am leaving with many great impressions of various #cto sessions and new friends. I was fortunate to present my dissertation research at the AOM CTO Division Doctoral Consortium. The experience was invaluable, and I received great feedback and guidance from distinguished faculty advisors like Sam Zaza and Aron Lindberg. Thank you to everyone who made this possible, especially Dr. Roberta Bernardi for organizing and coordinating the DC! In addition, I had the opportunity to present our paper about “The Development of Value Proposition in Healthcare in the Course of Digital Transformation” ?? https://lnkd.in/eEEDJTar

I had an absolutely fantastic time at #AOM 2024 in Chicago! While I'm still on the road doing some post-conference visits, I wanted to send a massive shoutout to the organizers of the Doctoral Consortium, AOM CTO Division, Dr. Roberta Bernardi and Susan Winter. My group was incredibly fortunate to have some amazing mentors, and I was equally inspired by the many insightful talks and advice from others. Special thanks to Jan Recker Aron Lindberg Nick Berente Shaila Miranda Jingjing Li Monideepa Tarafdar?Patrick Mikalef and everyone else who made it so enriching. The research roundtables were a real highlight. I received thorough feedback and insightful inputs from my PhD fellows and, of course, Professor Jan Recker. The career stories and tips shared by Aron Lindberg really struck a chord at my table - it must be a huge fun working with interesting people in academia. And the social part — wow. The evening reception at The Exchange — just wow. I took way too many pictures. A smaller group of us PhD scholars also attended the reception hosted by Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and I was hugely inspired by the talks from Jacqueline Ng Lane and Fabrizio Dell'Acqua. Big thanks to Karim Lakhani — you totally spoiled us with that gorgeous food (and you really know us well :) ). And yes, together with other young scholars Megan Chan, Lisa Santa-Coloma, and others, we actually managed to discuss serious research topics over dinner — we definitely get more productive after being well-fed — a proud moment! Thank you again to everyone who made my first ever AoM experience unforgettable.