13th Annual
International
SEAM Conference
May 15-16, 2025
A virtual event
What happens when organizations get into a “comfort zone”?
How do they unlock potential and embrace discomfort in order to evolve?
Agenda
| Day 1 | Thursday, May 15 |
|---|---|
| 9 a.m. | Welcome and announcements |
| 9:10 a.m. |
The challenges of the organizational comfort zone John Conbere &Alla Heorhiadi, USA Getting out of the comfort zone to achieve “The Impossible” Mel Sullivan, USA The value of people, ownership and trust Emmanuel Bravo & Sarah Skillman, USA |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Socio-economic organization principles applying in the ISEOR Research center Maïté Rateau & Amandine Savall, France SEAM intervention-research and academic career Alexis Roche, France Values that motivate organizational leaders to commit to SEAM work Carol Bousquet, France |
| 11 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m. |
The importance of holding space during change and discomfort Mary Paulson, USA Developing human potential in Ukrainian organizations in the time of war Ulyana Kulchytska, Ukraine Adapting a SEAM product to VSEs through a partnership – case of OPCO center Renaud Petit, France |
| 12 p.m. |
The first years of ISEOR Marc Bonnet & Emmanuel Beck, France Teamwork: starting an intervener-researcher job Gaspard Lévêque 25-year career at ISEOR research center Frantz Datry, France |
| 1 p.m. | End of Day 1 |
| Day 2 | Friday, May 16 |
|---|---|
| 9 a.m. | Announcements |
| 9:05 a.m. |
A SEAM story: 50 years of ISEOR Henri Savall & Véronique Zardet, France Technological evolution – past/present/future Jérémy Salmeron, France How to convince chartered accountants to implement SEAM based on thesis program Mélanie Giraudet, France |
| 10 a.m. |
The shift in Ukrainian business values as the response to an existential threat Nataliya Lahotska, Ukraine Analyzing the misuse of university students' evaluations for instructors through the lens of SEAM Sajida El Othman, Lebanon DBA program as a SEAM journey: differences in supervising a DBA student Azzam Adhami, Saudi Arabia DBA program for a CEO in Lebanon Jad Kamel Assi, Lebanon |
| 10:50 a.m. | Break |
| 11:05 a.m. |
System attractors as pattern perspective in organization development Dave Swenson, USA Becoming a Self-Aware Organization with SEAM Sue Quint, USA Hidden costs of bullying in organizations Dawn Johnson, USA |
| 11:50 a.m. |
What airline safety gets that business culture does not Chrissy Baune, USA Storytelling: Motivating real-world actions through the power of data Mary Demain, USA SEAM through the lens of Appreciative Inquiry Eric Sanders, USA |
| 12:50 p.m. | Wrap up |
| 1 p.m. | End of Day 2 | Networking + Zoom chat rooms |