IDEA: A Collaborative Organizational Design Process Integrating Innovation, Design, Engagement, and Action Donald W. de Guerre, PhD Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director Department of Applied Human Sciences Concordia University 7141 Sherbrooke St. West VE 225.3 Montreal, Quebec, Canada +1 514 848 2424 (2270) Fax: +1 514 848 2262 Daniel Séguin, MA Desirable Futures PO Box 9 Kootenay Bay British Columbia, V0B 1X0, Canada Alicia Pace, MA Pace Consulting PO Box 9 Kootenay Bay British Columbia, V0B 1X0, Canada Noel Burke, MEd Dean School of Extended Learning Concordia University 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada IDEA: A Collaborative Organizational Design Process Integrating Innovation, Design, Engagement, and Action Donald W. de Guerre, Daniel Séguin, Alicia Pace, and Noel Burke Abstract This paper describes an innovative and successful one-year organization change process. It captures a design-based inquiry that simultaneously applies creative, purposeful, and systemic thinking to a complex set of issues. Three significant findings result from this research. First,
IDEA: A Collaborative Organizational Design Process Integrating Innovation, Design, Engagement, and Action Donald W. de Guerre, PhD Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director Department of Applied Human Sciences Concordia University 7141 Sherbrooke St. West VE 225.3 Montreal, Quebec, Canada +1 514 848 2424 (2270) Fax: +1 514 848 2262 Daniel Séguin, MA Desirable Futures PO Box 9 Kootenay Bay British Columbia, V0B 1X0, Canada Alicia Pace, MA Pace Consulting PO Box 9 Kootenay Bay British Columbia, V0B 1X0, Canada Noel Burke, MEd Dean School of Extended Learning Concordia University 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada IDEA: A Collaborative Organizational Design Process Integrating Innovation, Design, Engagement, and Action Donald W. de Guerre, Daniel Séguin, Alicia Pace, and Noel Burke Abstract This paper describes an innovative and successful one-year organization change process. It captures a design-based inquiry that simultaneously applies creative, purposeful, and systemic thinking to a complex set of issues. Three significant findings result from this research. First,
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