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Communications and Society Program
Roundtable on Institutional Innovation
The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Institutional Innovation, formerly named the Roundtable on Talent Development, is a private seminar of top level executives and thought leaders. The concept behind this roundtable comes from the work of John Hagel and John Seely Brown, co-chairs of the Deloitte Center for the Edge. Its purpose is to engage high level executives, mostly from large organizations, to address (and where appropriate reframe) approaches to institutional performance through innovation. The aim for this series is to develop those and other insights into plans for action.
The 2011 Aspen Institute Roundtable on Institutional Innovation took place July 16-18, 2011, In Aspen, Colorado. Its report is forthcoming.
For more information, please contact Kiahna Williams, senior project manager at (202) 736-5818 or at kiahna.williams@aspeninstitute.org.
Past Roundtables:
The second annual Aspen Institute Roundtable on Talent Development took place from July 29-31, 2010. The theme of the Roundtable was "Solving the Dilbert Paradox". The Roundtable addressed how firms and organizations can overcome the Dilbert Paradox, to maximize the innovation and productivity that talent – inside and outside of the organizational walls – can offer. To do this, 20-25 top-level executives and thought leaders explored issues of organizational structure, technology, culture, leadership and policy.
Solving the Dilbert Paradox is the volume resulting from the 2010 Aspen Institute Roundtable on Talent Development. This "Dilbert Paradox" finds expression in wasted opportunities for organizational learning, collaboration, and access to knowledge and ideas outside the corporate hierarchy. The report captures the insights of the participants during the conference and details how some large organizations, as well as start-ups and small companies, are experimenting by giving employees new opportunities to maximize innovation.
Download or purchase copies of the report here.
The Inaugural Roundtable on Talent Development took place July 19-21, 2009 in Aspen, Colorado. It brought together 19 top level executives and thought leaders to discuss how, during a time of diminishing resources, firms and organizations can leverage their assets to increase learning. The report is available here:
Leveraging the Talent-Driven Organization details how a number of firms are using social networking tools to open up communication, collaboration and learning across boundaries, and leveraging these tools to develop new products and real-time solutions for customers. The report is the result of the Inaugural Roundtable on Talent Development.
Download or purchase copies of the report here.
Talent Reframed: Moving to the Talent-Driven Firm offers new rules for organizations seeking to attain and develop a talented workforce amid a rapidly changing and increasingly globalized business environment. The report, which sets the premise for a new series of Aspen Institute Roundtables on the Talent Driven Firm, explores how organizations can build talent by relying less on traditional command-and-control structure and more on horizontal collaboration and shared learning. The report, written by Richard Adler, also features a white paper by John Hagel and John Seely Brown.