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The SEV Center of Excellence in Creative Leadership invites you to one more “Lead Creatively: Discussion Series” event on Thursday, October 12^th, 2023, 18:00-19:30 at Alba Graduate Business School (6-8 Xenias str, Athens, 11528).

The event will be held in the English language, translation to the Greek language will be available. You may attend in person or online, via livestream.

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Imagination and creativity are vital for understanding and addressing the unprecedented challenges that businesses and society are facing today.

We are inviting you to a discussion with Carol Becker, prolific writer and speaker on the role of the arts in society and the development of creative leadership. She will engage in a conversation with Professor Nikos Mylonopoulos, Director of the SEV Center of Excellence in Creative Leadership and Georgia Kotretsos, Visual Artist, Founder of THE ΤΕΛΟΣ SOCIETY, Associate Lecturer, Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts, Deree – The American College of Greece. Through the achievements of artists and leaders that the arts are not only a source of beauty and culture, but also a powerful way of learning, problem-solving, and changing organizations and society.

During the discussion, Carol Becker will share with the audience her experience as an academic leader and public intellectual, who has brought the sensibility of the artist to the forefront of every discourse alongside the scientific/technological mindset and the pragmatism of business management, through her work at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia University School of the Arts, and the World Economic Forum

Throughout the event, whether you attend at the Auditorium or via livestream, you will have the opportunity to address your questions and comments to the speakers.

“Fulfilling our Potential – Shaping our Future” #SEV4Growth

Public event of SEV’s General Assembly  |  Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, Alexandra Trianti Hall  |  Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, 19:30 (ΕΕΤ)  

Discussion:

• Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
• Mr. Dimitri Papalexopoulos, Chairman of SEV

Moderation: Nicky Lyberaki, Journalist

The SEV Center of Excellence in Creative Leadership invites you to its upcoming event entitled “Learning from suppliers: Challenges and opportunities in global supply chains where politics trump good business thinking”, on Tuesday, June 15, 16:00-17:30,  at Alba Graduate Business School (Xenias 6-8, Athens)

The event will be held in Greek and will be broadcast via livestream.

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When the disruption in global supply chains is a consequence of deliberate government decisions, what can managers do?

In this talk, Professor Tsinopoulos will discuss the key factors that enable a seamless supply chain and the benefits of listening to suppliers when pursuing innovation in new product development.  He will the explain the impact political events had on the effective and efficient flow of information by focusing particularly on Brexit.  Using examples from his own work he will explain how technology, flexibility and careful process design can be used to manage situations where politics trump good business thinking.

Global supply chains are complex and dynamic networks of interdependent firms that produce and deliver goods and services to customers across the world. When managed correctly, they can help lower costs, raise customer satisfaction, and improve access to markets. Furthermore, suppliers who are often competent businesses, can be an excellent source of innovation.  They can provide ideas and informed solutions to the problems their customers are facing.  However, supply chains also face constant challenges, such as uncertainty, disruption, and competition. To deal with these challenges, supply chain managers have been advocating for government policies that enable the free and uninterrupted flow of information.  This assumes a common set of rules and standards.  Big economic blocks, such as the EU and NAFTA have provided an ideal backdrop for supply chains to operate effectively.  Yet, recent political developments have put this trend at a risk.  Brexit in the EU and barriers to trade in the US are two relatively recent examples where politics have been deliberately undermining the effective integration of supply chains.

Bio

Dr. Christos Tsinopoulos is a Professor of Operations Management.  Since September of 2022 has been Dean of the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway, University of London.

His work focuses on sustainability, innovation, and supply chain management.  Professor Tsinopoulos is a strong advocate of impactful research on a global scale, he has been a trustee of the Society for the Advancement of Management, a member of the executive committee of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Manufacturing Excellence awards, and a visiting professor in Universities in Greece (Athens), USA (Fuqua) and China (Harbin and Hunan). His work has been published in the top journals in the field of operations and technology management and is frequently funded by industrial partners nationally and internationally, to inform policy.

The SEV Center of Excellence in Creative Leadership invites you to its upcoming event entitled “Future-Ready IT: Digital Transformation amidst a pandemic, with a view to the era of Artificial Intelligence”, on Tuesday, May 16, 16:00-17:30,  at Alba Graduate Business School (Xenias 6-8, Athens)

The event will be held in Greek and will be broadcast via livestream.

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Given the successive crises, surprising shocks, and disruptive opportunities and threats, every business needs readiness, agility, capabilities, and tools not only to respond, but to stay ahead of the curve.

How do businesses leverage digital technologies to replace their infrastructure, improve customer experience, optimize their operations and empower their employees? What are the best practices, lessons and future trends shaping the digital transformation strategy? How can we prepare our infrastructure and human resources for the era of artificial intelligence that is already transforming every industry and sector?

Yiannis Papidis will present the case study of Kotsovolos who successfully navigated the digital transformation while at the same time having to re-arrange its priorities during the pandemic.

Come to the event venue earlier to interact with the demo of the innovative retail advertising platform that Kotsovolos has developed.

The SEV Center of Excellence in Creative Leadership invites you to its upcoming event entitled “How Artificial Intelligence changes decision making, knowledge management, and the nature of work”.

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Dr. Stella Pachidi, a Poets & Quants Best 40-unde-40 Professor, will present her pioneering research that has been published in world-leading academic journals such as Organization Science. How do novel algorithmic technologies and artificial intelligence tools change the nature of work and specifically knowledge creation and sharing processes or decision making methods? By drawing on ethnographic and other qualitative studies she will present the unavoidable changes that emerge in the structure and culture of a company, in the management of human resources, and in the patters of cross-disciplinary collaboration. She will conclude by focusing on the role of leadership in activating and handling such changes.

Bio

Dr Stella Pachidi works as Assistant Professor in Information Systems at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Her research interests lie in the intersection of technology, work and organising. Currently, her research projects include the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies in organisations, managing challenges in the workplace during digital transformation, and practices of knowledge collaboration across boundaries. Dr Pachidi holds a PhD in Business Administration from VU University Amsterdam, a MSc in Business Informatics from Utrecht University, and a MSc in Electrical and and Computer Engineering from National Technical University of Athens. She has articles in information systems and organisation journals and books including Organization Science, Information and Organization, Organization Theory, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, MIS Quarterly Executive, Computers in Human Behavior, and The Routledge Companion to Management Information Systems. She has presented her work in various major conferences in the fields of technology and organisations including the Academy of Management Meeting, the International Conference on Information Systems, the European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, the Process Symposium and others. Dr Pachidi is a member of the editorial review board of Information and Organization and is currently guest editor of the Journal of Management Studies special issue on “Artificial Intelligence: Organizational Possibilities and Pitfalls”. In 2021, Dr Pachidi was listed by Poets & Quants in their list of “Best 40 Under 40 Professors”.

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