Open Strategizing: New Practices for Transparent and Inclusive Strategy-Making

Abstract

This panel will discuss tendencies promoting more open strategizing processes in a variety of contexts. Openness here refers both to greater transparency (internal and external), and to wider inclusion of stakeholders (internal and external). Panelists will draw on their empirical research across a range of sectors and types of organizations, including inter-organizational contexts. In particular, they will highlight technological and social practices supporting greater strategizing openness. The panel will attempt to synthesize general lessons about what makes for effective open stratezing, while also attending to the potential 'dark side' of greater openness. The panel will propose a future research agenda, and connect this to research in the related field of open innovation.