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2025 AOM Annual Meeting

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15978: Innovating Amid Poly- and Permacrisis: The Role of Time in Organizing for Disruptive Innovation

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
08:30 - 10:00 CEST (GMT+2)
Location: Bella Center: MR17
Session Type: Symposium (panel)
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/nR68gE
Our era is marked by interconnected, prolonged crises often referred to as a “polycrisis” or “permacrisis.” A polycrisis involves compounding global risks where combined impacts surpass individual effects, while a permacrisis describes a persistent state of instability and uncertainty that disrupts political, economic, social, and environmental systems. Past research has highlighted that to address these crises demands innovative approaches, particularly disruptive innovation, which fundamentally reshapes systems and creates opportunities for novel solutions. Disruptive innovation, however, lacks a robust consideration of the temporal dimension—how perceptions of time, urgency, and timing affect such efforts in crisis contexts. For example, a permacrisis might necessitate a focus on urgency, persistence, and pacing, while a polycrisis might underscore the need to address overlapping crises through sequencing and prioritization. Exploring these dimensions could clarify when disruption is most feasible, how urgency influences actions, and how shared visions of the future steer innovation. Key questions include understanding how actors perceive crises and their tipping points, organize multi-stakeholder initiatives, and manage competing crises to drive meaningful change. Rethinking temporality could improve frameworks for managing and innovating in these complex and uncertain contexts.