Mindful Organizing for the CIO: Towards a Conceptual Model for Transformational Leadership

Considered invaluable to corporate entities, CIOs are relied upon for the strategic oversight of technological infrastructure as well as the articulation of a business case for IT resources. How can CIOs prepare for and respond to dynamic, and often uncertain changes, which challenge organizational resources, processes, and strategies? Research continues to indicate that technological transformation and integration of newer, faster IT capabilities have become a critical focus for the CIO. Extant literature on mindfulness suggests that mindful organizing (MO) can facilitate and enhance the effectiveness of strategic level decision makers. Integrating insights from MO, we present and analyze the literature to build an action orientated framework to support the CIO in leveraging the dynamic capabilities under his/her purview. Our objective is to examine key attributes of mindful organizing which are especially critical to building a level of awareness that cultivates an environment for reliability under transformational leaders

Design Drift and Reflective Conversation in Design Science Research: A Case Study of Problem Formulation

Research specifically exploring the abductive process of knowledge building in DSR remains elusive. Using organizational mindfulness (OM) as the base kernel theory, this research explores the creation of an IS artefact to evaluate system enabled decision making by strategic teams in dynamic environments. The paper provides an exploration of a learning methodology to approach design science research (DSR) using two techniques, design drift and reflective conversation. The notion of drifting was proposed by Fricke (1972) for use in engineering design, and further developed by (Cross, 1999) as an approach in design research to aid in maturing the partially structured design artefact. This paper explore design praxeology, or the study of practices and processes of design to present a case for the use of the two techniques