Presenter: Chris Jansen
Christchurch • 28 February
About this seminar
Since the quakes, many organisations around Christchurch have lost staff and students, lost buildings, lost files and systems, and yet have re-emerged on shared sites, often operating in innovative and inspiring new ways. The quakes have not only triggered the temporary breakdown of conventional organisational structures, but also led to the spontaneous emergence of self-organisation, individuals and groups responding to the threat and the opportunities to support each other and create innovative solutions to the challenging situation.
This presentation will explore these phenomena. In particular, it will consider whether such self organisation can only occur post a traumatic event, or whether it is it possible for organisations to foster this level of self motivation, creativity, and generosity in its members (staff, students, communities) throughout its 'normal' operations?
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