Designing a Better Future for All: Integrating Systems Thinking into Strategic Management

With Timea Bansal Professor and Canada Research Chair of Business Sustainability at the Ivey Busimess School, Western University (London, Canada)

Designing a Better Future for All: Integrating Systems Thinking into Strategic Management

With Timea Bansal Professor and Canada Research Chair of Business Sustainability at the Ivey Busimess School, Western University (London, Canada)

Date: May 12, 2025 from.13.30 -15.00

Location: Copenhagen Business School, Kilevej 14 A, 2000 Frederiksberg in Room K2.53 (2nd floor)

Abstract
In this seminar, Tima Bansal will argue that the analytical methods used by strategy scholars and managers to tackle business problems is increasingly problematic, especially in the context of wicked problems. The increased interconnectedness of the business world means that the pursuit of causal outcomes for strategic decisions will inevitably be elusive. She will propose systems thinking as a complementary approach to the dominant analytical approach taken in strategic management. She will outline the fundamental assumptions that ground systems thinking and their implications to both management research and practice. 

Brief Biography
Pratima (Tima) Bansal is a Professor and Canada Research Chair of Business Sustainability at the Ivey Business School, Western University (London, Canada). She has been investigating sustainability-related issues for almost 30 years, by applying the lenses of time, space, scale, and systems to business strategy. Her research has been published in many top tier management journals, and she has completed two terms on the editorial team as an Associate and Deputy Editor of the Academy of Management Journal. She founded the Network for Business Sustainability and Innovation North, which applies systems thinking to corporate innovation.