2019 AINx Talks - Susanne Schinko-Fischli and Dr. Andrea Handsteiner
Channel: Applied Improvisation Network
Date: 20/12/2019

Status Flexibility for Leading Scientists

Leading scientists deal with various leadership roles within the same job: they conduct scientific research as well as teach. At the same time, they coordinate international scientific projects while they are line managers within the organizational hierarchy at their university. Each of those leadership fields possesses its very own dynamic and logic. Scientists need flexibility to quickly adapt to the respective situation ad be able to read other people’s status signals. It is vital to successful communication and interaction for leading scientists interacting with students, colleagues or staff. The talk will give insight from the content of a workshop offered at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna in 2018 including feedback from participants.  The presentation of the evaluation results will show the usefulness of applied improvisation for academia within a challenging and increasingly competitive scientific world.

2019 AIN World Conference in Stony Brook