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The Transformative Potential of Disruptions: A Viewpoint

R. Davison

2020 · DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102149
International Journal of Information Management · 80 Citations

TLDR

This work engages with the impact of disruptions on my work life, and considers the transformative potential that these disruptions offer, and how the present disruption may facilitate a transformation of current practices that lead to a better world at the individual and institutional levels.

Abstract

I engage with the impact of disruptions on my work life, and consider the transformative potential that these disruptions offer. I focus on four parts of my life: as a researcher, teacher, administrator and editor. In each, I examine the nature of the disruption and the way I deal with it. I also consider how the present disruption may facilitate a transformation of current practices that lead to a better world at the individual and institutional levels. Rather than lamenting the inconvenience of a crisis, I prefer to celebrate the opportunity to do better.