Facilitation in Complexity: From Creation to Co-creation, from Dreaming to Co-dreaming, from Evolution to Co-evolution

Messages from the Editors
Geert
Gjorgji
Renata
Real-Life Analogy
Acknowledgements
Editorial (Fig. 1)
From Creation to Co-creation, from Dreaming to Co-dreaming, from Evolution to Co-evolution: Complexity in Foresight
Setting the Scene
A Brief Reflection and Scoping of This Manuscript
Key Concepts of and for Co-creation, Co-dreaming, and Co-evolution
Methodology
The PHEROMONE TRAIL: Co-creative Writing and Reviewing in Open Collaboration in Science
STRATEGIC FORESIGHT: Exploiting and Addressing Complexity in Organizing the Works and the Book
References
Contents
Part I: The Main Ingredients and Positions
The Three MuskEUteers
1 Introduction
2 Three Challenges in a New Paradigm
3 The European Union as the Co-laboratory for the Triple Transition
4 Key Messages to Push and Pursue the ``One for All, All for One´´ Forward-Looking Vision into a Call for New EU Policy Actions
5 Conclusion
References
Bibliography
Webgraphy
Denica 2.0 and Tactical Management Information System (TMIS)
1 Introduction
2 Background Section
3 Methodology
4 Analysis
4.1 Primary Constituents and Reason for Being
4.2 Governing Principles
4.3 Role-and-Accountability Diagram
4.4 Conditions of Satisfaction
4.5 Information Sensors
4.6 Information Emitters
4.7 Risk Management
4.8 Application of the Denica Method in Regular and in Times of Pandemic
4.9 Contextual Differences Between the Managers
4.10 Managerial Feedback on DENICA
5 Conceptualization of DENICA 2.0
5.1 Enhancing the Denica Method
5.2 Additions to the Initial Managerial Method Denica
5.2.1 Distinction Between Information Sensors and Information Emitters
5.2.2 Enhancement of Information Sensors Attributes
5.2.3 Enhancement of Information Emitters Attributes and Conjugation with Risks
5.2.4 Introducing a Fifth Visual Component: People Management
5.3 The Artifact DENICA 2.0
6 Tactical Management Information System (TMIS): From Concept to Prototype
7 Competitive Advantage in Tactics
7.1 Limitations and Further Research
8 Conclusion
References
Key Directions for the New Project Manager: Project Management Tactics (PMT)
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 Definitions and Scope
2.2 Focus: The People
3 Methodology
4 Analysis: Tactical and Project Management (DENICA 2.0 Method Meets PMBOK 6.0)
4.1 Comparative Analysis of Theoretical Concepts
4.2 Use-Case Scenarios of Tactical and Project Management
4.2.1 Leadership
4.2.2 Systems
4.2.3 Processes and Dynamics of Change
4.2.4 Flexibility and Sustainability
4.2.5 Time and Speed
4.2.6 Mechanisms and Complexity
4.2.7 The Emergent Effect
4.2.8 The Influence on Solutions
5 Extrapolating Value of DENICA 2.0 and PMBOK 6.0 and Their Merger
5.1 The Value of the DENICA 2.0 Method (People Component)
5.2 The Value of PMBOK 6.0
6 Project Management Tactics: The Merger of the Two Concepts
7 Conclusion
References
The Gig Economy in the Post-COVID Era
1 Introduction
2 Setting the Scene
2.1 Definition of the Gig Economy
2.2 Who Are the Gig Workers?
2.3 How Does the Gig Economy Work?
3 The Factors Affecting the Gig Economy
3.1 The Role of New Technologies
3.2 The Impact of Globalisation
3.3 The Episode of COVID-19 Pandemic
4 The Model of the Gig Economy
4.1 Stakeholders
4.2 Types of Interactions
4.2.1 High- vs. Low-skilled Employment
4.2.2 Pushed vs. Attracted into Gig Work
4.2.3 Formal vs. Informal Economy Dichotomy
4.2.4 Developed vs. Developing Regions
4.2.5 Traditional vs. Gig Environment Characteristics
4.3 Application of the Model
5 Conclusions
References and Bibliography
Circular Production Chains: A Micro and Meso Approach
1 Introduction
2 Literature Study
3 Methodology
4 Analysis
4.1 Construction Industry
4.2 Food Industry
4.3 Fashion
4.4 Waste Management
5 Conceptualisation of the Managerial CEPC Guidelines
5.1 The Big Picture
5.2 The Guidelines in the ReSOLVE Framework
6 Criticisms
7 Conclusion: The Helicopter Viewpoint of Tactical Management
References
Simulating Collaborative Innovation in Volunteer Groups: A PLS-Agent Based Model with Multiple Aggregation Levels
1 Introduction
1.1 Situation
1.2 Complication: In Practice
2 Research Question
3 Solutions/Concepts
4 Literature Study
5 Methodology
5.1 PLS-SEM
5.2 The Macro-Meso-Micro Levels and their Interweaved Nature
6 Analysis
6.1 The PLS-Agent Concept in LivLab
6.2 Agent-Based Models
6.3 The PLS-SEM Model as the Initializer of the Agent-Based Model
6.4 Concept: The LivLab Simulator Project: An Example of the PLS-Agent Application
6.5 Decision Criteria and Significance in LivLab Simulator
6.6 Decision Parameters in LivLab Simulator
6.7 Decision-Taking Simulation in LivLab Simulator
6.8 The LivLab Simulator Agent Model
7 Conclusions
References
Conceptualisation of Decentralized Blockchain-Based, Open-Source ERP Marketplaces
1 Introduction
1.1 The Challenge
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 ERP Approaches and Solutions
2.2 Blockchain and EOS/Reef
3 Methodology
3.1 The Case Study VERP as Basis for ZERP
4 Principles of the Conceptual Design
4.1 Principle 1-Intelligent ERP Software
4.2 Principle 2-Blockchain Technology
4.3 Principle 3-Open-Source ERP
5 Conceptual Model of the Decentralized ERP Marketplace (ZERP and ZYGOT)
5.1 The ZERP Core Ecosystem and Mechanisms
5.2 Distinctive Features of ZERP
5.3 The Value Proposition of ZERP
5.4 Pricing, Proof of Stake, Valorisation/Monetisation
5.5 Token Utility (ZYGOT)
5.6 Token Distribution-Scenario
5.7 Token Mechanics
5.8 Marketsync
5.9 User Stories
6 The Business Concept
6.1 The Business Model
6.2 Competitor Analysis
7 Conclusion
References
Part II: Approaches, Pilots, Blueprints
MultiCREATION: Multi-Stakeholder Problem-Driven Approach
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review and Theoretical Foundations
2.1 Defining Co-Creation/Value Co-Creation
2.2 The Co-Creation as a Process: Two Approaches
2.2.1 The Actors´ Roles in the Co-Creation Process
3 Methodology
4 Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Case Studies
5 The MultiCreation Generic Model
5.1 Generic RGB n-Units (Turbine) Model
5.2 Generic Iterative Co-Creation Process Model
6 The Challenges of Multidisciplinary Applied Research
7 Conclusion
References
PDIA in the Balkans: The Western Balkans Alumni Association (WBAA) as Positive Deviance
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
2.1 PDIA
2.2 Positive Deviance
3 The Local Context of the Balkans as a Region
4 PDIA Strategy for Higher Education Systems in Western Balkans
5 The Case of the Western Balkans Alumni Association (WBAA)
5.1 Profile and Timeline
5.2 Objectives
5.2.1 Aims and Goals of WBAA
5.3 Governance for Enabling Regional co-creation
6 Focused Analysis: Pushing WBAA as Positive Deviance
6.1 Multimodal, Multidisciplinary Activities on Individual and Collective Level with Regional and Functional Connotation
6.2 Intellectual Rebellion
7 Conclusions
References
Academia Diffusion Experiment: Trailblazing the Emergence from Co-Creation
1 Introduction
2 The Context of EUvsVirus and Beyond
2.1 Balance:Of Humanity´s Compass
3 The Case of the Academia Diffusion Experiment
3.1 Primary Constituents and Reason for Being
3.2 Governing Principles
3.2.1 Rationale Behind Dedication and Engagement
3.3 Role-and-Accountability Diagrams
3.4 People
3.5 Conditions of Satisfaction
3.6 Information Sensors
3.7 Information Emitters
3.8 Risk Management
4 Learnings from the ADE-Potentials, Problems, and Challenges
5 Substantiation of the ADE
Appendices: Drops of the Emergent Magic
Communication and Dissemination
Analogy: DNA and the Academia Diffusion Experiment (ADE)
How Ideas Are Grown on a Diffusion Gathering of Academia
Professional Wellbeing (Amalgamated Words or Real State)?
The ADE Manifesto
References
Multi-Vortex Tornado Blueprint for Disruptive Global Co-Creation (Inspired by EUvsVirus)
1 Introduction
2 Research Setting: EUvsVirus and Academia Diffusion Experiment
3 Theoretical Foundations for the IMPACT DOMAINS
3.1 Grand Challenges
3.2 Open Innovation
4 Global Best Practises to Address Grand Challenges
4.1 Community-Power Problem-Solving
4.2 Open Science and Open Innovations as ollaborative Platforms to co-Create Innovative Solutions (in General and against Covi...
4.3 Mission-Oriented Innovation Policies (MOIPs)
4.4 Talent (Person´s, Ideas, Solutions) Finding Systems
5 Methodology and Research Design
5.1 Sequence 1-Grounded Theory
5.1.1 Ethnography
5.1.2 Interviews
5.1.3 Analogy
5.1.4 Triangulation
5.2 Sequence 2-Design Science Research
5.3 Data Analysis and Solution Conceptualisation
5.3.1 Findings
6 EUvsVirus as Multi-Vortex Tornado-A Blueprint for Disruptive, Global co-Creation
6.1 Governing Principles
6.2 Roadmap
6.2.1 The Calm before the Storm
6.2.2 The Supercell Roar
6.2.3 Mature Multi-Vortex Tornado Touch-Down
6.2.4 Dissipation
6.2.5 Emergence in the Aftermath
7 Conclusions and Implications
7.1 The Challenges of `Multi-/Cross-/Trans-/Inter-Disciplinary´ Research and Innovation
Appendices
Appendix 1: Interview Protocol for Semi-Structured Interviews
Appendix 2: Protocol for Ethnographic Statements
References
Bibliography