In this blog, the professor travels to Seattle, Washington…
As something of an Academic, it has been my pleasure to be a member of the Academy of Management (AOM) where I have served as membership Committee Chair and a volunteer with the Membership Committee and Careers Division. I am also a member of the Organization Development & Change and Management Consulting Divisions. This year, 2022 after a 2 years of online meetings because of Covid 19, I traveled to Seattle to AOM Annual Meeting.
Getting back to a face to face format was great! Surprisingly, we hit 10,000 meeting attendees with many International members from Germany, China, France, India & Pakistan, Russia, and the Ukraine among other countries.
The theme of the Annual Meeting for 2022 was Creating a Better World Together posing the questions: What, where, how, when, and why will business organizations, managers, and stakeholders seek to adapt to what exists or create a world in which we will all be better off together?
Next year 2023, the Annual meeting will be held in Boston with the theme being Putting the Worker Front and Center.
In 2022, the location for AOM was Seattle, WA. I was privileged to spend a few days with my colleague and buddy, Doc Rob and his wife on Mercer Island. What a beautiful spot! I have added a few picture highlights from that experience.