ATE - Designing the future as a collaborative contract

In this interview, Dr. Tyrone S. Pitsis talks about the concept of design thinking as a collaborative tool for dealing with wicked problems. He  provides insights and advice on how design thinking can be thought of as being central to contracting.He then talks about the importance of relational contracting, and how such forms of concertive coordination are critical in dealing with major obstacles, particularly where innovation is key. Collaboration is, however, a Pandora's box and is fraught with challenges and tensions which complicates contracting - particularly when collaboration is between public, private and/or third sector organizations and there are clashes of values, systems and processes.Our Expert:\r
Dr. Tyrone S. Pitsis \r
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Dr Tyrone S. Pitsis is Reader in Strategic Design and Co-Director of Strategy, Organization and Society at Newcastle University, UK. He is also the Chair of the Practice Theme Committee of the Academy of Management. Tyrone's work has appeared in major management journals, including Organization Science, Organization Studies, Business History, Management Learning amongst others.His research focus is on managerial and organizational innovation through collaboration in strategically important projects. He is a contributor to the OECD report on Innovation Strategy, and his most recent publication is The Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Innovation written with Ace Simpson and Erlend Dehlin, to be published by Edward-Elgar in December 2012.