Organizational Transformation
Publications & Conference Proceedings
Technology-Human Hybridity:
Affecting organizations, consumers and cities
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Publications & Conference Proceedings
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2023). How applied strategic projects can help executive participants drive change. EFMD Global Focus, Issue 1, Vol. 17. Access here.
Cooray, M., Duus, R., Sylvestersen, M. and Carmichael, J. (2022) Let's STRIDE towards UN SDG-led Innovation. The European Business Review, Jan-Feb Issue.
Duus, R. and Cooray, M. (2022). Dare to evolve: Re-assessing assessments in Business Schools. Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS). Access here.
Duus, R. and Cooray, M. (2022). Enable learners to become confident digital explorers. Times Higher Education. Access here.
Duus, R. and Cooray, M. (2022) Empowering Students to Learn from Each Other. Harvard Business Publishing Education. August. Access here.
Duus, R., Cooray, M. and Lilley, S. (2022). “Now You See Me, Now You Don’t”: How Digital Consumers Manage Their Online Visibility in Game-Like Conditions. Frontiers in Psychology. 13:795264. Access here.
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2022). Digital as a catalyst: Now is the time for Business Schools to transform. EFMD Global Focus, Issue 1, Vol. 16. Access here.
Cooray, M., Duus, R., and Sylvestersen, M. (2021). Veins and Wires: Reflections on UrbanTech Transformations. The European Business Review, Sept-Oct issue.
Duus, R. (2021) Develop More Impactful Asynchronous Course Material. Harvard Business Publishing Education. January. Access here.
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2020) Why Hackathons Aren't Just for Hackers. Harvard Business Publishing Education. August. Access here.
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2020) DVC Framework: Accelerating Digital Value Creation. The European Business Review, March-April issue.
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2019) The Fallacy of Data-Driven Personalization: ‘Data Will Never Know Me’. Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC), Wellington.
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2019) TRIP Framework: Rethinking Organisational Competitiveness in Digital Spheres. The European Business Review. Aug/July. Access here.
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2018) Public-Private Collaboration to Drive Innovation in Cities. Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC), Adelaide.
Cooray, M., Duus, R. and Bundgaard, L. (2018) Connected Cities: Driving digital transformation in complex ecosystems. The European Business Review. Nov/Dec. Access here.
Duus R., Cooray, M. and Page, N.C. (2018) Exploring Human-Tech Hybridity at the Intersection of Extended Cognition and Distributed Agency: A Focus on Self-Tracking Devices. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:1432. Access here.
Duus, R., Cooray, M. and Page, N. (2016) Agentic technology: Exploring the influence of Fitbit activity tracker on consumer behavior. American Marketing Science Conference Orlando, USA, May 2016.
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2016) How to get digital transformation right. The Ashridge Journal, Spring. Access here.
Duus, R. Davies, A. and Saren, M. (2015) The Voice of the Leg: A re-theorisation of traditional consumer-object relations. 8th Workshop on Interpretive Consumer Research, University of Edinburgh, April.
Duus, R. and Cooray, M. (2014) Together we Innovate: Cross-cultural teamwork through virtual platforms. Journal of Marketing Education, Vol. 26, No.3, pp. 244-257.
Duus, R., Davies, A. and Saren, M. (2014) Speak to the Leg: A post-Paralympic analysis and re-theorization of consumer-object relations. Proceedings of the 39th Macromarketing conference, Royal Holloway, July.
Duus, R., Cooray, M. and Davies, A. (2014) The Brand Misfits: Exploring paradoxical brand-resisting practices in social media. Proceedings of the Brands and Brand Relationships conference, Boston University, May.
Duus, R. (2013) Speak to the Leg: A post-Paralympic analysis of consumer-object relations, in E – European Advances in Consumer Research, eds. Gert Cornelissen, Elena Reutskaja, Ana Valenzuela: Association for Consumer Research.
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2011) Entrepreneurs forge ahead in chaos and uncertainty: The story of SMEs in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the British Academy of Management conference, Aston Business School, September.
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2011) Thriving in Chaos and Uncertainty: Business as usual for Sri Lankan entrepreneurial marketers. Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing conference, University of Liverpool, July.
Cooray, M. and Duus, R. (2010) Brand Mindspace: The final frontier for marketers? Proceedings of the 6th Thought Leaders Conference on Brand Management, USI, April.
Conference Presentations
12th European Conference on Education
Digital Peer Learning Hub: Accelerating Networked Learning
Digital Transformation Society International Conference
From Spinning Tops to Jet Propellers: Navigating AI and digital healthcare spheres towards the delivery of visible value
CABS Learning, Teaching & Student Experience conference
The Digital Debate: Next-Gen Perspectives
CABS Learning, Teaching & Student Experience conference
Dynamic Co-creation: Working with Industry Practitioners to Design and Deliver University Modules
UCL Education Conference
Driving Digital Debate through a Digital Assessment: Key learnings and reflections
Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference
Reimagining marketing education for the digital workplace
CABS Learning, Teaching & Student Experience conference
Collaborative Learning through the Digital Peer Learning Hub
EFMD EOCCS Learning Community Symposium – Digital as Mainstream?
The Kick-Off presentation: The Ultra Educator: Designing and Delivering Knowledge in Digital Spheres
CABS Learning, Teaching & Student Experience conference
The DigitalHack Methodology: Super-charged learning through digital collaboration
CABS Learning, Teaching & Student Experience conference
The 3Cs of Async: Educators as Creators, Curators and Connectors
UCL Education Conference
The 3Cs in Action: From the classroom to the digital stage
Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference
The Fallacy of Data-Driven Personalization: ‘Data Will Never Know Me’.
Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference
Public-Private Collaboration to Drive Innovation in Cities.
UCL School of Management Teaching & Learning Forum
Ctrl+Alt+Del? Using tech to create engaging assessments
European Forum Alpbach, Austria
Panel Speaker – Future Speeches: Does technology foster human resilience?
https://www.alpbach.org/en/person/rikke-duus/
American Marketing Science Conference, Orlando, USA
"Agentic technology: Exploring the influence of Fitbit activity tracker on consumer behavior"
Teaching and Learning Forum, School of Management, UCL
“Hybrid Learning: The 3-Hour Entrepreneurship Challenge”
8th Workshop on Interpretive Consumer Research, University of Edinburgh, UK
“The Voice of the Leg: A re-theorisation of traditional consumer-object relations”
UCL Teaching & Learning Conference, University College London, UK.
“The 3-Hour Entrepreneurship Challenge”
39th Macromarketing Conference, Royal Holloway, UK
“Speak to the Leg: A post-Paralympic analysis and re-theorization of consumer-object relations”
Hertfordshire Business School Research Conference, UK
“Biolabouring Consumers: Theorizing consumers’ affective, relational and experiential work in online social networks”
Brands and Brand Relationships Conference, Boston University, US
“The Brand Misfit: Exploring paradoxical brand-resisting practices in social media”
ABS Teaching and Learning Conference, Aston Business School, UK
“Marketing Beyond Borders: Introducing the Experiential Cross-cultural Exercise”
European Conference of the Association for Consumer Research, IESE Barcelona
“Speak to the Leg: A post-Paralympic analysis of consumer-object relations”
European Marketing Academy Conference, ITU Faculty of Management, Istanbul
“Immaterial Labour on Facebook: Exploring Consumers’ Expressions of Production Activities”
Exploring Spaces for Learning, University of Central Florida, USA
“Collaborating Across Borders: Together we innovate!”
30th Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, EAE Business School, Spain
“Did we stop talking? The detrimental effects of online social networks on social relations”
7th International Blended Learning Conference, University of Hertfordshire, UK
“International collaborations with Business and Marketing students”
British Academy of Management Conference, UK
“Entrepreneurs Forge Ahead in Chaos and Uncertainty: The story of SMEs in Sri Lanka”
Academy of Marketing Conference, UK
“Thriving in Chaos and Uncertainty: Business as usual for Sri Lankan entrepreneurial marketers”
Future Trends Conference, US
“Convert, Defend and Acquire: Evaluating consumer preference through mindspace”
5th International Blended Learning Conference, University of Hertfordshire, UK
“Knowledge Exchange through Collaborative Learning Communities”
Global Brand Forum, Cass Business School, UK
"Convert, Defend and Acquire: Evaluating consumer preference through brand mindspace"
Annual Learning & Teaching Conference, University of Hertfordshire, UK
“e-Business Integration with Short Work Placements”
6th International Conference: Thought Leaders in Brand Management, Switzerland
“Brand mindspace: The final frontier for marketers?”
The Retention Convention, The Higher Education Academy, UK
“Two-Point Feedback System: Improving student experience in ‘real time’”
E-Leader Conference, CASA, Malaysia
“Do virtual learning environments help deliver a consistent learning experience? Exploring the international delivery of UK Marketing degrees”
Invited Talks
Chartered Association of Business Schools:
Executive Education Symposium - Accelerating clients’ AI literacy and digital transformation
European Forum Alpbach
Panel Debate: Does technology foster human resilience?
ETH Zurich
Is the power shifting?
The World Economic Form, Switzerland
Is your mind digitally charged?
Bournemouth University, UK
The Voice of the Leg: Re-visioning consumer-object relations
RENKEI Intercultural Workshop
Technology: Opportunities and dark sides
The Power of Objects
Babson College, USA
Co-creation of Consumer Experiences in Virtual and Physical Worlds
University of Leicester, UK
Marketing Communications in an Interconnected World
University of Leicester, UK
The Techno-Human: Exploring our relationships with technology
INTI International University, Malaysia
Entrepreneurial Businesses: Succeeding in chaos and uncertainty