Conferences & Seminars
CIL supports a variety of academic conferences and seminars for our faculty community to share their insights and cutting-edge research on the challenges of leading modern organizations. CIL faculty also engage regularly in ongoing seminar series across Johns Hopkins University. Learn more below about these seminars and upcoming signature events:
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Managing the Unexpected Conference
CIL hosts an annual conference on "Managing the Unexpected" at the Carey Business School campus in Baltimore. The conference is intended to build and support the growing community of scholars who study how organizations and their members manage the unexpected – whether that comes in the form of uncertainty, risk, crisis or conflict – in pursuit of high reliability and resilient performance. The conference is purposefully designed to be small and invitation-only, with the goal of generating high levels of engagement and interaction, as well as follow-on research and teaching collaborations.
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JHU Carey Faculty Research Seminar Series
The Research Seminar Series at Carey is held in the Faculty Commons, Room 1301, in Harbor East, (unless otherwise specified), starting at 11:45 a.m.. Seminars are open to all Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, and invited guests. Seminars are open to all Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, and invited guests. If you are not a Carey Business School employee, please call 410-234-9400 to let us know of your arrival at least 48 hours before your visit.
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CIL’s inaugural Managing the Unexpected Conference celebrated the career and contributions of Core Faculty member and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Kathleen Sutcliffe as she retired from Johns Hopkins University. Reflecting on her enduring impact on both research and practice, Sutcliffe highlighted that organizational resilience is built through trust, collective mindfulness, continuous learning, and the ability to adapt in the face of uncertainty.
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The Carey Business School highlights a CIL-run orientation event for incoming full-time MBA students.