Description

Sometimes, we simply fail. Our hypotheses may not be supported. Our ability to access data might evaporate. We may fail to convince a review panel. We may not get that grant or that job position that we were after. How do we deal with such failure when it is so regular and eminent in our work? We are trying to figure that out and also try to find some words of wisdom to pass onto others. Thankfully, we have Lauri Wessel on the show to help us out. Together, we conclude that resilience is key but different people have different ways to build resilience.

Episode Reading List

• Berente, N., Lyytinen, K., Yoo, Y., & Maurer, C. (2019). Institutional Logics and Pluralistic Responses to Enterprise System Implementation: A Qualitative Meta-Analysis. MIS Quarterly, 43(3), 873-902.
• Mendling, J., Strembeck, M., & Recker, J. (2012). Factors of Process Model Comprehension — Findings from a Series of Experiments. Decision Support Systems, 53(1), 195-206.
• Lyytinen, K., & Hirschheim, R. (1987). Information Systems Failures: A Survey and Classification of the Empirical Literature. In P. I. Zorkoczy (Ed.), Oxford Surveys in Information Technology (Vol. 4, pp. 257-309). Oxford University Press.
• Wessel, L., Baiyere, A., Ologeanu-Taddei, R., Cha, J., & Blegind-Jensen, T. (2021). Unpacking the Difference between Digital Transformation and IT-enabled Organizational Transformation. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 22(1), 102-129.
• Strong, D. M., & Volkoff, O. (2010). Understanding Organization-Enterprise System Fit: A Path to Theorizing the Information Technology Artifact. MIS Quarterly, 34(4), 731-756.
• Wessel, L., Ruotsalainen, R., Schildt, H. A., & Wickert, C. (2022). The Escalation of Organizational Moral Failure in Public Discourse: A Semiotic Analysis of Nokia’s Bochum Plant Closure. Journal of Business Ethics, forthcoming.