[AISWorld] FHDi Talk by Assoc. Prof. Aleksi Aaltonen: "Data Innovation Lens: A New Way to Approach Data Design as Value Creation"

[Lumivalo, Juuli]

Dear IS Community,

We are delighted to invite you to the first FHDi Talk of the Academic year, where our esteemed guest, Associate Professor Aleksi Aaltonen from Stevens Institute of Technology, will present a thought-provoking talk with the title "Data Innovation Lens: A New Way to Approach Data Design as Value Creation." The session will take place on Wednesday October 2nd, online via Zoom, at 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Helsinki time (EEST / UTC+3) (Zoom link below).

Abstract of the paper: Information systems research often discusses data-driven innovation, decision making, or organizational transformation that is made possible by data. The data are assumed to represent relevant facts about organizational reality and to be available as ready-to-use resources for one or another organizational purpose. Yet, despite the seemingly self-propelling datafication of socioeconomic life, the ways of encoding reality in data do not come into existence by themselves-all data are human-made artifacts that could have been otherwise or not existed at all. Recent studies have examined the production, sourcing, use, and reuse of data, but we have paid remarkably little attention to how data are designed in practice. In this research commentary, we argue that the design of a new or improved type of data can amount to data innovation. Data innovation is defined by its potential contribution to value creation such as when novel types of data enhance the capacity of an organization to innovate or intervene in its internal and external environments. Consequently, we propose a data innovation lens as a perspective to address the blind spot in the understanding of data. The lens draws attention to the alteration of grammatical rules, data evolutionary trajectories, and interface data as key dimensions in the study of innovative data design. We illustrate and reflect upon insights from the adoption of the data innovation lens using a case vignette on improved gender identity data and, finally, outline a research agenda with opportunities to contribute to established streams of research and to deepen our understanding of data innovation further.

Link to the full paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4574855

Aleksi Aaltonen is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at Stevens Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Aleksi studies new forms of organizing and innovation based on digital data and platforms. His research has been published in Management Science, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, and in other high-quality journals.

Join us for the FHDi Talk on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024 (Online via Zoom) at:

  *   3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Helsinki (EEST / UTC+3)
  *   2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Central Europe (CEST / UTC+2)
  *   1:00 PM – 2:00 PM UK (BST / UTC+1)
  *   8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Eastern US (EDT / UTC-4)
  *   8:00 PM – 9:00 PM China/Singapore (CST / SGT / UTC+8)
🔗 Zoom link: https://jyufi.zoom.us/j/66702905016
📄 Details on the LinkedIn event page: https://www.linkedin.com/events/7243020678088585216/about/

With Assoc. Prof. Aaltonen’s presentation, we look forward to deepening our understandings of data innovation and engaging in dynamic discussions on this novel approach to this timely and crucial topic.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Warm regards,

Juuli/FHDi Team
Finnish Hub for Digitalization - FHDi
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Juuli Lumivalo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Coordinator, Finnish Hub for Digitalization FHDi
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