Faculty/Staff

Stephen Diasio

Stephen Diasio

Associate Professor of Instruction
sdiasio@usf.edu
Campus: St. Petersburg
Room: LPH 314B
Phone: 727-873-4296

As a researcher of innovation, Stephen Diasio's contributions include extending the open innovation paradigm through his investigation with IBM . He argues that inflows and outflows of knowledge within open innovation are relevant beyond product and service innovation and through the application of emerging technology can support managerial decision-making. Research during his PhD studies at ESADE Business School culminated in framing his Open Model of Decision-Support research agenda.

Download Jamband as a metaphor for Organizing New Models of Innovation article.

He has worked as a lead researcher on several European projects including the IA5 Research Project sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Industry focusing on open innovation- a precursor to Europe's Open Cities and the development of a cognitive system with the GREC research group on Project SENSUS and chocolatier Oriol Balaguer.

Diasio's research touches on the use of metaphors to understand models of innovation. He argues the dominant metaphor of a jazz band to understand innovation and creativity is outdated and limiting. He suggests new metaphors are needed to understand emerging models of innovation and he offers the metaphor of a 鈥榡amband鈥� as the new lens to view these new modes of innovation. Drawing from the legendary "jambands" such as The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band and even Dave Matthews Band, he forms insights into the microfoundations and mechanisms to design these emerging models of innovations.

Diasio is co-chair of the Innovation SIG and a track chair for the Open Innovation track at the European Academy of Management Conference.

Teaching

  • ENT 3613 Creativity and Innovation

  • ENT 4244 Scalability- Corporate Innovation

  • ENT 4945 Student Consulting- Design Thinking

  • Innovation and Dali

  • Management Design Thinking

  • Improv for Business

Research

  • Balser, W, Diasio, S., and T. Kendal (2021) "Societal Reorientation via Programmable Trust: A Case for Piloting New Models of Open Governance in Education" in Grech A, Media, "Technology and Education in a Post-Truth Society: From Fake News, Datafication and Mass Surveillance to the Death of Trust," Emerald Publishing Limited.

  • Diasio, S. (2021) "A Techno-Social Perspective of Innovation Jams: Defining and Characterizing. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management," February DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2021.1884674

  • Diasio, S. (2019) "An Alternative History of Open Innovation: A Complimentary View to Xerox PARC, European Academy of Management Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.

  • Diasio, S. (2017) "Open Models of Decision Support: Towards a Framework,"  International Society for Professional Innovation Management, Melbourne, Australia.

  • Diasio, S. (2017) "Problem-Solvers and Solution-Seeking Firms: Connecting Learning to Innovation Contests," European Academy of Management Conference, Glasgow, Scotland.

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  • Diasio, S. (2016) Learning from Open Innovation Contests: Exploring Problem-Solvers and Solution-Seeking Firms, ISPIM - International Society for Professional Innovation Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  • Diasio, S. (2016) , European Management Journal. , Pages 125鈥�134 (Impact Factor 1.43)

  • Diasio, S. (2016) (Awarded Best Paper in Innovation SIG), European Academy of Management Conference, Paris, France.

  • Diasio, S. (2015) , DRUID15 Conference, Rome, Italy.

  • Diasio, S. (2015) Not All That Jazz! Jamband as a Metaphor for Organizing New Models of Innovation, European Academy of Management Conference, Warsaw, Poland.

  • Diasio, S., Bakici, T. (2010) , DRUID-DIME Academy Winter 2010 Conference, Aalborg (DK).

  • Diasio, S., (2010) , AMCIS 2010 Proceedings. Paper 332. Lima, Peru.

  • Diasio, S., Agell, N., (2009) , CSCWD, pp. 692鈥�697, 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, Santiago, Chile.

  • 3RD AEM and TIM PhD Programs Joint Paper Development Workshop
    鈥淓ntrepreneurship, Innovation, Internationalization: A Multidisciplinary Perspective鈥�
    25-26 May 2020, Virtual Workshop

Service

  • Co-chair of the Innovation SIG European Academy of Management

  • Chair for the Open Innovation Track

  • (Show and Podcast)

  • Advisory member of the 国产短视频St. Petersburg Campus Council

  • Inaugural founding board member for the

  • Award winner 国产短视频Chancellors Award of Excellence

  • Award winner Inno Tampa Bay Top 50 Innovators of Tampa Bay (Tampa Bay Business Journal and American Business Journal)