Service Design Book Club with James Stauch
James Stauch is our guest speaker for the online book club event in July.
Book: The 55 Minutes
Co-Authors: James Stauch, Anna Johnson, and Daniela Papi-Thornton
Guest Speaker: James Stauch
Discussion on Chapter 5: Complexity Check: How complex is the problem?
Join us for an engaging conversation with James and fellow service design enthusiasts!
Event details
Date: Friday, July 17, 2026
Time: 11 am to 12 pm (EST) | 5 pm to 6 pm (CET) | Time zone converter
Location: Online event
Agenda
Introductions - 5 minutes
Overview of the chapter by James - 20 minutes (will be recorded)
Conversations with James - 30 minutes
Note: The Zoom link will be shared with registered participants.
About the guest speaker
Based in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, James works as a Complex Systems Strategist for Western Canada-based ATCO Ventures, where he advises on integrating a systems-led, problem-informed approach to innovation.
He is the lead author of the book: The 55 Minutes: An atlas to navigate problems, reveal systems, and ask beautiful questions in a radically shifting world (2025).
James also holds concurrent appointments as Executive in Residence, J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management & Entrepreneurship, University of New Brunswick, and Executive in Residence at Innovation North within Western University's Ivey School of Business.
He was previously a Visiting Fellow at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School from 2024 to 2026.
Prior to this, James served for over a decade (2013-2024) as the founding Executive Director of the Institute for Community Prosperity at Mount Royal University and before this in a variety of executive and program design roles with the Toronto-based Gordon Foundation.
About Service Design Book Club
Please read about our first meet-up on Medium, visit our website, and follow our LinkedIn page or LinkedIn newsletter for information about the upcoming events.
If you have any questions before our meet-up, please feel free to send them to [email protected].
Code of Conduct
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We do not tolerate harassment of event participants in any form.
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