Just come back from the British Academy of Management conference in Harrogate – the get-together where many Business School faculty exchange latest thinking. The theme was ‘the Academy goes relevant!’ .. if only that were true ! It seems to be a general worry amongst business school faculty in many subjects, but especially Strategy, that their research is not seen by management or consultants as useful in the real world – there’s usually a host of sessions on this theme, for example, at the biggest such jamboree : the Academy of Management, which of course is American. But maybe I’m judging too harshly – take a look at what is available at http://meeting.aomonline.org/2008/ and tell us what you find that is useful.