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Disentangling Innovation Practices in Automation-Adopting Organizations: a Co-Performance Perspective

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 121 references
Computer Science

Abstract

As organizations increasingly adopt automation, innovation practitioners are responsible for selecting, adapting, testing, and implementing externally sourced innovations. However, little is known about how these upstream practices shape worker-automation arrangements, limiting our ability to intervene in innovation practice to address automation adoption challenges. To disentangle this relationship, we interviewed nine innovation practitioners at a major European airport pursuing long-term autonomous operations and analyzed their practices through a co-performance lens. We synthesize five co-performance design principles and examine where current practices align or conflict. Our findings reveal tensions: innovation practitioners prioritize full-automation arrangements while postponing human considerations; contextual constraints shape solutions, but openness to reconfiguration remains limited; and co-learning rarely extends beyond pilot phases. These insights provide HCI research and practice with guidance for reframing the conceptualization of automation, particularly by encouraging earlier consideration of human roles, promoting iterative visions, and recognizing workers as co-designers throughout innovation pipelines.

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