Mind Shift
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA podcast about innovation from UCL School of Management. In each episode we will speak to academics from the diverse community at the UCL School of Management and we will look through the lens of their research to get an insight into the rapidly shifting world of business today.
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Episodes
Queuing models and the implications of priority queue jumping
June 01, 2023 13:57 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MBIn the fifth episode of of Series Two of UCL School of Management's podcast, host and School Director, Davide Ravasi talks to Rouba Ibrahim Professor and Head (Operations and Technology) to discuss queuing systems and the suggestions from Rouba's research with School of Managment co-authors to improve the queuing systems. They discuss, how you can manage a queuing system when the first come, first served model doesn’t work? What is priority queue jumping and why do people do it? Rouba aims ...
Restructuring the unstructured
May 18, 2023 09:04 - 23 minutes - 33 MBIn the fourth episode of Series Two of UCL School of Management's podcast, host and School Director, Davide Ravasi talks to Associate Professor Onesun Steve Yoo and UCL School of Management alumni Mahesh De Zoysa as they share their insights on the use of natural language processing, machine learning and automated analytics to deliver reliable information to improve performance in industrial businesses, from the challenge of dealing with large, complex and often unstructured datasets, to fin...
AI and the future of recruitment
May 04, 2023 20:45 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBIn the third episode of Series Two of UCL School of Management's podcast, host and School Director, Davide Ravasi talks to Deputy Director (EDI) at UCL School of Management, Dr. Sunny Lee and UCL alumna Dr. Kiki Leutner as they share their insights on how companies are using artificial intelligence to improve and streamline their recruitment processes and discuss the pros and cons of using machines to process this data. Dr. Kiki Leutner and Dr. Sunny Lee discuss the advancements of AI in th...
Managing the Future of Work in a post-pandemic landscape
March 27, 2023 15:34 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBIn the second episode of Series Two of UCL School of Management's podcast, host and School Director, Davide Ravasi talks to James (Jim) Berry, Assistant Professor and Programme Director of the UCL MBA to understand the future of work and how best to foster a collaborative and creative environment with the new hybrid model of working. Jim shares his knowledge of the many facets of this new workplace cultural revolution. In this podcast, he answers the difficult questions, such as: how much ...
Understanding Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
March 09, 2023 11:27 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBIn the first episode of Series Two of UCL School of Management's podcast, host and School Director, Davide Ravasi talks to Clarissa Cortland and Felix Danbold about their research into diversity and inclusion in the workplace and understanding how organisations quantify their diversity goals. Felix explains how dominant groups are faster to draw the diversity lines than members of non-dominant groups that the diversity initiatives are trying to help and the effects of this in creating a dive...
Trailer Series 2 Mind Shift
January 11, 2023 17:49 - 1 minute - 2.57 MBIn anticipation of Series 2 of the UCL School of Management Podcast Mind Shift, host and School Director Davide Ravasi shares what to expect from Series 2. Not listened to Series One yet? Find a list of all episodes and more about the podcast here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to avoid micromanaging and inhibiting creativity
December 15, 2021 09:41 - 31 minutes - 23.5 MBIn the sixth episode of UCL School of Management's new podcast, host Vaughn Tan talks to Colin Fisher about his work on micromanagement and how to avoid it, especially in industries that require creativity. Colin explains how his experience as a professional musician helped shape his research focus, and the idea of how real-time interaction and improvisation in small groups lead us to new thoughts, new ways of behaving, and in some cases come up with something new that as individuals we woul...
The impact of frontline employee innovation
December 01, 2021 12:12 - 32 minutes - 24.2 MBIn the fifth episode of UCL School of Management's new podcast, host Vaughn Tan talks to Bilal Gokpinar about his work on frontline employee innovation. Bilal explains the short-term benefits of employee mobility such as knowledge transfer and the longer-term benefits where employees become better innovators. You can find out more about Bilal's work here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Blockchain: Decentralising organisations and solving the collective action problem
November 17, 2021 13:09 - 31 minutes - 22.9 MBIn the fourth episode of UCL School of Management's new podcast, host Vaughn Tan talks to Jean Philippe Vergne (JP) about his work on blockchain technology, analysing the origins of blockchain and decentralisation and how it has the potential to disrupt organisations, working styles and even solve the collective action problem. You can find out more about JP's work here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Innovation in healthcare through cross-sector collaboration
November 03, 2021 13:46 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBIn the third episode of UCL School of Management's new podcast, host Vaughn Tan talks to Angela Aristidou-Ritter about her work on cross sector collaboration in the healthcare industry and the benefits it brings by removing barriers for stakeholders and improving healthcare sustainability. You can find out more about Angela's work here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Platform competition, who really wins? with Joost Rietveld
October 20, 2021 10:34 - 31 minutes - 24 MBIn the second episode of UCL School of Management's brand new podcast, host Vaughn Tan talks to Joost Rietveld about his work on platform-complementor relationships, the strategic and policy implications and who the platforms really favour. You can find out more about Joost's work here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The future of cities and sustainability with Paolo Taticchi
October 06, 2021 09:30 - 29 minutes - 22.4 MBIn the first episode of this brand new podcast, host Vaughn Tan talks to Paolo Taticchi about his work in sustainability and how it's impacting the future of cities, education and business strategy across industries including motorsport and healthcare. You can find out more about Paolo's work here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.