Episodes
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Welcome back to the second part of our interview with Professor Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Chair of Management Studies at McGill University in Canada.
Henry is the author of over 20 books focusing on management and strategy including his 2015 work, Rebalancing Society, the primary focus of these conversations.
In the first episode, we gained an overview of Henry’s work and the theoretical underpinnings of Rebalancing Society.
In this conversation, we begin with an exploration of how a leader could apply Henry’s research and practice to run a more successful organisation and, in so doing, help rebalance society. We explore how a more human-centred approach to leadership, with an emphasis on customer and stakeholder experience, and how valuing experienced managers over MBA-holding external hires with increased collaboration can transform outcomes for everyone. To help shape the dialogue, we use an example of a healthcare business, but the actions could work in most organisations.
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
My guest today is Professor Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Chair of Management Studies at McGill University in Canada.
Henry is the author of over 20 books focusing on management, organisations, strategy, healthcare and Rebalancing Society, the primary focus of this conversation.
He has pioneered a more practical and profitable approach to manager development as co-founder of the International Masters Program for Managers and the International Masters for Health Leadership, and champions the value of experienced managers over MBAs.
He has received an extraordinary number of awards and citations in his 60-year career including the Order of Canada and twenty-one honorary degrees from universities around the world. He was described by Tom Peters as perhaps the world’s premier management thinker.
In the first part of this conversation, we discuss the need to rebalance society through more practical and prophetic management approaches. We explore the flawed nature of our current economic system, which leads to power concentration in privileged elites. We also look at how disengagement and indifference are growing in society, particularly in the workplace. We then begin to explore how citizens could restructure our society to foster more community and engagement to correct these imbalances.
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
In this conversation, we speak with Patrick Fagan, co-author with Laura Dodsworth of Free Your Mind - The New World of Manipulation and How to Resist it. He is also the author of Hooked - Why cute sells and other marketing magic we just can’t resist. He was the lead psychologist for the commercial arm of Cambridge Analytica. Today he combines an academic career with his role as Chief Scientific Officer at behavioural science consultancy Capuchin.
In this talk, we explore the effects of media consumption on attention and manipulation, how governments are increasingly using nudging techniques to influence and manipulate their citizens in the same way companies seek to influence and manipulate consumers. We discuss the need for intellectual humility in public discourse and the psychological influences on individuals. Finally, we look at ways we can all protect ourselves to maintain our freedom of thought and choice.