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Dr. Peter Cappelli, one of the world’s foremost experts on human resources and workforce management, joins as the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and Director of Wharton’s Center for Human Resources, sharing key insights from his acclaimed book Our Least Important Asset: Why the Relentless Focus on Finance and Accounting is Bad for Business and Employees, which challenges prevailing corporate priorities.

This book argues that modern corporations increasingly treat employees as expendable costs rather than core assets, largely because financial accounting rules and investor pressures reward headcount reduction and short-term savings over long-term people development. It describes a shift back toward Theory X-style control and surveillance, highlights how policies like “unlimited vacation” and AI initiatives often prioritize balance-sheet optics and cost-cutting, and calls on HR leaders to quantify hidden people costs and advocate directly with CEOs for more employee-centric strategies.

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Prof. Cynthia Clark, John W. Poduska Professor of Governance and Founding Director of the Harold S. Geneen Institute of Corporate Governance at Bentley University, shares insights from her acclaimed book Giving Voice to Values in the Boardroom.

Dr. Cynthia Clark’s Giving Voice to Values in the Boardroom equips directors with a practical roadmap for acting on their ethics in the face of real boardroom pressures. Drawing on the Giving Voice to Values framework, it walks readers through core governance challenges such as strategy oversight, director independence, cyber risk, executive pay, and CEO succession, using realistic “board challenges” to surface tensions and trade-offs. By combining governance context, cases, and guided action planning, the book helps board members, committee chairs, and other governance professionals prepare what they will actually say and do when values, power, and performance collide.

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Dr. Gidon Eshel, Research Professor of Environmental Physics at Bard College, shares expert insights from his newly published book, "Planetary Eating: The Hidden Links between Your Plate and Our Cosmic Neighborhood," exploring how dietary choices shape both personal health and planetary well-being.

Human diets exert an outsized influence on planetary health because agriculture dominates global land use, drives much of the world’s water pollution, and is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Dr. Gidon Eshel’s work shows that shifting from beef-heavy diets to plant-based foods such as lentils, chickpeas, and grains can reduce resource use by an order of magnitude, freeing land, water, and energy while also lowering emissions and improving health outcomes. He challenges popular myths that grass-fed beef is climate-friendly and that “local” automatically means sustainable, arguing that farm-level efficiency and overall production methods matter far more than distance travelled. His research also highlights nuanced trade-offs such as organic farming’s benefits for reducing chemical exposure versus its higher land demand and calls for integrated agricultural systems that blend the efficiency of industrial farming with the ecological care of small-scale models to support both human well-being and long-term planetary integrity.

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Roland Wyn Jones, Senior Director of Communications Content in the Marketing and Communications division at Columbia Business School, shares key insights from his work titled “From Newsroom to Boardroom: Crafting Business Narratives in the Digital Age.”

Roland Wyn Jones leads content creation and social media at Columbia Business School, using a multi-platform strategy to share academic research with business leaders. He emphasizes the importance of editorial independence while collaborating with faculty to ensure intellectual rigor and institutional reputation. His team produces short videos for engagement and longer ones for deeper exploration, focusing on translating technical research into accessible insights without diluting its value.

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Dr. Michel Tuan Pham, Kravis Professor of Business and Chair of the Marketing Division at Columbia Business School, shares key insights from his research, “The Power of Feelings: How Emotions Shape Consumer and Executive Decision-Making.”

Dr. Michel Tuan Pham identifies four main sources of emotions in decision-making: integral (from the object itself), incidental (from unrelated moods), anticipated (expectations of future feelings), and semi-integral (associations tied to the object, like endorsements). Integral emotions provide relevant information for decisions, while incidental and semi-integral emotions can mislead. Mild emotions help, but very intense feelings may distort judgment. In consumer behavior, emotions are powerful because they arise quickly, feel true, work unconsciously, and shape later rationalization. Marketing should ethically use emotions where expected, but avoid manipulative or deceptive strategies. For executives, subtle intuitive feelings can serve as valuable decision cues when their source is unclear, reflecting accumulated knowledge. Marketers and leaders should shape initial emotional responses, respect consumer autonomy, and recognize how both emotions and rational thinking interact in choice-making.

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Professor David Baker, Director at Baker Consulting, Principal and Chief Executive of Plymouth Marjon University, and Deputy Chair of the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee, along with Dr. Lucy Ellis, Associate at David Baker Consulting and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, discuss pivotal insights from their edited volume, "Libraries, Digital Information, and COVID: Practical Applications and Approaches to Challenge and Change." Their discussion explores how libraries are adapting to the profound transformations in digital information delivery and physical service provision during and beyond the pandemic.

Professor David Baker and Dr. Lucy Ellis, leading experts in library and information science, explore the profound transformations libraries have experienced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their discussion highlights the urgent need to address the digital divide through targeted strategies such as device lending, digital literacy programs, and equitable infrastructure investments. They also emphasize the evolving purpose of libraries as essential hybrid spaces balancing physical and digital services, supporting staff well-being, and adopting innovative service models that emerged during the crisis. The conversation underscores the importance of sustainability, equity, and adaptability, urging library leaders to embrace hybrid approaches and prioritize user access, staff resilience, and continual innovation for the future.

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Dr. Anita Basalingappa, Professor of Marketing and Chairperson of Online Programs at MICA, India, shares insights from her research, "From Classrooms to Clicks: How Online Learning Shapes Strategic Marketing Leaders."

Dr. Anita Basalingappa’s research highlights how online executive programs in marketing provide unique advantages, equipping leaders with time optimization skills and the ability to immediately apply new knowledge in professional settings without disrupting workflow. Her findings show that online learning helps both digital natives and non-digital natives operate more efficiently in hybrid work environments, fostering ongoing skill development and enabling data-driven decision-making aligned with current industry practices. By leveraging technologies like Zoom, Teams, and other digital platforms for peer collaboration, online marketing education now closely mirrors the experiential depth of classroom-based learning while allowing greater flexibility, increased networking, and stronger opportunities for continuous engagement and career advancement.

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Dr. Jennifer Clapp, Tier I Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability and Professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo, joins us to discuss the critical themes from her new book Titans of Industrial Agriculture, which examines how corporate consolidation has transformed the global farm sector and why it matters.

Corporate dominance in agriculture has emerged through a century of technological change, policy choices, and market consolidation that gradually shifted power from farmers to a handful of global firms. From tractors, synthetic fertilizers, and hybrid seeds to today’s digital tools and genome editing, each wave of innovation has reinforced an industrial model that locks farmers into costly input systems and benefits large corporations with patents, scale, and privileged access to finance. The result is concentrated control over machinery, seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, with significant consequences for prices, farmer autonomy, environmental sustainability, and the resilience of global food systems.

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Dr. Andrea Gregg, Director of Learning Experience Design and Associate Research Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, shares thought-provoking insights from her research-driven book High-Impact Design for Online Courses: Blueprinting Quality Digital Learning in Eight Practical Steps.

The HIDOC model, developed by Dr. Andrea Gregg and colleagues, offers an eight-step, research-informed framework to help faculty design high-quality online courses without relying on extensive instructional design support. It guides instructors from understanding learners and crafting meaningful, measurable outcomes to structuring clear learning pathways, aligning assessments, and curating or creating accessible content. The model emphasizes pedagogy-first technology choices, robust learner support, and a mindset of continuous improvement so that online courses are purposefully designed for the digital environment rather than simply converted from face-to-face formats.

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Dr. Jeffrey Yip, Associate Professor of Management at Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business, offers transformative insights through his innovative "Listen and Build to Unlock Change" approach. Drawing on extensive research and practical leadership experience, Dr. Yip emphasizes that attentive listening is not just a soft skill, it is the foundational discipline that unlocks meaningful organizational change and drives effective leadership.

Dr. Jeffrey Yip’s research sheds light on the “listening paradox” the reality that listening is hardest precisely when it’s needed most, such as during conflicts, emotional situations, or employee grievances. Managers often default to a speaking reflex, prioritizing solutions over understanding, but Yip’s work stresses three critical perspectives: the listener’s own mental experience, whether the speaker truly feels heard, and the impact of structured formats (like interviews or meetings) on effective listening. His “Listen and Build to Unlock Change” approach, taught in executive programs, emphasizes gathering input through attentive listening and then acting on diverse perspectives to fuel innovation and drive organizational momentum.

This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. For more information, please visit www.globalmanagementconsultancy.com.

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