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How we shop today certainly isn’t the same as it was before March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic launched a swift if unsteady shift in shopping habits, both online and in-person, and retailers quickly learned that adaptation was essential to survival. Today, a hybrid retail approach is leading the way to increased sales.

In episode 4 of the second season of Delve's The "New Normal" podcast series, Professor Mehmet Gumus from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University joins journalist Dave Kaufman to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic helped to speed up the shift in how people shop and consume, what the future of brick-and-mortar establishments might look like, and the increasing role of omnichannel shopping in the everyday shopping experience of the consumer.

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Delve’s The "New Normal" podcast series is a collaboration between journalist Dave Kaufman and Delve, the official thought leadership platform of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. The “New Normal” is produced by Delve and Dave Kaufman, with audio engineering by David Rawalia. Each episode looks in-depth at a different aspect of the new normal that we are all navigating due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Original music by Saku Mantere.

Dave Kaufman is a Montreal-based journalist and commentator. He has worked for CJAD 800 and TSN 690 Radio in Montreal, CTV News Channel, CTV Montreal, and TalkRadio and SkyNews in the United Kingdom. He has written for the National Post, Montreal Gazette, and Toronto Sun and other publications. Follow him on Twitter at @TheKaufmanShow.

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Many companies aim to be carbon neutral by 2030 or 2040, but often their goals don’t include emissions from supply chains. “Given that supply chain emissions are six to 20 times that of direct emissions, if companies want to seriously consider their carbon footprint and make a meaningful change, the holy grail of sustainable operations is in reducing your scope three, that is, your supply chain,” says McGill Desautels Faculty of Management Professor Sanjith Gopalakrishnan.

Reducing the environmental impact of supply chain emissions depends on both public pressure and government regulation. In Delve’s The "New Normal" podcast series, Professor Gopalakrishnan joins journalist Dave Kaufman to discuss the impact that supply chain management has on climate change, how to mitigate the environmental impact caused by supply chain greenhouse gas emissions, and whether progress made in the rationalization of greenhouse gases will allow for the Paris Accord targets to be achieved.

Read more on Delve and read the transcript.

Delve’s The "New Normal" podcast series is produced by Delve and Dave Kaufman, with audio engineering by David Rawalia. Each episode looks in-depth at a different aspect of the new normal that we are all navigating due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Original music by Saku Mantere.

Dave Kaufman is a Montreal-based journalist and commentator. He has worked for CJAD 800 and TSN 690 Radio in Montreal, CTV News Channel, CTV Montreal, and TalkRadio and SkyNews in the United Kingdom. He has written for the National Post, Montreal Gazette, and Toronto Sun and other publications. Follow him on Twitter at @TheKaufmanShow.

You can subscribe to the Delve podcast on all major podcast platforms, including Apple podcasts and Spotify, and follow Delve on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

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Social inequalities are responsible for the loss of millions of ideas and inventions over hundreds of years. Recently dubbed the “Lost Einsteins” effect, this loss over time is measurable today in a decline in innovation, slowing economic growth, and repercussions on all sectors, from technology to health care. The gender gap among inventors affects what gets invented – and consequently who benefits from innovation.

Desautels Faculty of Management Professor John-Paul Ferguson investigates the question of whether members of specific social groups may be more likely to patent inventions targeted toward their own group's needs and interests. He and his colleagues at Harvard Business School and the Universidad de Navarra in Barcelona share their findings in research paper, "Who do We Invent For? Patents by Women Focus More on Women's Health, but Few Women Get to Invent," published in the journal Science.

In this episode of the Delve podcast, we talk with Professor Ferguson about his research and bring in the first-hand experience of two professionals who recently patented inventions in the field of health care. Dr. Lucy Gilbert is a surgeon, McGill professor and the Director of Gynecologic Oncology and Director of the Women’s Health Research Unit at McGill University and McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). She is the founder of the DOvEE clinics in Montreal, which stands for Diagnosing Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers Early, and she and her team have developed a new genetic pap-test called DOvEEgene for detecting gynecologic cancers very early before they even cause the symptoms that indicate a serious treat to life.

Our other guest, Negin Ashouri, is an engineer, computer scientist and young biomedical entrepreneur who offers another perspective on the issue of women and biomedical invention. She is Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of FemTherapeutics, a company that applies artificial intelligence to the field of medicine in her team’s recent invention, created to meet an unmet need in gynecological medicine: a 3D-printed pessary device that processes measurements by a doctor to design a pessary with the optimal fit. She recently received the prestigious Mitacs Change Agent Entrepreneur Award for her and her team’s work.

Read more on Delve and read the transcript.

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Digital technologies today are highly generic and highly specific at the same time – even a mobile phone is also a translator, a map and an entertainment system – complicating the design of organizational strategy. In the latest episode of the Delve podcast, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management and James McGill Professor Yolande Chan discusses a “digital ecodynamics” approach to organizational strategy, where technology is at the core of strategy from the start.

This strategic lens encourages organizations to examine their own digital ecosystems within a climate of constant change, from the multiple technologies co-existing within an organization to the potential paths toward knowledge and innovation. “If you look at an organization that wants to grow in an environment that is uncertain, a lot of experimentation can be done very inexpensively using digital tools,” says Chan. “See the technology that you already have and strategically use that technology.”

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For more insights, listen to the full interview with Yolande Chan and read the accompanying article on Delve. You can subscribe to the Delve podcast on all major podcast platforms, including Apple podcasts and Spotify.

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Small and medium sized enterprises account for as much environmental impact as the entire Canadian transportation industry—yet solving their climate impact requires a unique peer-to-peer approach.

In episode 2 of the second season of The "New Normal" Delve podcast series, Professor Dror Etzion from McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management joins journalist Dave Kaufman to discuss the role of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the global fight for climate sustainability.

“Sustainability is often a source of innovation in good business ideas,” says Etzion. “The question is not whether people are aware and believe that climate sustainability is an issue, but whether they're comfortable in engaging with it wearing the hat of a business owner.”

In his conversation with Kaufman, Etzion Illustrates the power of a “peer-to-peer inspiration model of change” for this diverse and competitive community of entrepreneurs. He also outlines the technologies that are helping SMEs thrive and how the McGill-founded PIVOT action research project and online social platform is encouraging SMEs to take climate action today and for the future.

Read more on Delve and read the transcript.

For more insights, listen to the full interview with Dror Etzion. The "New Normal" is a collaboration between journalist Dave Kaufman and Delve. Each episode looks in-depth at a different aspect of the new normal that we are all navigating due to the COVID-19 pandemic. You can subscribe to the Delve podcast on all major podcast platforms, including Apple podcasts and Spotify.

Dave Kaufman is a Montreal-based journalist and commentator. He has worked for CJAD 800 and TSN 690 Radio in Montreal, CTV News Channel, CTV Montreal, and TalkRadio and SkyNews in the United Kingdom. He has written for the National Post, Montreal Gazette, and Toronto Sun and other publications. Follow him on Twitter at @TheKaufmanShow.

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The word terroir conjures unique European flavours and landscapes, flora and fauna, champagne and Parmigiano-Reggiano. As global trade, brand marketing, and niche competition grew in the past half-century, terroir—and authentic, identity-rich products overall—has also grown in both scope and value.

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Speaking to Delve's Robyn Fadden, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management Professor Robert David discusses his research on the emerging lucrative realm of Quebec terroir, and how products like Quebec cheese fit within it, showing how terroir has flourished not only for its flavours but as a phenomenon crafted by overlapping social, cultural, and even political factors.

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Launching the second season of Delve‘s The “New Normal” podcast series, Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University joins journalist Dave Kaufman to discuss why businesses should embrace a hybrid work method, why the future of workspaces needs to change from the status quo, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has forced management to change in order to adapt to a new reality—plus the one thing companies can do for remote workers to make sure they’ve got their backs.

“So many CEOs were against remote work,” says Reyt. “A year into the pandemic they were saying, ‘Well, we're going to do hybrid work. We're going to work several days a week from home, several days a week from the office, or whatever mix you find.’ That creates new challenges as well, because now you have to figure out how you’re going to manage people in this new work environment."

"There have been a lot of interesting challenges and a lot of evolution in the way CEOs have been thinking about it," Reyt continues. "But most importantly, it's been a radical shift in the way we consider the relationship between the organization and the employee, and the relationship between the employee and their work.”

Read more on Delve and read the transcript.

The "New Normal" is a collaboration between journalist Dave Kaufman and Delve, the official thought leadership platform of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. You can subscribe to the Delve podcast on all major podcast platforms and follow Delve on social media.

Dave Kaufman is a Montreal-based journalist and commentator. He has worked for CJAD 800 and TSN 690 Radio in Montreal, CTV News Channel, CTV Montreal, and TalkRadio and SkyNews in the United Kingdom. He has written for the National Post, Montreal Gazette, and Toronto Sun and other publications. Follow him on Twitter at @TheKaufmanShow. Audio engineering on The "New Normal" is by David Rawalia.

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In the past decade, a new kind of consumer has arisen, a fusion of myriad tastes and eclectic wants, prone to mixing highbrow with lowbrow, and just a little obsessed with all things unique, crafted and authentic. This consumer has been dubbed the “cultural omnivore.” The rise of the cultural omnivore identity brought with it an increased consumer desire for authenticity in everything from fashion brands to restaurants. How to win the heart and wallet of the cultural omnivore? Look no further than gourmet food trucks, which hit a sought-after balance of DIY spirit, twists on tradition and pop-up intrigue.

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Speaking to Delve's Robyn Fadden, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management Professor Daphne Demetry discusses the gourmet food truck trend that took off in 2008 and shows no sign of slowing down. An entrepreneurship experience high in creativity, culture, and community and low in risk (and possibly revenue), gourmet food trucks illuminate how authenticity and associated identities are constructed by both business owners and consumers alike. This drive for authenticity sparks broader questions about personal and collective identity creation in urban entrepreneurship and beyond.

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In episode 6 of The "New Normal" podcast series, Professor Saku Mantere from The Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, and Editor-in-Chief of Delve, discusses how organizations have responded and adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic: whether universities, governments, or businesses, many responded to the crisis by adapting quickly and performing beyond expectations. Why are some organizations at their best when facing a problem, while others flag? Professor Mantere also addresses the effects of Zoom – and the lack of physical classrooms and workspaces – on organizations, innovation processes, and the future of work in an even more rapidly changing world.

Read more on Delve and read the transcript.

The "New Normal" is a collaboration between journalist Dave Kaufman and Delve, the official thought leadership platform of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. Each episode looks in-depth at a different aspect of the new normal that we are all navigating due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the Delve podcast on all major podcast platforms.

Dave Kaufman is a Montreal-based journalist and commentator. He has worked for CJAD 800 and TSN 690 Radio in Montreal, CTV News Channel, CTV Montreal, and TalkRadio and SkyNews in the United Kingdom. He has written for the National Post, Montreal Gazette, and Toronto Sun and other publications. Follow him on Twitter at @TheKaufmanShow. Audio engineering on The "New Normal" is by David Rawalia.

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In episode 5 of The "New Normal," Professor Samer Faraj from The Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University speaks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has created an overreliance on corporate technological behemoths. Faraj breaks down the ever-growing role of digitization on our society and examines who benefits from the UBER-ization of our daily lives: all who take part in the gig economy or only to those who are “on top"?

Read more on Delve and read the transcript.

The "New Normal" is a collaboration between journalist Dave Kaufman and Delve, the official thought leadership platform of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. Each episode looks in-depth at a different aspect of the new normal that we are all navigating due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to the Delve podcast on all major podcast platforms.

Dave Kaufman is a Montreal-based journalist and commentator. He has worked for CJAD 800 and TSN 690 Radio in Montreal, CTV News Channel, CTV Montreal, and TalkRadio and SkyNews in the United Kingdom. He has written for the National Post, Montreal Gazette, and Toronto Sun and other publications. Follow him on Twitter at @TheKaufmanShow. Audio engineering on The "New Normal" is by David Rawalia.

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