We are back with the usual dose of fortnightly folksy academic wisdom sprinkled in with some serious and substantive conversations. We kick this new season off by discussing observations we made at this year’s Academy of Management conference in Chicago. We talk about how to get the most out of doctoral and junior faculty consortia, how to pick which session to go to, how papers get reviewed at conferences, which papers tend to get selected for presentation – and how to use your session as a platform to pitch your work and yourself and finish with a crescendo and a mic drop. References Kallinikos, J., Yoo, Y., Baldwin, C., Van Alstyne, M., Tucci, C. L., & Saar-Tsechansky, M. (2024). Perspectives on Digital Innovation. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, . Baskerville, R., Kaul, M., & Storey, V. C. (2017). Establishing Reliability in Design Science Research 38th International Conference on Information Systems, Seoul, Korea, . Aaltonen, A., Stelmaszak, M. (2024). Innovating in Data-based Reality: New Perspectives on Data as a Research Object. Academy of Management Professional Development Workshop, August 9, 2024, Chicago, Illinois. Meurer, M. M., Chalmers, D., Recker, J. (2024). Digital Technologies as Catalysts for Entrepreneurial Activities. Academy of Management Professional Development Workshop, August 9, 2024, Chicago, Illinois. Davidsson, P., Recker, J., & von Briel, F. (2020). External Enablement of New Venture Creation: A Framework. Academy of Management Perspectives, 34(3), 311-332.