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Episodes
How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization feat. Scott Anthony
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Anthony says that you say that the most powerful untapped source of energy in the world right now is the innovative energy within large companie...
The Power of Disagreement & Dissent feat. Charlan Nemeth
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss how exposure to disagreement changes how we think. Our guest’s research highlights the perils of consensus and the value...
Behavioral Change Isn't Always Easy feat. Art Markman
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cognitive science is kind of like the new philosophy. These days, the cognitive scientists are the ones that we look to figure out what the heck is go...
Our Emotions Are More Rational Than We Think feat. Eyal Winter
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Which is smarter -- your head or your gut? It's a familiar refrain: you're getting too emotional. Try and think rationally. But is it always good advi...
Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment feat. Benjamin Storey
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pursuit of happiness is a foundational principle of the American democratic experiment, and yet true happiness seems elusive for many Americans. ...
We Live in a Bacterial World feat. Martin Blaser
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Humans have gotten healthier and healthier over the years due to modern medicine and the power of antibiotics.. But those same antibiotics, when overu...
Blowing Up Best Practices feat. Geoff Tuff & Steve Goldbach
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Geoff Tuff is a principal of Deloitte Consulting LLP and holds various leadership positions across its Sustainability, Innovation, and Strategy practi...
Why Good People Need to Understand the Rules of Power feat. Jeff Pfeffer
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why are so many organizations run by ineffective or toxic leaders? Because it isn't the best leaders that succeed. Its the ones that best understand h...
Why Motivating Change is not Enough feat. Loran Nordgren
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we think about ideas like selling or marketing, we usually think of getting people to buy products. But Loran Nordgren is talking about getting p...
Who is Interested in HR? feat. John Boudreau
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Certainly not most academics, and probably not the business students they teach. The common perception around HR is that its focus is getting everyone...
Computer Science is Not A Value Neutral Enterprise feat. Rob Reich
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today says that the profession of programmer or coder is the most important occupation to have in the 21st century, and yet computer science...
The Art of Subtraction feat. Leidy Klotz
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leidy Klotz describes himself as an “academic trespasser.” Investigating underexplored intersections between engineering and behavioral science, L...
The Science of Self Awareness feat. Steve Fleming
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The notion of self awareness has been at the heart of philosophy for millenia. Now it’s the subject of research by neuroscientists, and is the focus...
Reflection in the Midst of Hustle Culture feat. Joseph Badarocco
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we say “reflection,” what comes to mind? Is it sitting in meditation, in a meadow or a sacred space?. Or is it sitting at your desk, taking a...
The Growing Field of Bullshit Studies feat. Carl Bergstrom
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every generation reaches a point where they claim that discourse has gone to hell. But that doesn't mean we’re going to miss out on our chance to co...
What’s Wrong with Banking feat. Anat Admati
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before the coronavirus pandemic, one of the biggest crises of our time was the global financial crisis. And even though that crisis passed, the underl...
New Ways of Working feat. Lynda Gratton
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Work used to have a rigid structure. You would punch in and out of the factory, leave your work behind at the office and go home. But as the lines bet...
The Importance of Discomfort feat. Aidan McCullen
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sharing fresh information to empower new thinking. That's the north star behind Aiden McCullen’s podcast The Innovation Show. This podcast is actual...
Why Startups Fail feat. Tom Eisenmann
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some philosophers of science would say that, if you can't fail, you can't learn. If you've got a theory of how the world's going to work, and the worl...
Recommendation Engines & Trust feat. Michael Schrage
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It was not too long ago when the first recommendation engines were created, originally to help researchers keep track of articles and information. Now...
The Tyranny of Metrics feat. Jerry Muller
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our obsession with metrics is causing damage across the board, from education and medicine, to the police, military, and foreign aid. But our guest sa...
Reversing The Epidemic of Food Allergies feat. Kari Nadeau
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gluten free or dairy free may just seem like menu options to some, But in fact, food allergies have become a major epidemic. They aren’t restricted...
Collaboration Overload feat. Rob Cross
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As collaboration tools and apps become more commonplace in the digital workplace, how can we balance their pros (team mindset, connection) with their ...
How To Be Happy feat. Raj Raghunathan
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of the smart and successful people in the business world are very good at achieving extrinsic goals of success, fame, money and power. But those...
Where Economics Meets Evolutionary Biology feat. Dario Maestripieri
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dario Maestripieri is a Professor in Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago, and is also affiliated with the Stevanovich Institute...
From the Evolution of Plants to Humor feat. Jonathan Silvertown
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Good jokes, bad jokes, clever jokes, dad jokes — the desire to laugh is universal. But why do we find some gags hilarious, whilst others fall flat? ...
The Importance of Data Literacy feat. Bill Franks
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Data literacy is now a baseline benchmark for being an intelligent manager.Bill Franks is the Director of the Center for Statistics and Analyti...
The Physical vs. Digital Divide Isn't Always Old vs. Young feat. Robert Siegel
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you develop products differently in the future? How do you organize your companies differently? What are the skill sets required of the leaders...
Game Theory, Negotiation Strategy and Fairness feat. Barry Nalebuff
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you're going to succeed in negotiation, It's about arguing with a reason. And what game theory and logic does is allow you to frame the negotiation...
Game Theory and Market Design feat. Al Roth
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Economists are no longer simply describing and understanding markets, but are often playing the role of “economic engineer”, improving existing ma...
Can Evolution Explain Everything? feat. Douglas Kenrick
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Kenrick is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. His research interests include integrating models from evo...
The Rise of the Economists feat. Binyamin Appelbaum
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Binyamin Appelbaum on the editorial board of the New York Times as well as a reporter there. He is also the author of “The Economists' Hour: False P...
We Are An Experiment That Is Still Unraveling Itself feat. Ian Tattersall
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is diving into anthropology, paleontology, archeology, and all of these related disciplines with Ian Tattersall.He is the curator emer...
Teachers Teach the Way They Were Taught feat. Tony Wagner
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The traditional notion is that schools are failing and they need “reforming.” But our guest believes that our education system is obsolete and nee...
Everyone Wants a Silicon Valley feat. Dan Breznitz
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Would you believe Cleveland used to be a hub for innovation? Now the Bay Area is the height of start ups and global technology. It seems like everybo...
Helpful or Harmful: The Inner Voice feat. Ethan Kross
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ethan Kross says the human ability to be introspective is a super power. We can time travel in our heads. We can be excited about planning the future,...
Modern Philosophy and The Role of The Philosopher feat. Justin E. H. Smith
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be a philosopher? What does it mean to DO Philosophy? What are the boundaries of philosophy as a discipline? These are just some ...
What Big Data Can't Do feat. Edward Tenner
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We like to think that technology makes the world a better place and that progress moves forward in a fairly linear fashion. And yet, there are plenty ...
The Crisis in Journalism feat. Will Slauter
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Major layoffs, fake news and misinformation, as well as social media wars against the media & journalists have been hot topics in the last few years w...
You Should Always Be Talking About Strategy feat. Jesper B. Sørensen
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Making strategy requires undertaking major―often irreversible―decisions aimed at long-term success in an uncertain future. Are you looking to thin...
Criminal Law, Moral Philosophy, and the Theory of Social Choice feat. Leo Katz
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Leo Katz’s work focuses on criminal law and legal theory. By connecting criminal law, moral philosophy, and the theory of social choice, he tries to...
Distinguishing Cultural Learning from Social Learning feat. Cecilia Heyes
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most people agree that nearly everything human is a mixture of both genetic inputs and cultural inputs. The question is about where the dividing line ...
Your Brain’s Models are Never Accurate feat. Michael Graziano
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brains arrive at the conclusion that they have an internal, subjective experience of things — an experience that is non-physical and inexplicable. H...
Seeking Virtue in Finance feat. JC de Swaan
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can finance professionals balance self-interest, client service, and the greater good? While finance is often portrayed as an occupation that is f...
Digital Transformation: Past, Present & Future feat. Didier Bonnet
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
87% of digital transformation initiatives fail to meet expectations. Do we raise expectations too high or is it really a problem of a failure to imple...
Will Every Business Become a Platform Business? feat. Geoff Parker
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Platforms are eating the world! While not every business is becoming a platform business in the strictest sense, every company needs to re-examine its...
Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation and Power feat. David Yoffie
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Yoffie has been a professor at Harvard Business School for 40 years where he has authored hundreds of cases, and a number of books, the most rec...
Knowledge vs. Know-How feat. César Hidalgo
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
César Hidalgo is the director of the Center for Collective Learning at the University of Toulouse, known for his contributions to economic complexity...
Is Drinking Alcohol an Evolutionary Mistake? feat. Edward Slingerland
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The short answer is no. According to Edward Slingerland our taste for alcohol is a practice found in nearly every culture, meaning that its consumptio...
It’s Almost Impossible To Undo A Bad Idea feat. John List
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why do some great business and policy ideas make it big while others fail to take off? That's the big question behind John List’s most recent book T...
Friendship Can Be A Template For All Other Relationships feat. Lydia Denworth
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we first started to study the social brain as a species, friendship was considered a luxury, it didn't aid us in survival. But now studies show t...
Dark Data: Why What You Don’t Know Matters feat. David Hand
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We like to think we have everything we need to make decisions based on the numbers we are presented in a data set. But any large data set is bound to ...
The Human Brain Is Far From Perfect feat. Dean Buonomano
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Buonomano is a professor of psychology and neurobiology at UCLA, and the author of Brain Bugs: How the Brain's Flaws Shape Our Lives, as well as ...
What Makes Us Unique? feat. David Linden
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You can have genetically identical siblings. They have the same genome. They lay right next to each other in the womb. They're born, and at the moment...
The Journey Beyond Fear feat. John Hagel
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Intensifying competition, accelerating change, extreme disruptive events. A combination of these elements are leading to a global shift to living in c...
Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong feat. Andrew Shtulman
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Humans are born to create theories about the world -- unfortunately, we're often wrong and our intuitive theories keep us from understanding science a...
Ownership: What It Is, and What It Isn't feat. Michael Heller
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to ownership, the same few simple stories are used from the playground to the courtroom. And the problem lies here, that we still have t...
You’re Probably Not Heading Back To The Office feat. David Burkus
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we head into year 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic, most knowledge workers are still working from home. You may be listening to this from your home offic...
Stress Begins Earlier Than You May Think feat. Daniel Keating
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There is no doubt that we are in a stress epidemic in our fast paced and modern world. But Daniel Keating says this may seem pretty paltry in comparis...
The Price We Pay For Pleasure feat. Anna Lembke
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Lembke says we are becoming a nation of addicts. She makes that pretty clear in her books with titles like Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance In Th...
Where Humans Fit in a Robotic Future feat. Frank Pasquale
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The robots will steal our jobs. That's how many people see the future of labor in the United States. But what do we stand to lose when humans aren’t...
How Working Less Could Improve Your Productivity feat. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a world where the hustle and the grind are glamorized, it can be almost radical to consider the importance of rest. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang wants to ...
Entrepreneurship and Nietzsche feat. Brad Feld
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking philosophy. And we know you may be thinking, somebody creating an app that entertains people or automates some routine office wo...
The Mind is Flat: The Illusion of Mental Depth and The Improvised Mind feat. Nick Chater
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When asked about what superpower they could have if possible, people often respond with mind reading. As humans, many of us are constantly thinking a...
2021: This Is The Best Time To Be Alive feat. Gregg Easterbrook
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Open any newspaper or website, and there are tons of people decrying the end of this or the decline of that. And even with the pandemic just now falli...
What It Means When The Rich Give To The Poor feat. William Easterly
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sending economic assistance from western, developed countries to poorer, developing countries has always been a virtuous and noble pursuit. But the et...
The Value We Place On A Life feat. Howard Friedman
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The intersection of public health and data science can be controversial. How much do we value human life? Can we ever put a dollar sign on it, and wha...
Using Behavioral Economics to Change the World for the Better feat. Kristen Berman
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the key insights of behavioral economics is that people don't do what they know they should do;. That information by itself is just not enough ...
When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency feat. Roger Martin
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Economists, policy makers, and business decision makers all agree on efficiency as a goal, with more better than less and who could object? Well, it a...
What Does It Mean To Be A Compassionate Leader? feat. Scott Shute
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Workers have more rights than maybe they've ever harnessed as a collective, and it's shaping the way leaders lead. We're starting to see the research ...
Your Friends Have More Influence Over You Than You Think feat. Matthew Jackson
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Think of a big decision you've made lately. The final call was most likely yours, but how did external factors weigh in? Did you talk it over with a s...
Can We Teach AI Systems Human Values? feat. Brian Christian
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AI & machine learning have been at the center of moral debate for decades now. Scientists and lay people alike know, or assume, that there will come a...
The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations feat. Philippe Aghion
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While many on the left are calling for radical change and the fall of capitalism, Philippe Aghion says the answer is to create better capitalism by un...
Influence, Power, and Harnessing Your Place in The Social Hierarchy feat. Vanessa Bohns
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You may not be a hot shot Instagram influencer, but you probably have more power to influence other people's decisions than you think. But on the flip...
The Power of the Corporation feat. Colin Mayer
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's been said that the most important invention of modern times is the corporation. And Colin Mayer agrees, saying the corporation is a “remarkable...
Think Like an Engineer feat. Guru Madhavan
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A combination of structure, constraints and trade, those are the essential ingredients of an engineering mindset. But those traits have benefits and a...
Physical Intelligence: The Relationship Between Mind and Body feat. Scott Grafton
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Physical intelligence is the most primitive and essential form of cognition. We rely on it to perform basic actions (changing a light bulb) to complic...
The Innovation Economy: Concepts Shaping Financial Markets feat. Bill Janeway
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The innovation economy begins with discovery and culminates in speculation. For the last 250 years, economic growth has been driven by a consistent pr...
Changes & Contagions: Spreading New Ideas and Behaviors to Make Great Things Happen feat. Damon Centola
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New social movements, beliefs, behaviors, and technologies often struggle to gain traction. Some diseases, such as Covid-19, spread quickly and create...
The Genius Makers: The People that Shaped Neural Networks in A.I. feat. Cade Metz
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The same technology that lets your daughter call up her favorite songs in Alexa is also used for government surveillance, racial profiling, and the cr...
The First 90 Days: Planning Your Success feat. Michael Watkins
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A determined leader is often motivated by the desire to take risks and move forward. Michael D. Watkins, the transition guru and author stresses the i...
Lost & Founder: Truths About StartUps feat. Rand Fishkin
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Entrepreneurs are drawn to stories of successful start-ups, but in reality, creating a business from scratch is more grueling than they anticipate. To...
Narratives and Numbers: Understanding The Value of Stories in Business feat. Aswath Damodaran
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can a company with no profits be valued at a multibillion-dollar level? Why do some start-ups receive large investments while others do not? Aswath Da...
Smellosophy: Understanding How Scents Affect Your Sensibilities feat. Ann-Sophie Barwich
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Certain smells can repel or attract, bring to mind emotionally charged memories or guide our behavior unconsciously. While some find the smell of som...
The Three-Box Solution for Corporate Innovation feat. Vijay Govindarajan
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation demands different skill sets, methods, and leadership approaches from business owners. The challenge for leaders is to find the balance bet...
Let’s Be Reasonable: The Role of Liberal Arts Education in Shaping Society feat. Jonathan Marks
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Colleges and universities used to be among the nation's most prestigious institutions. Recently, parents, as well as the public, have become more conc...
Understanding Noise: What Affects Human Judgement feat. Olivier Sibony
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers and academics tend to focus on what people have in common, instead of looking at individual differences and nuances, which often drive dec...
Mining the Imagination: Sparking New Ideas to Create Your Company’s Future feat. Martin Reeves
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Although knowledge is valuable, it is limited. In contrast, our imagination is limitless, allowing us to rethink problems and create solutions. Our im...
Ten Type of Innovation Principles For Meaningful and Sustainable Growth feat. Larry Keeley
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation is all about shifting focus. Most successful companies usually begin innovating by looking within--finding stale patterns of operating and ...
Tracing Textile History and Threads That Connect Cultures feat. Virginia Postrel
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Textiles have played a significant role in our history and culture, starting with the Stone Age and continuing to the present. As award-winning journa...
How Alien Thinking Can Help You With Breakthrough Ideas feat. Michael Wade
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the past decade, Michael Wade, professor of innovation and strategy at IMD Business School, and his co-authors studied the thought process of inve...
Randomistas and Radical Research: Uncovering What Works and What Doesn’t feat. Andrew Leigh
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Experimental research has been a perennial practice in the natural sciences, but social scientists have taken it up in recent decades as well. Randomi...
Narratives of Human Resiliency in Extreme Economies feat. Richard Davies
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To understand how humans react and adapt to economic change, we need to study how these people who live in harsh environments survived these condition...
Super Founders: Analyzing and Understanding the Data Behind Billion-Dollar Startups feat. Ali Tamaseb
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most billion-dollar startups are founded by non-technical individuals— one of the many insights that Ali Tamaseb notes in his recent book. Ali spent...
The Plague Cycle: Better Healthcare, Battling Epidemics, and Building Economies feat. Charles Kenny
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our collective ability to deal with infections has impacted human development for over 5,000 years. Through unprecedented advancements in hygiene and ...
Creative Construction: Innovation Strategies for Large Organizations feat. Gary Pisano
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For many established companies, enormous resources and risky decisions stand in the way of innovation. There are ample opportunities for innovation in...
The Illusion of Explanatory Depth feat. Steven Sloman
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
According to today’s guest, the human mind is both genius and pathetic, brilliant and idiotic. As a species, we have learned to control fire, estab...
Natural History of Economic Life: How Evolution Shaped Social Trust feat. Paul Seabright
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Company Of Strangers by renowned economist Paul Seabright illustrates how fragile everyday life can be. In this episode, he talks about the book a...
People Analytics and Humanizing Networks: How Teams Can Work Better feat. Ben Waber
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Measuring informal interactions can improve the chances of a major project's success. Ben Waber, CEO and co-founder of Humanyze, stresses the importan...
Practicing Zen and Mindful Leadership: Overcoming Stress in Business feat. Marc Lesser
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As modern leaders, we are challenged by the pace and complexity of change, the need for collaboration, and the push to align teams. Developing mindful...