McGill Delve Podcast

This week on the McGill Delve podcast, our editor-in-chief is in the hot seat. Saku Mantere is a professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Desautels Faculty of Management. Over the course of his career, he’s identified six ways to understand creativity. These frameworks can help you unlock the creativity that’s within you and your organization.We begin this episode with an overview of Professor Mantere’s six pillars of creativity. Then, he and interviewer Eric Dicaire explore how Mantere teaches creativity to undergraduate students. In the second half of the conversation, they dive into what creativity can look like in the workplace and how different organizations might encourage different kinds of creativity, citing examples from X and Google.--McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. This episode of the podcast was hosted and edited by Eric Dicaire. Saku Mantere is McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music.--STAY IN TOUCHEmail: delve@mcgill.caYouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelve

Are unions for everyone?Tony Masi is a Professor of Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour at McGill University. In this podcast interview, he shows us unions attach themselves to social movements that benefit both their members and society as a whole, which has led to some of the biggest social changes of the 20th century. But this kind of work isn’t easy. If they want to win, union leaders need vision, political acumen, and a lot of friends.In this podcast interview, Professor Tony Masi joins Eric Dicaire to discuss unions, social ties, and how they impact society. They begin by talking about the role of unions in some of the major victories of the past century. Then they get into how unions align themselves with other social organizations, and what kind of tensions this can cause for union leaders. They conclude the conversation with a look at the current state of union membership and behaviour in North America.-READFrom Unwoven Societal Relationships to a Broad-Based Movement? Union Power in Societal Networks in Quebec (Canada), by Lorenzo Frangi, Anthony Masi, and Bénédicte Poirier.In the interest of everyone? Support for social movement unionism among union officials in Quebec (Canada), by Lorenzo Frangi, Sinisa Hadziabdic, and Anthoni Masi.-McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Eric Dicaire hosted, produced, and edited this episode. Saku Mantere is McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music.

In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, Professor Lisa Cohen talks about the fascinating and crucial process of job designing in startups. She explains how job creation impacts startups, the numerous challenges managers and founders face when hiring, and how startups differ from larger, more established firms. Read Professor Cohen's paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5212434_Routines_and_Incentives_The_Role_of_Communities_in_the_FirmSTAY IN TOUCH Email: delve@mcgill.ca YouTube: @McGillDelve Instagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGill LinkedIn: McGillDelve McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. This is episode of the podcast was hosted, produced, and edited by Eric Dicaire. Saku Mantere produced all the original music. He is also McGill Delve's editor-in-chief.

In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, Professor Rim Hariss talks price strategies. Supply and demand, manufacturing costs, and other operational factors are important determinants of a product’s price. But beyond that, retailers can manipulate prices to tell a story about their brand.Professor Hariss explains how price skimming affects relationships with consumers, how price anchoring influences consumer behaviour, and the opportunities and risks of putting your products on sale.Rim Harris is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the Desautels Faculty of Management. This episode was inspired by her paper titled “Markdown Pricing with Quality Perception.” Read it here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3634129STAY IN TOUCHEmail: delve@mcgill.caYouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelveMcGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform for the Desautels Faculty at Management of McGill University. Eric Dicaire hosted, edited, and mixed this episode. Saku Mantere composed the original music and is Delve’s Editor-in-Chief.

Personal finance may seem complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, Professor Benjamin Croitoru walks us through how to control our finances, avoid common investing mistakes, and feel more comfortable speaking to financial advisors. Professor Croitoru is an associate professor of finance at McGill University and the academic director of McGill Personal Finance Essentials, a free course on financial literacy. Learn more here: https://www.mcgillpersonalfinance.com/Looking for more great management thought leadership? Visit delve.mcgill.ca-Get in touch with us!Email: delve@mcgill.caYouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelve-McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform for the Desautels Faculty at Management of McGill University. Dr. Sabine Dhir hosted this episode of the Delve podcast. Eric Dicaire edited and mixed the show. Saku Mantere composed the original music.

Anicet Fangwa is an Assistant Professor in Strategy and Organization at the Desautels Faculty of Management. In this episode of the Delve Podcast, he highlights three simple management tactics that can reduce infant mortality rates in the Democratic Republic of Congo: performance-based incentives, auditing, and feedback. With these management tools, institutional donors can maximize the impact of their funding and potentially save lives.-- LINKSStudy: The Governance of Non-Profits and their Social Impact: Evidence from a Randomized Program in Healthcare in the Democratic Republic of Congo Home: delve.mcgill.caYouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelve -- McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform for the Desautels Faculty at Management of McGill University. Dr. Sabine Dhir hosted this episode of the Delve podcast. Eric Dicaire edited and mixed the show. Saku Mantere composed the original music.

Paola Perez-Aleman, Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization at McGill University, joins Dr. Sabine Dhir to discuss Brazil’s approach to building healthcare innovation capacity.Brazil has been building innovation capacity and cultivating knowledge networks in its fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), a public health issue that affects millions in Brazil and around the world. Since the 1970s, the country cultivated new knowledge networks, which include domestic and international organizations, with the goal of improving their innovation capabilities in healthcare. These efforts could provide a template for other nations hoping to do the same.--LINKSCreating innovation capabilities for improving global health: Inventing technology for neglected tropical diseases in BrazilHome: delve.mcgill.caYouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelve--McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform for the Desautels Faculty at Management of McGill University. Dr. Sabine Dhir hosted this episode of the Delve podcast. Eric Dicaire edited and mixed the show. Saku Mantere composed the original music.

Demetrios Vakratsas is a Professor of Marketing at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. In a recent study, he found that physicians use scientific evidence to learn about new specialty drugs, rather than consulting traditional marketing materials.They don’t need brochures. They don’t look at ads. Instead, specialists participate in word-of-mouth marketing to learn about drugs that could help their patients. So what does this mean for marketers in the pharmaceutical sector? And how does this affect the delivery of care for patients with rare diseases?Professor Vakratsas shares his insights on this episode of the McGill Delve podcast.-Visit our homepage and subscribe to our newsletter: delve.mcgill.caRead Professor Vakratras' study: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00222429231177627YouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelve-McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. This episode of the McGill Delve podcast was hosted and produced by Eric Dicaire, Assistant Editor at Delve. Professor Saku Mantere is Delve’s Editor-in-Chief and produced all the original music.