Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss and debate a range of topics, some torn from the headlines, that are salient to business and the society we live in. Join in for lively, spirited discussions that are often unconventional, always insightful.
In the final episode of Atrium Talks, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss how large, successful organisations often need help to innovate. They point out that innovation and disruption come from young, small organisations and examine the reasons for it. They also discuss how individuals get caught up in their success and become caricatures of themselves over time. They explore how organisations and individuals reinvent themselves. If not, why not? If yes, how?Music Authors: Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
In this episode, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss how Entrepreneurship and innovation are best thought of as relay races. They take time (sometimes a very long time), require several runners (e.g. talent), and an infrastructure (financing, idea exchange) that supports passing the baton from one runner to the next.
In this episode of Atrium talks, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Choudhry discuss innovation arising from lone inventors as a myth. Population-level studies suggest that creativity flourishes in clusters: cities, large universities, and communities. They discuss why and how.
In this episode of Atrium Talks, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry suggest that creativity is not an innate trait but can be cultivated by individuals and organisations. They provide examples and strategies to help develop one's creative potential.
In this episode, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry delve into the complexities of creativity in our modern world. As we grapple with the challenges of today, they ask us to consider how we can truly innovate and create, not just incrementally, but with disruptive impact. Drawing on their research and insights, they set a context to explore what we can do as individuals, organisations, and society to unlock our full creative potential.Music Authors: Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
In this season of Atrium Talks, Professors Bhagwan Chowdhry and Deepa Mani explore the true human wonder: creativity and innovation. They offer valuable insights and practical strategies to harness this wonder as a person, an organisation and a nation. Music Authors: Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
In this final episode of Atrium Talks, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry draw lessons from Shakespeare's Macbeth about leadership, organisational culture, greed, and downfall.Music AuthorsSong: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
In this episode of Atrium Talks, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss insights ancient scriptures from around the world provide for individuals and businesses.Music AuthorsSong: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
In this episode, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss how researchers use models to make predictions. Predictions that are useful. But it is important not to forget that models are just that, models. They are not reality. They help us survive and thrive but do not necessarily lead us to the truth. So, we must use models with humility.Music AuthorsSong: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder#isbfaculty #AtriumTalks #ISBStudios
In this episode of Atrium Talks, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss Joseph Henrich's thesis that it is the collective intelligence of the human race that has helped it evolve and prosper, why the lessons from one collective (the West) may not apply to the other (the East), and how we can get the best without aping the West.Music AuthorsSong: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder#isbfaculty #AtriumTalks #ISBStudios
In this episode, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry share insights from two successful entrepreneurs, Kunal Shah and Naval Ravikant, on how to play the entrepreneurship game and create wealth for yourself and society. Music AuthorsSong: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder #ISBFaculty #AtriumTalks #ISBStudiosShow less
In this episode, Professors Bhagwan Chowdhry and Deepa Mani, discuss Christopher Hitchen's book of essays, "Arguably", where he goads us to question everything, celebrate misfits and diversity, cultivate tolerance, to experience freedom truly. Organisations that want to innovate can incorporate these lessons.Music AuthorsSong: Pastime ParadiseArtist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder#ISBFaculty #AtriumTalks #ISBStudios
In this upcoming Atrium Talks season, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss and debate the literature they love. Premiering on Thursday, 10th November. Music Authors: Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder#AtriumTalks #ISBFaculty #ISBStudios
How do you measure your life? In this finale episode of Season 03, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry suggest a few metrics. But they also argue that the ultimate freedom may come from Rebellion!#AtriumTalks #ISBFaculty #ISBStudiosMusic Authors: Song Pastime Paradise, Artist Ray Barretto, Writers Stevie Wonder.
Is Data the new Oil? Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry say it is much better than that. The new data sources give you reliable information in real-time, and new creative methods allow you to tease out causality from correlation. They argue that Data is also a competitive advantage that needs to be democratised.#AtriumTalks #ISBFaculty #ISBStudios Music Authors: Song Pastime Paradise, Artist Ray Barretto, Writers Stevie Wonder.
Are experts truly experts? When does the wisdom of the crowd give better predictions than expert predictions? When does the "wisdom" of the crowd become "madness" of the crowd and can lead you astray? Professors Deepa mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry will tell you - but don't listen to them - they are just experts!
We often fixate on stereotypes to judge probabilities or odds and make huge estimation errors. This happens not only with lay people but also with experts. Revising odds when new information arrives is even more complicated. What is the way around it? Professors Bhagwan Chowdhry and Deepa Mani show you how to use paper and pencil and do simple calculations. It matters. Sometimes, it matters a lot.#ISBfaculty #ISBstudios #AtriumTalks Music Authors: Song Pastime Paradise, Artist Ray Barretto, Writers Stevie Wonder.
Professor Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry talk about how humans don't have a good intuition for exponential phenomena. Humans think linearly, which works in the short term. But sometimes, things - such as Covid and Wealth (in the long term) - accumulate exponentially. They discuss a simple rule that allows you to do fast exponential calculations in your head, which you can use to impress family and friends and guard against foes and trends.#ISBfaculty #ISBstudios #AtriumTalks Music Authors: Song Pastime Paradise, Artist Ray Barretto, Writers Stevie Wonder.
Professors Bhagwan Chowdhry and Deepa Mani urge people to "Quantify Everything." Why? Some may rebel, saying that "my intuition has served me fine so far". Furthermore, why take the fun out of everything important in life? Watch what they have to say and then decide.#ISBfaculty #ISBstudios #AtriumTalks Music Authors: Song Pastime Paradise, Artist Ray Barretto, Writers Stevie Wonder.
How do we create excellence in society? Individual and organisational excellence may only create pockets of excellence. For excellence to pervade society at large, we need scale and coordination. Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry and Deepa mani discuss some ideas on how to achieve that.#ISBfaculty #ISBstudios #AtriumTalks Music Authors: Song Pastime Paradise, Artist Ray Barretto, Writers Stevie Wonder.
Excellent organisations sometimes get caught in a competence trap in the face of disruptive change. In this episode, Professors Bhagwan Chowdhry and Deepa Mani suggest short-term and long-term strategies for organisations to guard against such inertia and remain excellent even as the world changes discontinuously. #ISBfaculty #ISBstudios #AtriumTalks Music Authors: Song Pastime Paradise, Artist Ray Barretto, Writers Stevie Wonder.
Most organisations pay much attention to physical infrastructure but spend little attention to human capital development. In this episode, Professors Bhagwan Chowdhry and Deepa Mani discuss how to hire, motivate and retain talent for excellence. #ISBfaculty #AtriumTalks #ISBstudios Music credit: Song Pastime Paradise, Artist Ray Barretto, Writers Stevie Wonder.
Moving from Individual to the organisation, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss how to build, and sustain, a culture of excellence. They discuss specific techniques and provide examples of how some organisations have done this successfully. #AtriumTalks #ISBfaculty #ISBstudios Music credits Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
In Season 2, the focus is on how to build, scale and sustain excellence - both Individual and Organizational Excellence. In this episode, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry focus on three fundamental principles of excellence. They argue that everyone can achieve excellence and describe how to do that. #AtriumTalks #ISBfaculty #ISBstudios Music credits Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
In this final episode of Season 1, we explore the characteristics of business model disruptions caused by technology. Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss if education models we have become comfortable with will survive, or will we also be swept away? #AtriumTalks #ISBfaculty #ISBstudios Music credits Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
Social media has given rise to a new pernicious phenomenon - Fake News. And technology like Bots makes it worse. Right? Not true. The evidence is surprising. Further, Fake News is not new. How did societies deal with it in the past? How will we deal with it now? Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry look at the evidence in this episode of #AtriumTalks. #ISBfaculty #ISBstudios Music credits Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
What happens to societies that quench dissent? They end in violent revolutions. What happens to those who allow dissent? Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry look at the evidence in this episode of Atrium Talks. #AtriumTalks #ISBFaculty #ISBStudios Music credits Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
What should we make of the Great Resignation wave? Should you rush to discover your passion, your dream, your Ikigai? Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry urge you to pause and think about something else first in this episode of Atrium Talks. #AtriumTalks #ISBFaculty #ISBStudios Music credits Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
Automation, with Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning accelerated during the pandemic. In this episode of Atrium Talks, Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss how this will affect your jobs, education and business models.#AtriumTalks #ISBFaculty #ISBStudiosMusic creditsSong: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
In the second episode of Atrium Talks, Professor Deepa Mani and Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry urge you to rethink and reimagine gender diversity in firms. #AtriumTalks #ISBFaculty #ISBStudios Music credits Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
Indian School of Business Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss whether work from home is working for both organisations and employees. #AtriumTalks #ISBFaculty #ISBStudios Music credit Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
Professors Deepa Mani and Bhagwan Chowdhry discuss and debate a range of topics, some torn from the headlines, that are salient to business and the society we live in. Join in for lively, spirited discussions that are often unconventional, always insightful. Music credits Song: Pastime Paradise Artist: Ray Barretto Writers: Stevie Wonder
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