Business Talk

Prof. Javier Turen, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile shares key insights from his research, "Lumpy Forecasts: How Strategic Concerns and Consensus Pressure Shape Inflation Predictions." Professional forecasters revise their inflation forecasts in a lumpy manner - characterized by infrequent but substantial adjustments. This pattern reflects more than...

Prof. Sebastiano Massaro, Associate Professor at Surrey Business School shares valuable insights from his research, "Decoding Organizational Neuroscience: Mapping the Frontiers of a New Discipline." Prof. Massaro is also a Surrey Fellow affiliated with the Centre for the Digital Economy, the Centre for the Future of Work, and the Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence. Prior to joini...

Prof. Dale Copeland, Professor of International Relations at the University of Virginia, and a leading expert on the origins of great power economic and military conflict, as well as U.S.-China strategic competition shares valuable insights from his book “A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China.” This episode explores how U.S. foreign policy has...

Dr. Dhiren Shah, a renowned Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon and Director at Marengo CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad, shares invaluable insights from his medical journey in “Saving Lives, One Heart at a Time: The Story of Gujarat’s First Heart Transplant Surgeon.” Dr. Dhiren Shah brings over 20 years of experience and has successfully performed more than 17,000 open-heart surgeries. Originally from Ga...

Dr. Deval Kartik, Senior Case Study Writer at HEC Paris in Doha, shares valuable insights from her research titled “Mastering the Case Study Method: Writing, Evaluating, and Driving Impact.” Dr. Deval is an academic with two decades of multicultural teaching experience. Before transitioning to full-time academia, she spent a decade in education and training. Her strength lies in interdisciplinary...

Professor Dante Donati, esteemed faculty member in the Marketing Division at Columbia Business School offers valuable insights from his research, “The Cost of Banning TikTok: Implications for Digital Advertising.” His research spans a range of empirical topics in Marketing and Economics, with a focus on the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on economic, political, and soc...

Dr. Prachi Mishra, Professor of Economics and Director of the Isaac Center for Public Policy at Ashoka University, provides valuable insights in her research, “India’s Economy: Challenges and Opportunities Amid Global Headwinds.” Before joining Ashoka University, Prof. Prachi served as Chief of the Systemic Issues Division and Advisor in the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund (...

Dr. Susan Feng Lu, Professor of Operations Management and Statistics and the Alan Hudson Chair in Health Policy at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, shares valuable insights from her research titled “Leveraging Machine Learning for Healthcare Operations: Enhancing Efficiency and Quality.” Her work highlights how advanced machine learning techniques can be applied to improve o...

Dr. Michele Zanini, a global thought leader in management innovation and co-founder of the Management Lab (MLab), an organization dedicated to helping some of the world’s largest and most successful companies accelerate their management transformation shares valuable insights from his book “Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them,” offering a roadmap for transformi...

Deepa Prahalad, an accomplished author, design and innovation consultant with extensive experience working with both start-ups and large multinational organizations offers valuable insights from her highly acclaimed book, “Predictable Magic: Unleash the Power of Design Strategy to Transform Your Business.” Despite massive investments, around 80% of new products fail each year. The few that succeed...

Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher shares key insights from their latest book, Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries. Marc is a Vice Chair of the Coalition for a Prosperous America and a partner at Sereno Properties, LLC, which develops and manages high-design luxury hotels, including Le Sereno in St. Barths and an upcoming project on L...

Business Talk is delighted to welcome, Dr. Tim Baker, a distinguished international consultant and the Managing Director of WINNERS-AT-WORK, a company specializing in helping managers foster productive and high-performing workplace cultures. With over 18 years of experience, Dr. Tim has conducted more than 3000 seminars, workshops, and keynote addresses, reaching over 40,000 people across 11 count...

Dr. Jeffrey Rediger - bestselling author, licensed physician, psychiatrist, and faculty member at Harvard Medical School offers valuable insights from his groundbreaking book, Cured: The Remarkable Science and Stories of Spontaneous Healing and Recovery. He has spent 15 years studying remarkable recoveries from terminal illness. In Cured, he explores how mindset, immunity, nutrition, and identity...

Dr. Aneri Shah Ambani, a distinguished Vitreo-Retina Surgeon renowned for her clinical, surgical, and academic excellence, shares key insights from her medical research, Diabetes and Preventable Blindness: Early Detection, Intervention, and Awareness, emphasizing the vital importance of early diagnosis and public awareness in preventing vision loss. Dr. Aneri is currently practicing at Core Vision...

We are honored to have Prof. Henry Mintzberg shares key insights from his book, Mintzberg on Management, which he wrote in 1989, a work that continues to influence thinking in the field. Let’s extend a warm welcome to the legendary Prof. Henry Mintzberg - John Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies (Strategy & Organization), and Academic Director of the International Masters for Health Leadershi...

Professor Cassie Holmes, a leading expert in Marketing and Behavioral Decision Making and the Bud Knapp Marketing Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, offers valuable insights from her latest book, Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most. Prof. Cassie Holmes studies happiness, with a particular focus on the role of time. Her research expl...

Dr. Amir Erez, the W.A. McGriff III Professor of Management and Ph. D. Coordinator at the Department of Management, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, recently shared valuable insights from his pioneering research on "The Ripple Effects of Rudeness." Dr. Erez's work highlights how even seemingly minor acts of incivility can have far-reaching consequences. His research demonstra...

Prof. Tamar Mitts, Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and a valued member of both the Data Science Institute and the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, shares valuable insights from her latest book, Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism. In this timely and important work, she explores the complexities of moderating...

Dr. Allen Mendenhall, Associate Dean and Grady Rosier Professor at the Sorrell College of Business at Troy University, and Executive Director of the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy, shares valuable insights from his highly acclaimed book, Writers on Writing: Conversations With Allen Mendenhall. Dr. Allen Mendenhall also serves as a Visiting Fellow at both the Heritage Foundation and...

Dr. Ramya Ranganathan, a distinguished professional with a rich and diverse academic and professional background, and an adjunct faculty member at IIM Bangalore, shares profound insights from her widely acclaimed book, “Career Alchemy: An Inside-Out Approach to Joy, Success, and Fulfillment through Work.” In this inspiring work, Dr. Ranganathan explores how individuals can align their inner aspira...

Dr. Jenny Darroch, Dean and Mitchell P. Rales Chair in Business Leadership at the Farmer School of Business, Miami University, shares valuable insights from her groundbreaking book, Why Marketing to Women Doesn’t Work: Using Market Segmentation to Understand Consumer Needs. Drawing on years of research and practical experience, Dr. Darroch emphasizes the importance of moving beyond one-size-fits-a...

Prof. Jeffrey Lees, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Groningen, shares key insights from his compelling research titled: “Breaking Free from Belief Traps: How Misconceptions Shape Organizational and Environmental Outcomes.” In this work, Prof. Lees delves into how deeply held - but often inaccurate - beliefs influence deci...

Prof. Prithwiraj Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, shares transformative insights from his debut book, “The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation.” Prof. Choudhury’s pioneering research on the Future of Work, particularly the shifting Geography of Work, offers valuable insights into how work is evolving in...

Prof. Jerry Davis, the Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan, shares key insights from his compelling book, "Taming Corporate Power in the 21st Century." There is broad consensus across the political spectrum in the United States that monopolistic corporations particularly Big Tech have amassed excessive power, promp...

Michael Schrage, a research fellow at MIT Sloan School of Management’s Initiative on the Digital Economy and visiting fellow at Imperial College London, explores the evolving nature of leadership in the digital economy in his research, "The Future of Leadership in the Digital Economy." In the 2021 report titled "Leadership’s Digital Transformation: Leading Purposefully in an Era of Context Collaps...