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Vibe coding, the process of using AI models to write code for you, first emerged in 2025. It has since sparked fierce discussion about the future of software development. Are software engineers now redundant? Can CEOs now vibe code their way to new markets, without an official product development team? Will the next big app come from someone who has never written their own line of code?   Lak...

Read this episode’s companion article at delve.mcgill.ca! Behind every successful hospital visit is a network of middle managers who made it possible. But their responsibilities often overlap with others in the organization, which makes them prime targets for cuts during times of austerity. But for Prof. Giovanni Radelli and Andrea D’addario, job overlap can be a feature rather than a bug. This is...

Subscribe to Delve at delve.mcgill.ca! These days, AI is the hot new piece of tech on the block. But that doesn’t mean metaverses have disappeared. Immersive, virtual realities are being used to train pilots and surgeons. Management students are taking virtual field trips to factories around the world. And one day, communicating in VR may be as common as taking a Zoom call. If that happens, what d...

Subscribe to the Delve newsletter for weekly management insights from McGill University. These days, even grocery chains are data companies, as much as they are food retailers. But in the push towards data-driven decision making, how do we know we’re actually using our data correctly? This week, we’re talking to Najib Mozahem. He’s an assistant professor of information systems at McGill University...

Follow us on LinkedIn at @McGillDelve! How can supply chains react to a chaotic world? When traditional supply chain models fail, what’s left for us to try? Can we trust AI to help navigate the uncertainty? Chris Tang, professor emeritus in supply chain management at UCLA, believes AI can make supply chains both lean and resilient. Mehmet Gumus, Professor of Operations Management at McGill Univers...

Follow Delve on LinkedIn! @McGillDelve The last time you saw a doctor, did you feel cared for? Or did you feel depleted? Your answer is about more than customer service satisfaction. It can actually have important impacts on your health. This week, Dr Anoop Kumar joins Professor Saku Mantere on the McGill Delve podcast. Dr Kumar is an emergency physician, and he highlights an important blind spot...

Follow McGill Delve on LinkedIn! @McGillDelve ( https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw ) To fully take advantage of green technologies, many systems may have to change. And that’s not a bad thing. Green technologies open new possibilities for global production systems—and they could quickly make our current systems look outdated. This week on the McGill Delve podcast, Professors Michael Raynor (Ivey Business Scho...

We hear a lot about systemic racism. But what does systemic anti-racism look like? This week, we’re talking to an expert about how to build anti-racist public organizations. Alicia Boatswain-Kyte is a social worker and Assistant Professor of Social Work at McGill University. She has published several studies about Black people’s experiences with healthcare, youth services, the justice system, and...

Follow us on LinkedIn! / ( https://www.linkedin.com/company/mcgilldelve/ ) How do men and women react differently to management? Why do some management practices contribute to gender inequity, even if they’re applied equally across all workers? What can managers do to better support workers of all identities, while maintaining productivity and quality of work? Roman Galperin, Associate Professor o...

As the world navigates the impacts of AI, we’re returning to the oldest thinking machine of all: the theatre. Managers everywhere are using AI to reimagine human-made systems, such as healthcare, supply chains, and finance. But today’s podcast guests remind us that art still has much to teach us – and we better not forget it. Laurette Dubé is a Professor Emerita in Consumer Psychology at McGill Un...

This podcast is on video! Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6UuQ6u-d1as AI in education has been the subject of scrutiny for some time now. How do we know students are properly engaging with the course material? What will happen to their critical thinking if AI writes their papers for them? Will AI lead to intellectual atrophy? In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, we sit down with Prof...

Be sure to follow McGill Delve on LinkedIn! @McGillDelve Today on the Delve podcast, we’re talking about job hopping. How long should you stay in a job? When will a prospective employer penalise you for switching jobs too often? How should you plan my career accordingly? Common questions for career-oriented people. Thankfully, Professors Matissa Hollister and Xavier St-Denis looked into it. In a r...

Be sure to follow McGill Delve on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw A leader’s approach to hierarchy can have profound strategic implications for their organisation. In this special feature, with the help of experts from McGill University, we’ll explore the strategic opportunities that come from engaging employees up and down the ladder – and what it means to have a hierarchy in the first place, an...

Be sure to follow McGill Delve on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw Price and quality were once considered the dominant forces behind consumer decisions. But, according to recent findings by Siddhanth Mookerjee, Assistant Professor of Marketing at McGill University, this isn’t the full story. Personal values and ideology play an increasingly important role in how consumers make purchasing decisions...

Be sure to follow McGill Delve on LinkedIn! Humanitarian logistics are like planning the Olympic Games, but you don’t know where or when it will happen, or how many people will be affected, says Professor Harwin de Vries of the Rotterdam School of Management. This poses a massive operational challenge: how do you create an effective humanitarian response in such unpredictable conditions? In this e...

Follow McGill Delve on LinkedIn! Oil producers are the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world. Will they stop in time to prevent the worsening effects of climate change? On this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, two experts in management and sustainability discuss the end of oil. Professor Ryan Kellogg, of the University of Chicago, thinks oil divestment could happen in the next 75 years....

Follow us on LinkedIn at McGill Delve! - With businesses everywhere looking to AI to enhance their work, it’s no surprise that the public sector is considering it, too. But is this a good idea? For Professor Renee Sieber, it’s complicated. AI has a lot of potential for public good by improving public transport systems or balancing electrical grids. But she’s concerned that, if we’re not careful, w...

Sign up for our newsletter at delve.mcgill.ca! - What if your entire medical history travelled with you seamlessly, with just a click of a button? That’s the idea behind MedLink, a blockchain company dreamed up by three students completing their Master’s of Management in Finance at McGill University. Philippe Benjamin-Duranceau is one of its founding members. On this episode of the McGill Delve po...

Sign up for our newsletter at delve.mcgill.ca! - A new season of the Delve podcast begins! To kick things off, we’re asking: Is meaningful work a myth? For some, their job provides nothing more than a steady paycheck. For others, it’s a deep source of meaning and satisfaction. Why is one worker disengaged when the other is not? Is it possible to pull someone out of dissatisfaction and help them fi...

Need a great podcast to relax to this summer? Last February, our editor-in-chief Professor Saku Mantere sat down with Antoni Cimolino, the artistic director of the Stratford Festival for an amazing interview. Together, they unpacked lessons in leadership from the Bard himself, one of the greatest artists of all time: William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was not only a fantastic playwright, but he was...

In this episode of the Delve podcast, we’re examining what Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) can teach us about healthcare management. When COVID-19 hit the world in 2020, it showed us the strain under which emergency departments, long-term care homes, and other vital services were struggling. And the challenges haven’t gone away. In Canada, one in five people  doesn’t have a...

In 2025, managers face unprecedented economic uncertainty shaped by volatile global leadership, climate change, and rapid technological shifts. Traditional management tools and professional development often fall short in addressing these complex challenges. On this episode of Delve , Professor Henry Mintzberg, renowned management scholar at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management, and...

Who makes a better leader, introverts or extroverts? The answer is neither and both. The key to successful leadership lies in ambiversion, in knowing when to listen like an introvert and when to network like an extrovert. In this Delve podcast episode, Professor Karl Moore and Gabriele Hartshorne-Mehl explain the importance of senior leadership adapting their communication style based on the needs...

Generative AI is a powerful tool with huge potential for your business. But how can you use it effectively? Professor Shoeb Hosain is a lecturer at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University and the director of the DataSphere Lab . In the Lab, he and his students develop data solutions for businesses that come to them for help. And these days, that often means helping implement AI in...

Rayan Sadri and Ali Rouzbayani are the co-founders of Carez AI, a startup building AI tools to generate high-quality synthetic medical images. On this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, they explain how their technology could support healthcare innovation — and why it’s crucial to prevent "model collapse" in the process. Sadri and Rouzbayani sit down with managing editor Eric Dicaire to discuss...