LSE Department of Management

Management With Impact

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The Management With Impact Podcast brings you insightful conversations with thought-leading academics from the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Our mission is to inform and inspire better management in practice by challenging and extending the understanding of people, teams, organisations and markets, and the economic, psychological, social, political, and technological contexts in which they operate worldwide. From our setting in a world-class social science institution at the heart of a leading global city, we produce original and robust res...

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Public Lecture - Building Adaptive Organisations for the AI Age 26.02.2026 1:21:48

The LSE Department of Management was delighted to welcome Amazon Web Services Executive in Residence, Phil Le-Brun, to uncover how becoming an Octopus Organization can unlock agility and real transformation. Organisations today face a paradox: we strive for agility and innovation yet remain trapped in rigid systems designed for control and efficiency. Massive top-down transformations often make th...

#4 - How AI safety rules could backfire on competition - Dr Pavel Kireyev 11.02.2026 41:13

With policymakers moving quickly on AI safety, from the EU AI Act to the US AI Action Plan, new research argues that uniform, one-size-fits-all rules could unintentionally entrench the largest AI firms and narrow the space where start-ups innovate. In this episode, Dr Pavel Kireyev, Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Department of Management at LSE, discusses his recent research, User prefere...

#3 - Why schools shouldn't ban smartphones from the classroom - Dr Aaron Cheng 24.09.2025 27:58

Banning technology can look like a quick fix - it reduces distraction and reassures parents, but in the long run, it isn't a sustainable solution. In reality, it risks widening the digital divide. Students in schools that integrate tools, such as smartphones, will learn faster, adapt better, and move ahead, shaping them to thrive in the digital economy of tomorrow. In this episode, Dr Aaron...

#2 - When breaking the law gets you the job: evidence from the EDM community - Dr Xu Li 18.09.2025 25:57

In many professional communities, breaking the law can end your career. However, in some cases, such as the electronic dance music community, it can accelerate it. In this episode, Dr Xu Li, Assistant Professor of Management, explores the findings of his latest paper 'When Breaking the Law Gets You the Job: Evidence from the Electronic Dance Music Community' which shows that under certai...

Public Lecture - Digital identity: reflecting on twenty years of the LSE Identity Project 25.06.2025 1:36:29

On Wednesday 11 June 2025 we celebrated twenty years since the publication of the impactful LSE Identity Project with an insightful public lecture reflecting on the lessons learned around the social study of identity systems in the intervening period. June 2005 saw the launch of the LSE Identity Project report into the then Labour Government’s plans to introduce biometric identity cards in the UK....

#1 - Race and Politics in US Crises - Professor Ryan Lamare 06.12.2024 41:50

What accounts for the different outcomes experienced across racial and political groups in the US in the face of a crisis? Why, for example, was the decision to travel to work during the Covid-19 pandemic both racialised and politicised? In this episode, Professor Ryan Lamare, Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, explores the findings of his latest research 'An E...