Original Thinking Podcast

During this Original Thinking Podcast a panel of industry experts will discuss both the positive and negative aspects of home and remote working that COVID-19 has highlighted. The COVID-19 crisis has thrown light on both the positive and negative aspects of home and remote working. On the one hand workers have shown great resilience and resourcefulness in adapting to the challenges, demonstrating...

In this Original Thinking Podcast  Dr Judit Csiszar , Senior Lecturer (Healthcare Management), Alliance MBS, will be joined by Masters students to discuss how pandemic simulation workshops can help prepare managers. Protecting staff and controlling the spread of COVID-19 will now be essential for any organisation. Dr Judit Csiszar has been running pandemic simulation workshops since before the cri...

In this Original Thinking podcast Mark Healey, Professor of Strategic Management, Alliance MBS, will discuss how to build a long term strategy beyond the COVID-19 crisis. Hosted by Jim Pendrill, AMBS’ Research Communications Lead.

It’s a worrying time for SMEs running short of money during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only will they be hit hard by a significant drop in customer revenue, traditional funders are also holding back, fearing an uncertain future. This lack of cash means reinvesting profits for organic growth is impossible, and simply paying the bills has become a challenge. In this Original Thinking Podcast hear fr...

In January Alliance MBS hosted a  Vital Topics event with keynote speaker Sacha Sadan (Director of Investor Stewardship at LGIM) arguing that ESG was now in the mainstream . 3 weeks later the Coronavirus crisis happened. So, in a world dealing with a major pandemic and heading towards a global recession, is ESG still relevant? Our experts argue that COVID-19 has shown exactly why a focus on enviro...

Public services in the UK have faced unprecedented challenges over the past decade which the COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying. Already under pressure budgets are being stretched further and the introduction of new technologies and services models is being accelerated to meet the demands of the new normal. This presents an opportunity for a fresh look at productivity in public services – how we me...

On this podcast, Professor Naomi Chambers discuses her observations of NHS leadership behaviours during COVID-19. Naomi’s wide range of teaching, advisory and research interests include healthcare leadership, organisation culture, diversity and inclusion, board governance, clinicians in management, health care commissioning, health policy and management in Europe, primary care, patient and public...

In this podcast we discuss how COVID-19 is impacting productivity today, and how government, business and workforce needs to adapt in order to drive productivity during the recovery. Panellists Bart Van Ark, Honorary Professor at Alliance Manchester Business School and Executive Vice President and Global Chief Economist of  The Conference Board  (moderator). Tera Allas, Director of Research and Ec...

In this Original Thinking Podcast episode we will hear how staff from across The University of Manchester, led by Alliance MBS, are working with organisations around the UK and globally to develop successful plans for ensuring their recovery from COVID-19. The team produces the ‘Manchester briefing on COVID-19’ each week which brings together international lessons and examples to prompt thinking o...

In this Original Thinking Podcast, we will hold a discussion about the impact of Covid-19 on the global supply chain. Hear from Stuart-Michael Whiting, senior Vice President Logistics & Planning, Global Supply Chain at Schneider Electrics alongside Alliance Manchester Business School's  Mario Kafouros , Professor of International Business and Innovation,  Fahian Huq , Senior Lecturer in Operat...

In this Original Thinking Podcast episode we will be joined by Professor Jill Rubery, Director of the Work and Equalities Institute at Alliance Manchester Business School, to debate just how viable is the government's job retention scheme is in the long-run and other questions around this. Hosted by Jim Pendrill, AMBS’ Research Communications Lead.

The need to summon up both our individual resilience, and collective resilience as a society, has arguably never been greater than in the wake of the huge health, social and economic challenges posed by COVID-19. Joseph Lampel, the Eddie Davies Professor of Enterprise and Innovation Management at Alliance Manchester Business School, has written extensively over many years on the subject of resilie...

What are the top tips on working from home and how do you successfully manage remote teams? In this podcast Cary Cooper and Kelly Metcalf will discuss how leading organisations are tackling this challenge and give practical tips on how to best support your employees’ well-being while they are working from home. Hosted by Jim Pendrill, AMBS’ Research Communications Lead.

Will Covid-19 be a game-changer for climate change? In this podcast Jonatan Pinkse will explore whether individuals will rethink their behaviours and their approach to climate change. Hosted by Jim Pendrill, AMBS’ Research Communications Lead.