David Maslach

R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness

Professor David Maslach talks about graduate school, research, science, Innovation, and entrepreneurship. The R3ciprocity project is my way to give back as much as I possibly can. I seek to provide insights and tools to change how we understand science, and make it more democratic.

Author

David Maslach

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Business

Podcast website

www.r3ciprocity.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Just keep grinding in academia. 08.12.2021

There’s no magic, and the only thing that you can do is to focus on doing your work. The whole game of academia is just a grind and you have to keep reminding yourself that you are doing good and giving yourself encouragement.

Should you worry about the finer things in life? 08.12.2021

I talk about how there will come a day when it will be your last day. You have to reflect on what you’re trying to do in your life, and realize that accumulating things that’s not matter as much as being able to enjoy little moments in your life.

How to manage your multiple identities in life 07.12.2021

I talk about the challenges of managing multiple identities as an academic and as a parent. I talk about how to manage these multiple identities, but also how to leverage these multiple identities to do better in your life.

What is the right amount of ‘cheese’ in self promotion? 07.12.2021

I talk about self-promotion, and feeling uncomfortable promoting myself. I talk about how it’s important to promote yourself, but then also find the right amount of uncomfortableness in promoting yourself.

How do we know if an asset is valuable? 06.12.2021

I talk about what value means and how we understand what value is. I talk about how value as social construct it and we don’t have a very good understanding what value is. It is more than just the supply and demand have a good or service.

How come we do not see any over 65+ social influencers? 06.12.2021

Talk about how it would be wonderful to see older folks tell their stories online. It’s important to tally stories not for anybody else, except for other people that want to hear the stories that you might now.

Get used to doing things that take a lot of time and effort. 05.12.2021

I talk about how it’s important to do things that take a lot of time and effort, and get used to having the feelings of not accomplishing as much as you would like to accomplish. Keep applying your time and effort every day.

Can we invent a sock matching and folding robot? 04.12.2021

I talk about how mundane things in life like folding socks are often difficult to automate. There’s a lot of challenges to automating mundane things even though we want to. Also talk about even if we did automate and make our life that much more easier off with a sock folding robot, we probably find ourselves finding other mundane things in our lives to replace that.

Thank you and keep being awesome. 03.12.2021

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate you actually listening to this channel and I just wanted to give you some encouragement to brighten your day.

How is the scientific method changing Culture? 03.12.2021

I talk about the scientific method. I describe what the scientific method is, and how it is being applied in different areas of culture and our life. The scientific method has made a considerable progress in many aspects of our life. This is primarily a very positive view of the scientific method, and I don’t get into the downfalls and troubles that we’re facing by using this more scientific appro...

Is getting a PhD degree a job? 02.12.2021

I talk about whether getting a PhD degree is a job, and some things that we need to change interference of the institutional norms of the profession. We need to start recognizing that there are other outcomes in the career, and stop stigmatizing these outcomes. We need to recognize that Outcomes outside of academia are just as valuable.

What is research and development and how can you apply it to your life? 02.12.2021

I talk about research and development. I talk about how research and development is very important for firms and governments, and people. I talked with all of the challenges that you might experience by doing research and development as an individual but also as a firm in government. In the long run research and development is very beneficial. In the short run, you’re going to experience a lot of...

Can academia change to become more accommodating to all styles of family? 01.12.2021

I ponder and think about the challenges that academia faces with accommodating families in different lifestyles. I talk openly about the challenges that academia faces in terms of being more accommodating and inclusive. I talk frankly that we need to be open to some dramatic changes within academia.

Most people are A-holes 01.12.2021

I hope you walk through it dealing with a holes. I hope you think about managing nasty people in your life. It’s an important skill for you to deal with and thanking about how to deal with difficult people will help you do well in your career and life.

Why a professor of innovation will never invest in cryptocurrency. 30.11.2021

I talk about why I was just invest broadly within the stock market, and not invest in specific technologies like cryptocurrency.

How is parenting and management similar? 30.11.2021

I talk about how parenting and management are similar and learning how to do dispute resolution is important to having healthy kids and adults.

How do you ensure that you live a life worth living? 30.11.2021

I talk about Clayton Christiansen‘s question and then he used to ask his students “how do you ensure that you live a life worth living?” This is important question that we often fail to think about. We also tend to prioritize things that are measurable in our life, like salary, wages, and profitability. things that are more important in our life like virtues, such as joy, happiness, and love are d...

Today is gonna be your day 29.11.2021

Remember to try. Just want to give you some words of encouragement, because we can always use those words. Most of us feel like we can’t accomplish what we want to, and that might be true. However, it doesn’t hurt to try.

Go to where you feel uncomfortable and insecure 28.11.2021

I talk about how we all are insecure and being open with feeling uncomfortable is an important first step to growing as a person.

Provide more value than you take 28.11.2021

I describe why it’s important for you to provide more value than you think. I also go into details and how you can do that in your day-to-day life. You can leverage available technologies provide value for others.

Think about how fortunate we actually are 26.11.2021

I want to remind everybody that we’re rather fortunate to be living here. Every day that we have, we could be doing something really remarkable. Take advantage of these opportunities to do good things in your life.

You have unlimited opportunities for business 25.11.2021

And talk about how that there is abundant opportunities in this world. But you cannot view opportunities in the short term.

How to get rich and wealthy - The non-sleazy way 25.11.2021

I talk about how you can get rich and wealthy. Talk about the importance of thinking that it’s gonna take you several decades to actually get there. I also talk about that you have to make a lot of very small repeated decisions day in and day out.

Tell your parents to “stick it” 25.11.2021

And talk about the importance of standing on your own 2 feet and following what you want to pursue. Doesn’t matter how old you are really pursue that thing if you want to. Don’t rely on other people to make the decision for you.

Thinking about history and context in organizational decision-making 19.11.2021

I talk about how we should think about history and context behind the decisions that we make. There’s a lot of debate about whether we should acknowledge that history and contacts but it’s very important for us to understand where we’re going to go over the next few years. We need to understand the context in the institutions that shaped our decision making so that we can better understand the wor...

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