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unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc
unSILOed is a series of interdisciplinary conversations that inspire new ways of thinking about our world. Our goal is to build a community of lifelong learners addicted to curiosity and the pursuit of insight about themselves and the world around them.*unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*
Episodes
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancCoherence: Closing the Gap Between Strategy and Execution feat. Paul Leinwand
Two-thirds of executives say their organizations are incapable of supporting their strategies. In this episode, Paul Leinwand, Adjunct Professor of Strategy at…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancDesignology: Integrating Environment, Sensory Experiences, and Lifestyle feat. Sally Augustin
What is it about the color blue that appeals to people around the world? Why is yellow and green disliked so much? According to Sally Augustin, Ph.D., author…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancThe Paradox of Success in Commitments and Flexibility in Taking Risks feat. Michael Raynor
Strategies that have the greatest likelihood of success are also the most likely to fail. In his best-selling and critically acclaimed book, The Strategy…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancFinancial Behavior and Psychological Biases: Lessons from the Accidental Economist feat. Terry Odean
Do individual traders and institutional investors suffer from psychological bias? This episode features an interview with Terry Odean, Rudd Family Foundation…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancT.R.I.C.K. to Raising Successful People feat. Esther Wojcicki
How do you raise successful children? T.R.I.C.K. them! No, it's not what you think. Esther Wojcicki, Woj to her friends, wrote about the T.R.I.C.K. technique…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancAdaptive Spaces: Creating Agile Teams and Maximizing Social Capitals feat. Michael Arena
In today's business world, where everything happens at super speed, how does a company survive these accelerated changes? Author of the book Adaptive Space and…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancArguments, Conversations, and Social Learning: Why Humans Reason the Way They Do feat. Hugo Mercier
Humans have intuitive and reflective beliefs. Often, these affect how we weigh and process our arguments and views. Listen to Hugo Mercier, Cognitive Scientist…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancCents and Sensibility: The Marriage Between Economics and Literature feat. Gary Saul Morson & Morton Schapiro
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary research for educators in terms of gaining a deeper understanding of the larger issues that affect their field? The…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancBlockchain: Understanding Decentralized Governance and the Currency feat. Kevin Werbach
Despite its decentralized governance and vulnerability, why does Blockchain excite even the most powerful companies and governments? Associate Professor of…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancHow Do You Foster Discovery Driven Growth and a Sustainable Innovation Strategy? feat. Rita McGrath
How do companies and firms become unstuck to pursue sustainable competitive advantage? Best-selling author, globally renowned strategic advisor, and Columbia…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancPrediction Machines: Understanding How AI Impacts our Daily Lives feat. Ajay Agrawal
How can artificial intelligence benefit your business? Ajay Agrawal, Author and Geoffrey Taber Chair of Rotman talks about A.I. and how it generates…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancChangemaker: Why Creating Hubs for Academic and Commercial Collaboration Matters feat. Richard Lyons
What are the steps to fostering collaboration in the academe, firms, industries, and organizations? Professor Richard Lyons, UC Berkeley's Chief Innovation and…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancMind in Motion: Understanding How Action Shapes Thoughts feat. Barbara Tversky
Is Venice east or west of Naples? Our perception of an environment is often influenced by how we categorize things by proximity. Often, we associate words with…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancDynamic Capabilities: Understanding Your Firm’s Core Competencies in an Innovative Market feat. David Teece
When markets are dynamic, it’s important that firms become dynamic too. Listening and understanding what's going on in the environment, outlining what the…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancWhat Open Innovation Really Means feat. Henry Chesbrough
What is the extent to which good fencing makes good neighbors? How much of your innovation process should you make public? Henry Chesbrough, the developer of…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancAlloparenting and Allomothers: Learning How to Parent from Mother Nature feat. Sarah Hrdy
Women from different species, including humans, who had better help and support have better chances of survival. What can we learn from mother nature? Sarah B…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancPerfectly Confident and Good Judgment: Your Keys to Succeeding in Life feat. Don Moore
Can overconfidence harm you? Despite popular belief, psychologists and experts state that overconfidence can also lead to failure. Avoiding a different…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancWhy We Work: Breaking Down the Psychological and Economic Factors of a Great Workplace feat. Barry Schwartz
What happens when you confine an animal in a box with nothing to do but push a lever to disperse food? According to a study by the American psychologist B.F…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancThe Lessons They Didn’t Teach You in Business School feat. Jay Barney
Taking a one-sided approach to entrepreneurship and business won't work. The key to success in business is to put different skill sets from your toolbox into…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancUnderstanding Carry Trades feat. Kevin Coldiron
What clues can carry trading give us about the past two decades of international economic downturns?Kevin Coldiron is a Lecturer at UC Berkeley's Haas Business…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancAnalyzing the Meaning of “Free Speech” feat. Stanley Fish
How does the First Amendment really work? Why is it important to understand the difference between free speech and free action? What role, if any, should…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancMarkets, Risk, and Human Interaction feat. Richard Bookstaber
A Demon Of Our Own Design is a provocative title for a first book. But that's just the kind of work Richard Bookstaber does.Richard has been a practitioner in…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancThe Value of Storytelling in Economics featl. Charles Wheelan
Publishing a book with no graphs is quite the feat in the world of economics. But that’s part of Charles Wheelan’s mission: using storytelling to get his point…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancThe Economics of the COVID-19 Pandemic feat. Joshua Gans
Stanford health economics professor Jay Bhattacharya has said that the coronavirus is one of the biggest failures of the economics profession. And whether or…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancPulling Back the Curtain on Venture Capital feat. Scott Kupor
In 2020, venture capitalists invested about $150 billion into U.S. start-ups, according to the data company, Crunchbase. According to the San Diego…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancThe Power of Social Pressure feat. Robert Frank
Although it’s usually associated with teenagers, psychologists and economists have long understood that “peer pressure” is not limited to adolescence. When we…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancWhat Primate Behavior Can (and Can’t) Tell Us About Human Behavior feat. Richard Wrangham
How can the distinct habits of chimps and bonobos inform us about human evolution and behavior?Today we speak with Richard Wrangham, a research professor in…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancBiological Economics and Human Behavior feat. Terry Burnham
Terry Burnham is a Professor of Finance at Chapman University, and an author whose works include Mean Genes and Mean Markets And Lizard Brains.But he was also…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancHow Leaders Can Evolve, Innovate, and Increase the Life Expectancy of their Organizations feat. Charles O’Reilly III
The average life expectancy of a company on the S&P 500 is less than half of what it was 60 years ago. How have some companies managed to adapt and evolve…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlancTeaching our Teachers to Teach feat. Daniel Willingham
The ethics of teaching are in the news daily as the pandemic continues to upend everything we know about education. Looking forward, how can we better prepare…
unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc01. The Benefits of Lifelong Learning feat. Tom Vanderbilt
When was the last time you learned a new skill? Maybe you’ve always wanted to teach yourself how to rollerblade, to speak French, or to woodwork. What’s…