The Smith Business Insight Podcast

Fresh ideas from Smith School of Business at Queen’s Universit

About the show

Tune in for a different take on business, with professors, researchers and experts from Smith School of Business. Understand the rapidly evolving corporate world, stay ahead of the curve, and navigate a landscape that is no longer defined by the balance sheet alone.

Episodes

  • Episode 16: BRAVE NEW WORKPLACE: Looming Issues

    May 15th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  26 mins 27 secs

    Robot bosses? Random safety checks at your home office? We may be careening into the unknown, but the workplace of the future will be guided by familiar human needs

  • Episode 15: BRAVE NEW WORKPLACE: Meaning

    May 4th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 52 secs
    brave new workplace, business education, business ideas, business school, hr, hybrid teams, hybrid workplace, julian barling, managing teams, queen's university, remote, smith school of business, team management, virtual teams, virtual work

    Engaging work and the chance to help others — not money or self-interest — are the ultimate job motivators. Someone forgot to tell the boss

  • Episode 14: BRAVE NEW WORKPLACE: Autonomy

    May 1st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  27 mins 25 secs
    brave new workplace, business education, business ideas, business school, hr, hybrid teams, hybrid workplace, julian barling, managing teams, queen's university, remote, smith school of business, team management, teams, virtual teams, virtual work

    Members of the organizational elite expect to have a major say in how and where they do their own jobs. What will it take for them to get over their need to micromanage others?

  • Episode 13: BRAVE NEW WORKPLACE: Safety

    April 19th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 52 secs

    The fallout from Covid has changed how we talk about the management of workplace health and safety

  • Episode 12: BRAVE NEW WORKPLACE: Leadership

    April 19th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  31 mins 38 secs

    A look behind the hero’s cape reveals the secrets guiding great leaders and the shortcomings of wannabes