The Oxford Review Podcast

Organisational development and diversity from a practitioner perspective: Interview with Jo Franco-Wheeler

In this really interesting episode David talks with Jo Franco-Wheeler who is the Director of Organisational Development and Diversity at Inmarsat about the issues high tech organisations are facing especially around the organisational development and inclusion areas. For full notes, transcript and more go to: https://oxford-review.com/jo-franco-wheeler/

The importance of frames and framing

Frames and framing are critical to how we see thing, think and act. In this interview, David talks with the authors of a new book Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil - Kenneth Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Francis de Véricourt. For the full episode notes, links, transcript and more go to: https://oxford-review.com/frames-framers-interview/

Dark Triad traits in coaches - interview with Professor Adrian Furnham

In this Episode David talks with Professor Adrian Furnham, professor of Psychology at UCL in the UK and the Norwegian Business School in Oslo about his recent research looking at Dark Triad traits in coaches. For the full episode notes, links and more go to: https://oxford-review.com/coach-dark-triad-traits/

Stifled: Where good leaders go wrong with James Wetrich

In this episode, David talks with the author James Wetrich about his latest book Stifled: Where good leaders go wrong.

For full information, the show notes and more go to: https://oxford-review.com/stifled/

How to Thrive as a Coach in a Digital World with Sam Isaacson

Coaching in a digital world brings new challenges to coaches, their clients and organisations. In this episode David talks with Sam Isaacson about How to Thrive as a Coach in a Digital World. For the full show notes, links and transcript go to https://oxford-review.com/coaching-in-a-digital-worl/

Noise: A flaw in human judgement with Professor Olivier Sibony

In this episode, David talks with Professor Olivier Sibony, co-author of the book Noise: A flaw in human judgement. For all the links, transcript and more go to: https://oxford-review.com/noise/

 

Creating Winning Teams in the Digital Age

Developing teams and team performance with George Karseras author of the new book Build Better Teams: Creating Winning Teams in the Digital Age.

 

For full notes and links go to: https://oxford-review.com/build-better-teams/

Mental fitness with Jodie Rogers

In this episode the author of the book 'The Hidden Edge: Why mental fitness is the only advantage that matters in business' talks with David about mental fitness, what it is, how it is development and why it is so important. For more including a full profile, links to the book, a transcript and more go to https://oxford-review.com/mental-fitness/

How extreme thinking and behaviours develop

In this episode, David talks with Professor Arie Kruglanski from Maryland University about how extreme thinking and behaviours develop. In a recently published paper, Arie looked at how a motivational imbalance in which people have multiple goals can lead to extreme and obsessive thinking and behaviours.

For the full notes, transcript etc go to: https://oxford-review.com/how-to-moderate-extreme-thinking-behaviour-and-obsessions-at-work/

 

 

The role of hubris in organisational failure

An explanation frequently forwarded for many forms of organisational failure is that of hubris or overconfidence or extreme and inordinate self-confidence, over optimism, excessive self-esteem, pride as well as arrogance.

In this interview, David talks with Professor Dennish Tourish. He is this Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies at the University of Sussex. Here he talks about a new study looking at the impact of hubris on organisations. 

For the full notes, transcript and more go to: https://oxford-review.com/podcast-hubris/