The Why Podcast

The Why Podcast: Why is our board so dysfunctional?

For this edition of the Leadership Playbook, Vyla Rollins, executive director of LBS’ Leadership Institute, sat down with Olivier Blum, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer at Schneider Electric, to discuss how Schneider have raised the bar for corporate sustainability and why they believe their customers, suppliers, and even some competitors are driving change and propelling Schneider towards a better, greener future. 

Listen now for insights on creating a sustainability strategy that gets your people excited and why aligning stakeholder objectives is the key to success.

How do you invent the future of sustainability?

Some edits for the dancefloor.

https://djcosworth.bandcamp.com/album/cos-01

Get Out My Heartbroken Head

Part 1 of a set recorded on a sunny afternoon on the Terrace at Night Tales in London. 

Mixed on Technics, CDJ2000s and a Xone96.

Enjoy x

Night Tales Terrace 11/06/22 (part 1)

When you get an email from your boss after hours, it can feel like there’s a pressure to respond straight away – which adds stress to our lives. In this episode of The Why Podcast, Laura Giurge explores the psychology around this and suggests ways we can foster healthier emailing habits for happier minds. 

Laura Giurge is a Research Associate of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School and Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science at LSE. Kathy Brewis is Senior Managing Editor of Think at London Business School.

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The Why Podcast: Why are you answering that email right now?

Boards failures are shocking and often scandalous – yet, says Randall S Peterson, they aren’t inevitable. In this episode of The Why Podcast, he talks us though the six types of dysfunctional board he has identified in his new book and suggests what to look out for to preempt disaster. 

Randall S Peterson is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Academic Director of the Leadership Institute at London Business School. His book Disaster in the Boardroom: Six Dysfunctions Everyone Should Understand is out now, published by Palgrave Macmillan. Kathy Brewis is Senior Managing Editor of Think at London Business School.

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It’s straightforward to make your end-of-life treatment preferences known, yet few of us do. Simona Botti is intrigued by the decisions we make as healthcare consumers, so she set out to look into what was going on here – and what this might tell us about ourselves.
Simona Botti is Professor of Marketing at London Business School. Kathy Brewis is Senior Managing Editor of Think at London Business School.
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The Why Podcast: Why doesn’t everyone make an Advanced Care Plan?

‘If I scratch your back, someone else will scratch mine…’  
In this episode of The Why Podcast, Ena Inesi talks us through her research into how indirect reciprocity works within power hierarchies. It turns out that the judgements we make when we see someone performing an act of kindness affect how we behave towards them, which also influences the flow of resources in social groups. 

Ena is Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. The full research paper, ‘When it pays to be kind: The allocation of indirect reciprocity within power hierarchies’, can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749597821000443. Kathy Brewis is Senior Managing Editor of Think at London Business School.

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The Why Podcast: Why is that person being so nice to them?

What happens in between someone making an allegation and it being deemed misconduct? In this episode of The Why Podcast, Bryan Stroube delves into data from the Chicago Police Department to show how psychology and culture affect how wrongdoings are reported and dealt with.

Bryan Stroube is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. Kathy Brewis is Senior Managing Editor of Think at London Business School.

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The Why Podcast: Why is it so hard to spot misconduct?

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