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During the last three episodes of ManagementCast, Alyson Meister has outlined some of the most pertinent topics in mental well-being today, including how to develop a positive stress mindset, what to do when designing a workplace, and why solving the recovery paradox is so important.

This week, Meister is looking forward. Her research in the coming months will provide fresh new insights into the emerging trends in management, from the potential for psychedelics in the workplace to the effect of "overwhelm" on individuals and the mental construct of “should”. Through several research avenues, she is exploring how people put pressure on themselves throughout their careers, and what they can do to alleviate that.

In her fourth appearance on ManagementCast, Meister gives a preliminary look at her findings, and muses on what comes next in the world of workplace well-being.

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Alyson Meister is IMD’s Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior. She helps organizations to develop inclusive and resilient leaders, teams, and workplaces. Her research specialties include topics surrounding identity and diversity as well as workplace stress, mental health, and well-being. She was named on the Thinkers50 Radar list in 2021 and subsequently nominated for a Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award.

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Whether in the boardroom or the classroom, business strategies will continue to emerge and evolve. As long as there are commercial opportunities to chase, there will be an incentive to improve.

Some ideas, though, aren't limited to commercial applications; and IMD Professor Cyril Bouquet says his mega dive approach is one of them. In the words of the award-winning researcher, improvements in technology will only lead to greater returns on training:

"Creating the future requires diversity of thought, and the capacity to combine views to create something new and interesting to tackle complex problems in their lives," says Bouquet, "you can not only use technology, and use AI to recognize problems, but also to find solutions."

Over three interviews, IMD Professor Cyril Bouquet has explained how his mega-dive approach can generate conversations between disparate teams. In Episode 20 of ManagementCast, he discusses how the mega-dive approach itself will change, and the importance of investing in the future.

Cyril Bouquet is a researcher, consultant, and teacher at the IMD campus in Lausanne. He supports organizations on significant transition journeys as they seek to create change and deliver progress for society, and most recently, he has deployed his mega dive method in his work with 700 top executives at the shipping firm Maersk, helping the company to adapt quickly to changing environments and shifting customer demands.

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Guest: Professor Cyril Bouquet
Host: JohnJo Devlin
Produced by: JohnJo Devlin
Editing: Max Bower

World-beating organizations are always striving for success, but sometimes even the most dedicated teams fall short. Companies miss their sales goals, lose out on funding rounds, and have PR disasters.

Failure, in short, is a natural part of life, and how firms cope with it is of vital importance.

Zhike Lei says this may seem obvious, but in practice, many are unable to meet failure in productive ways. They don't see it as the opportunity it is: the chance to give and receive feedback and to innovate and change for the better.

Over four episodes, Lei will take ManagementCast listeners through that journey, and explain how to turn failure into success.

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Zhike Lei is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior. She is an award-winning organizational scholar and an expert on psychological safety, team dynamics, organizational learning, error management, and patient safety.

Lei studies how organizations, teams, and employees adapt and learn in complex, time-pressured, consequence-laden environments. As a global management educator, she has taught executives and PhD, DBA, EMBA, and MBA candidates, as well as undergraduates, and has won numerous teaching awards and recognitions.

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When disaster strikes, or when goals are simply missed, blame often lands on the bosses. From CEOs to team leaders the buck has to stop somewhere, and when it does, action needs to be taken.

But how should leaders approach failure?

Zhike Lei says leaders in both civil society and corporations tend to try and tackle problems alone. But this is not the best approach.

Effective failure management comes from tapping into the collective intelligence of a wider team. When businesses fail, says Lei, senior staff members of an organization need to play a visible role in driving engagement with others.

In this episode of ManagementCast, Professor Lei talks about adapting, innovating, and learning from failure, and the central role of leadership.

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Zhike Lei is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior. She is an award-winning organizational scholar and an expert on psychological safety, team dynamics, organizational learning, error management, and patient safety.

Lei studies how organizations, teams, and employees adapt and learn in complex, time-pressured, consequence-laden environments. As a global management educator, she has taught executives and PhD, DBA, EMBA, and MBA candidates, as well as undergraduates, and has won numerous teaching awards and recognitions.

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Dealing with artificial intelligence can be tricky. It's a technology that's moving fast and throwing up practical, economic, and ethical questions for workforces across the globe.

Do executives need to know what's next for AI? Or, where it will take us in the next ten, twenty or one-hundred years? And does it really matter if AI eventually makes humans obsolete?

IMD professor Amit Joshi, says CEOs need to be thinking about these questions before AI changes their industries.

As a Professor of AI, Analytics, and Marketing Strategy Joshi has helped the world's top brands successfully implement digital strategies, and figure out their long-term view on AI. In this episode of ManagementCast, the award-winning researcher discusses how firms can prepare for a future with Artificial Intelligence.

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Guest: Professor Amit Joshi
Host: JohnJo Devlin
Produced by: JohnJo Devlin
Editing: Max Bower