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TudoRama

TudoRama explores the nature and practice of creativity in the arts, sciences, politics and above all in everyday life. Tudor Rickards is Emeritus Professor of Creativity and Organizational Change at the University of Manchester. Tudor studied chemistry and radiation chemistry at The University of Wales at Cardiff. Following post-doctoral research at New York Medical College, he returned to the UK to work in technical management before joining Manchester Business School. He has published numerous

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4:10

Toxic Masculinity and the Andrew Tait case

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2024/11/27

Send us a textToxic Masculinity and the Andrew Tait caseWritten and spoken by Tudor Rickards November 27, 2024Toxic masculinity has become a topic of research and debate in the 2020s. Andrew Tate has become identified as a case example who is also recognised as a successful global leader/influencer attracting enormous publicity through the social media.In July 2022, it was reported there were more Google searches for his name than for Donald Trump or Kim Kardashian. His impact on his fol...

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4:21

Elon Musk's leadership style. The case of the Twitter...

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2024/11/22

Send us a textWritten and spoken by Tudor Rickards22 November, 2022Elon Musk has acquired spectacular success as an innovator. He has been compared with career great engineering pioneers who shaped our world.One list places him alongside George Stevenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Thomas Edison, Ada Lovelace, and Henry Ford. In addition, the list contained a particularly interesting nomination of Nicola Tesla [Musk is in part famed for his strategic leadership of the Tesla organisation]....

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3:58

Boris loses it

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2024/11/20

Send us a textBoris Loses It20 November 2024Written and spoken by Tudor Rickards from articles in The Week, The Economist, and a Case study from Henley Business School.The rise and fall of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has become one of the most widely studied cases of political leadership from the perspective of a leaders losing the trust of his ministerial colleagues.The long and complex story is difficult to examine as an historical event. A starting point is to collect information at a cri...

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5:38

Wit and Wisdom November 10-18, 2024

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2024/11/18

Send us a textWit and Wisdom November 10-18, 2024Finding wit and wisdom in the Presidential election result@LongTimeHistorySadly, there will be 4 more years of Trump for Tennessee Brando to write songs.His new song is about MAGA selling out their daughters for cheaper eggs.🎶 The red hats are flexing, they're all acting thrilled.They don't know how tariffs work, but soon they sure will. They think their leader saved them, and he's restored their faith.But we see they cut their noses...

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6:49

A Tale of Creative Accounting from His Majesty's...

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2024/11/16

Send us a textA tale of creative accounting from His Majesty's Armed Forces 16 November, 2024This podcast is spoken by Tudor Rickards from content which has appeared on several internet sites but without attribution. Today I found the tale replicated in the correspondence to the Guardian’ s quick crossword, supplied by the puzzler Bath Osprey. I would welcome any suggestions of its origins:Lt. Colonel Robert Maclaren retired from the British Army in 2001 after a long fulfilling ca...

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4:45

The Gartner Hype Cycle. An investment system...

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2024/11/12

Send us a textThe Gartner hype cycle: An investment system explained using a mapping metaphor This podcast is spoken and produced by Tudor Rickards drawing on information from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwerner/2024/07/18/the-trough-of-disillusionment-and-four-outliers-on-the-gartner-hype-cycle/; https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/gartner-hype-cycleAs its commercial owner, the Gartner research organisation explains, the Gartner hype cycle is a methodology w...

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3:05

How is trust earned and lost?

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2024/11/11

Send us a textHow is trust earned and lost?Notes prepared for a 4th edition of Dilemmas of LeadershipNovember 11 I scribble down some initial thoughts.How is trust earned and lost?Psychological theoriesPractical experiencesAre leaders actions ‘banked’? And selectively remembered with distortions: the popular expression of a deeply held belief as“QUOTE I’ll never forget the way he…”A personal storyTrust building exercises on leadership courses at Brathay Hall with executives and MBA ...

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5:34

Chess training resumes. Question of the week "why...

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2024/11/10

Send us a textChess training resumes. Question of the week: “why can’t a Queen castle?”After half-term hiatus, my Sunday morning junior chess training resumes. As ever, the session is a source of enlightenment for me (as well, I hope, for the students). I can report the break has not affected the retention of earlier lessons by the students. For example, one has become somewhat entranced by the utterance of the magic term ‘j'adoube’, as defence against the other magic utteranc...

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4:21

Ed Davey. Don’t laugh at him, he’s not a fool

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2024/11/09

Send us a textEd Davey. Don’t laugh at him, he’s not a fool.Written and spoken by Tudor RickardsIn the 2024 General Election in the United Kingdom, The Liberal Democratic Party leader Ed Davey began to attract media coverage for a series of events which were unkindly described as political stunts. Davey was widely mocked by the press, and by the general public who appeared mostly confused about them.An irate journalist for the Telegraph vented feelings implied by other media commentators“[T]h...

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2:53

On naming Liverpool’s new football manager … the case...

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2024/11/08

Send us a textOn naming Liverpool’s new football manager … the case for Nominative Determinism.The story came to life for me today, when William, an acquaintance of mine who is an avid football follower, suggested that you had to have a special sort of name at present to become a manager at Liverpool FC."They used to pick managers with solid English or Scottish names", he continued, " - Bill, Kenny, Joe, Bob and Roy."I resisted saying that Roy Evans was Welsh ..."Anyway, then they...

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7:49

Wit and Wisdom: Election special, 6 November 2024

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2024/11/06

Send us a textWit and Wisdom: Election special, 6 November 2024Composed by contributors to “X”Collated and spoken by Tudor Rickards8.00amTimes are GMT. Posts from 3 - 6 November@elonmuskLast election, I didn’t know a single independent/swing voter who was voting for Trump. This time, I don’t know anyone who isn’t.And one person after another has confided in me that they’re voting for Trump, but they’re afraid to say so publicly, because it will affect their friends/job/customers.Cru...

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5:27

Wit and wisdom, November 1-4 2024

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2024/11/04

Send us a textWit and wisdom, November 1-4 2024@cjhancockPeople say I have an elevendency to exaggerate.@mustard99Same here, I go to Elevenerife on holiday.@at a prayer meeting for Trump“But I want you to know and we want you to know we believe you are a vessel. You are a chosen vessel”@jemmaforteThe Titanic?@TollytBEveryone should try blindfold archery.Go on, give it a go, you don't know what you're missing.@cynicalboomerReporting on a discussion on Fox News over wives deceiving their husban...

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2:56

Thinking about leadership using a dilemmas approach

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2024/11/01

Send us a textDilemmas of Leadership Chapter 2: Dilemmas of Destiny and DevelopmentWritten and spoken by Tudor RickardsFaced with an important leadership problem, a helpful approach is to arrive at a simple either–or statement which expresses a way of thinking as a dilemma.Sometimes this is enough for an idea of resolving the problem to occur to you.At other times, deeper thinking may be required, often of a creative kind.A powerful thinking trigger is to convert the problem into a how-to sta...

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Wit and Wisdom, Late October 2024

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2024/10/30

Send us a text@jdpoc John O’DonnellRemember, clocks go back tonight.If you're a Tory, back to 1953.If you're Reform, back to 1932.If you're Jacob Rees-Mogg, back to 1741.And if you're Nigel Farage, you just demand that 'Clocks Should Go Back Where They Came From."@disavowtrump20Jeff Bezos has forced The Washington Post - the newspaper he owns - to not endorse in a presidential race for the first time 36 years because he’s worried Donald Trump will take away his government contracts. @ask...

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6:27

The club of 1984. A walk down memory lane

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2024/10/28

Send us a textThe club of 1984. A walk down memory laneWritten and spoken by Tudor Rickards10.45am, Monday 28 October, 2024I am sitting in Bold Street Coffee (est 2010)It’s one of a range of coffee shops and rather swanky bars which have replaced the West wing of the old Manchester Business School off Booth Street West.I’m about to join the 40 year reunion of MBA graduates at what is now the Alliance ManchesterBusiness School.Manchester has changed. Its Business School has changed. Goes witho...

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6:01

Cricket’s dirty secret revealed.

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2024/10/26

Send us a textCricket’s dirty secret revealed. I am utterly gobsmacked. Flabbergasted. Dumbfounded. Discombobulated. Shocked to my underparts. Shaken and stirred. My entire sense of reality upset.This morning, early enough for me to suspect I had been dreaming, I heard the hideous truth about the cornerstone of everything British, the game of cricket.I am not alone. Scales dropped from my eyes. It is six thirty am, during the last week of British summer time. I am avoiding gett...

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5:56

A nail-biting finish for the East Cheadle second...

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2024/10/22

Send us a textMonday, the 21st of OctoberThe East Cheadle second team begins it season with a lengthy trip to a newcomer to the league Glossop.Our new captain Jim continues to show off the luxury of driving in his super new BMW. His enthusiasm stretches to picking up various members of the team transporting us to the event.The pick ups are executed smoothly. we set off into the night. We have every reason to be confident. Glossup has had a bad start to its first season in the league. in their...

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The Dilemmas of a new King: Charles 111 heckled on...

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2024/10/22

Send us a textThe Dilemmas of a new King: Charles 111 heckled on his State Visit to Australia.Written and spoken by Tudor Rickards On October 21, 2024, the 70 year-old King Charles is making his first visit to Australia since acceding to the throne.His time as King has been troubled with serious health problems. His earlier role as Prince of Wales was frequently interrupted by Welsh Nationalists shouting “you’re not our Prince”.King Charles suffers from the longevity and popularity ...

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Why I don’t edit my podcasts. It’s not entirely...

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2024/10/20

Send us a textWhy I don’t edit my podcasts. It’s not entirely sloth, or obsessive need for closureWritten and spoken by Tudor Rickards20 October, 2024I have friends who are far more tech-savvy than I am. One asked me directly recently why I didn’t remove the various audio blubs or whatever they are called from my podcasts.The others probably remain silent to stop further discussion of podcasting (a subject banned from our coffee meetings,, along with philosophy, Manchester United, and reminis...

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9:07

A brilliant fighting draw for the injury-hit first...

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2024/10/18

Send us a textA brilliant fighting draw for the injury-hit first team: Urmston v East Cheadle irregularsThursday 17 October 2024It’s the nightmare of travelling to the gates of hell and through the Urmston roundabout, year after year. The great Welsh philosopher Dai Nickerbockers called this the perpetual recurrence.nightmare, but that’s a different story.So, to the tale of pulsating matches, of victories gained and victories snatched away by the fickle finger of chess fate. But I get ah...

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