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unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc

unSILOed is a series of interdisciplinary conversations that inspire new ways of thinking about our world. Our goal is to build a community of lifelong learners addicted to curiosity and the pursuit of insight about themselves and the world around them.*unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*

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00:55:28

The Importance of Data Literacy feat. Bill Franks

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/04/18

Data literacy is now a baseline benchmark for being an intelligent manager.Bill Franks is the Director of the Center for Statistics and Analytical Research within the School of Data Science and Analytics at Kennesaw State University. In this role, he helps companies and governmental agencies pair with faculty and student resources to further research in the area of analytics and data science. He is also Chief Analytics Officer for The International Institute For Analytics (IIA) and serves on the

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00:55:35

The Physical vs. Digital Divide Isn't Always Old vs....

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/04/15

How do you develop products differently in the future? How do you organize your companies differently? What are the skill sets required of the leaders who will be taking organizations forward? According to Robert Siegel, digitization is like breathing, every company is going to have to increasingly integrate it in everything they do. Robert Siegel is a lecturer at Stanford GSB also a venture capitalist with Piva and Xseed Ventures, and also the author of “The Brains and Brawn Company: How Leading

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01:05:00

Game Theory, Negotiation Strategy and Fairness feat....

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/04/13

If you're going to succeed in negotiation, It's about arguing with a reason. And what game theory and logic does is allow you to frame the negotiation correctly and figure out the arguments for why you should get more.Barry Nalebuff is a Milton Steinbach Professor at Yale SOM, where for thirty years he has taught negotiation, innovation, strategy, and game theory. He is the co-author of seven books and an online course. His most recent book is “Split the Pie,” which is based on his negotiation

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00:48:45

Game Theory and Market Design feat. Al Roth

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/04/11

Economists are no longer simply describing and understanding markets, but are often playing the role of “economic engineer”, improving existing markets and sometimes, designing market mechanisms from scratch. Al Roth is a professor of economics at Stanford University and the author of “Who Gets What ― and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design.” And although this book came out about seven years ago, it is still so, so fresh. He and Greg talk about the growing field of market design,

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01:04:31

Can Evolution Explain Everything? feat. Douglas Kenrick

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/04/09

Douglas Kenrick is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. His research interests include integrating models from evolutionary biology and cognitive science to study the effects of fundamental social motivations on basic cognitive processes. Among Kenrick's many publications are the books "Sex, Murder and the Meaning of Life" and "Social Psychology," a textbook coauthored with Steven Neuberg and Robert Cialdini. We’re talking about dating and mating in this episode,

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00:53:38

The Rise of the Economists feat. Binyamin Appelbaum

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/04/06

Binyamin Appelbaum on the editorial board of the New York Times as well as a reporter there. He is also the author of “The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society.”In this book & his work, Binyamin traces the rise of the economists, first in the United States and then around the globe, as their ideas reshaped the modern world, curbing government, unleashing corporations and hastening globalization.This episode focuses on economic consensus around positive vs

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00:48:01

We Are An Experiment That Is Still Unraveling Itself...

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/04/04

Today's episode is diving into anthropology, paleontology, archeology, and all of these related disciplines with Ian Tattersall.He is the curator emeritus with the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and also the author of a wide range of books, both by himself and with his co-author Rob DeSalle. The most recent book is “The Accidental Homo Sapiens: Genetics, Behavior, and Free Will,”, which builds on a lot of their previous work, including “Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our

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00:48:08

Teachers Teach the Way They Were Taught feat. Tony...

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/30

The traditional notion is that schools are failing and they need “reforming.” But our guest believes that our education system is obsolete and needs re-imaging. Why? Because our education systems were created at the Dawn of the Industrial Era, and we no longer live in the Industrial Era. Tony Wagner is at the Learning Policy Institute, and he’s also been at Harvard University and a number of other institutions. He also published a memoir last year called “Learning by Heart: An Unconventional

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00:59:09

Everyone Wants a Silicon Valley feat. Dan Breznitz

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/28

Would you believe Cleveland used to be a hub for innovation? Now the Bay Area is the height of start ups and global technology. It seems like everybody, no matter where they are around the world, is trying to create a Silicon valley back in their country or “Silicon hyphens.” Dan Breznitz is the Munk Chair of Innovation Studies at the Munk School of Public Policy at the University of Toronto. He's also the co-director of their Innovation Policy Lab, as well as an author. His books include “Run of

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00:59:39

Helpful or Harmful: The Inner Voice feat. Ethan Kross

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/25

Ethan Kross says the human ability to be introspective is a super power. We can time travel in our heads. We can be excited about planning the future, and look back on our lives in nostalgia. But what happens when that time machine gets stuck? And you're only focused the negative. Here is where the ability to harness that inner voice becomes key. Ethan is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, and the author of “Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness

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01:11:38

Modern Philosophy and The Role of The Philosopher...

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2022/03/21

What does it mean to be a philosopher? What does it mean to DO Philosophy? What are the boundaries of philosophy as a discipline? These are just some of the themes that have pervaded the work of Justin Smith. Justin Smith is a professor of philosophy in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Paris, and he has written several books, including the upcoming “The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning” out March 22nd 2022.Justin and

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01:04:39

What Big Data Can't Do feat. Edward Tenner

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/18

We like to think that technology makes the world a better place and that progress moves forward in a fairly linear fashion. And yet, there are plenty of signs that show well-being does not necessarily increase along with the sophistication of technology. This idea is explored in Edward Tenner’s books, the most recent being The Efficiency Paradox: What Big Data Can't Do. A sequel to his previous book, Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences.He also just wrapped up

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00:46:00

The Crisis in Journalism feat. Will Slauter

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/16

Major layoffs, fake news and misinformation, as well as social media wars against the media & journalists have been hot topics in the last few years when it comes to what we consider “news,” especially in the United States. Will Slauter consider the problems of our modern day news production, by taking a look at the past, and the history of news media that brought us to this place. Will is a professor of history and American studies at Sorbonne Université in Paris. His research interests include the

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00:52:47

You Should Always Be Talking About Strategy feat....

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/14

Making strategy requires undertaking major―often irreversible―decisions aimed at long-term success in an uncertain future. Are you looking to think more clearly and build transparent, functional teams that work in a better, streamlined way?Jesper Sørensen is joining us to help you out. He is a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford GSB, and the author of “Making Great Strategy: Arguing for Organizational Advantage.”Listen as Greg and Jesper touch on consequential assumptions, the process

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01:02:15

Criminal Law, Moral Philosophy, and the Theory of...

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/11

Leo Katz’s work focuses on criminal law and legal theory. By connecting criminal law, moral philosophy, and the theory of social choice, he tries to shed light on some of the most basic building block notions of the law.He is a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of numerous articles and books including “Ill-Gotten Gains: Evasion, Blackmail, Fraud, and Kindred Puzzles of the Law,” “Bad Acts and Guilty Minds: Conundrums of the Criminal Law,” and of course, “Why the Law

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00:51:12

Distinguishing Cultural Learning from Social Learning...

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/09

Most people agree that nearly everything human is a mixture of both genetic inputs and cultural inputs. The question is about where the dividing line lies.Cecilia Heyes is a senior research fellow in theoretical life sciences and a professor of psychology at All Souls College at the University of Oxford. She also authored the book “Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking.”Cecilia and Greg talk in depth about theory of mind from early childhood development to how it is interpreted

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01:03:43

Your Brain’s Models are Never Accurate feat. Michael...

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/07

Brains arrive at the conclusion that they have an internal, subjective experience of things — an experience that is non-physical and inexplicable. How can such a thing be studied scientifically?That is just part of the mission behind Michael Graziano’s lab. He is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at Princeton University, and the author of “The Intelligent Movement Machine: An Ethological Perspective on the Primate Motor System”, “God Soul Mind Brain: A Neuroscientist's Reflections on the

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00:52:33

Seeking Virtue in Finance feat. JC de Swaan

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/04

How can finance professionals balance self-interest, client service, and the greater good? While finance is often portrayed as an occupation that is fraught with self-dealing and unethical behavior, it can also be an arena for promoting good and even a path to a life of virtue. JC de Swaan argues for this idea in his latest book “Seeking Virtue in Finance: Contributing to Society in a Conflicted Industry,” de Swaan teaches at Princeton University, and is also a partner at Cornwall Capital. How do

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00:58:18

Digital Transformation: Past, Present & Future feat....

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/03/02

87% of digital transformation initiatives fail to meet expectations. Do we raise expectations too high or is it really a problem of a failure to implement or execute the transformation?Didier Bonnet joins us today to sort this out. He is a former executive vice president at the consulting firm Capgemini and currently a professor of strategy and digital transformation at IMD Business School. He also co-authored “Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation” and the more recent

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00:58:45

Will Every Business Become a Platform Business? feat....

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc ·

2022/02/28

Platforms are eating the world! While not every business is becoming a platform business in the strictest sense, every company needs to re-examine its business model and consider adopting platform elements if they are to survive in the new ecosystem oriented economy.Geoff Parker is a professor of engineering at Dartmouth College, as well as a visiting scholar and research fellow at MIT. He is also the coauthor of “Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to

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