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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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2:36

Twice Round the Clock, by Billie Houston. Book Review

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2025/01/08

Send us a textA classic who done it reviewed by Tudor Rickards Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @Tudortweet Follow Tudor's blogs: everydaycreativity.uk leaderswedeserve.wordpress.com

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Wit and Wisdom. New Year Edition 2025

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2025/01/06

Send us a text Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @Tudortweet Follow Tudor's blogs: everydaycreativity.uk leaderswedeserve.wordpress.com

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2:53

The 'Test Next Week' logic puzzle

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2025/01/01

Send us a textThe ‘Test next week’ logic puzzleSpoken and written by Tudor RickardsJanuary 1st, 2025A teacher tells her class "I’m going to give you a test one day next week. I will not tell you the day, so that it will be a surprise for you".This is a well-known puzzle in logic. Is the teacher correct in saying that the day of the test will be a surprise to her students? If you haven’t heard this puzzle before, I’m giving you a little time to think about it. Serious thinkers may wi...

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Foot-fault. William's Woes Stop Play

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2024/12/30

Send us a textA dramatic turn of events in the battle for the Sunday morning doubles tennis trophy.The long-awaited final tennis match of the year ended unexpectedly in late December, in a cancellation. Injuries, and it must be admitted, advancing years, have taken their toll on the competitors.The event at the Northern tennis, squash, and Paddle centre, has been competed for over several decades, and has been frequently mentioned in local social media in more recent times.The regu...

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10:49

Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain, by...

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2024/12/28

Send us a textHeroic Failure: Brexit and the politics of pain, by Fintan O’TooleA review written and spoken by Tudor Rickards28 December, 2024Heroic Failure examines the nature of Brexit from the perspective of an Irish historian and political commentator. His central proposal contributes to a wider concept often described as English exceptionism parodied gently in the Flanders and Swann ballad, A song of Patriotic Prejudice, and which still rings round my memory banks "The English, the...

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Wit and Wisdom December 2024

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2024/12/23

Send us a textAn undated version for festive enjoyment... Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @Tudortweet Follow Tudor's blogs: everydaycreativity.uk leaderswedeserve.wordpress.com

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5:07

Lord Mandelson and a diplomatic comparison with Nigel...

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2024/12/20

Send us a textLord Mandelson, and a diplomatic comparison with Nigel Farage Written and spoken by Tudor Rickards 20 December, 2024Yesterday, Thursday 19 December, the news broke that Lord Mandelson was about to be confirmed as British Ambassador to the United States.Mandelson had a controversial political career, often making headlines for colourful newsworthy stories about his private life. His political legacy rests on the contributions he made in establishing Tony Blai...

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How Donald Trump’s long connection with professional...

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2024/12/19

Send us a textHow Donald Trump’s long connection with professional wrestling helps us understand his effectiveness at manipulating reality.Prepared and spoken by Tudor Rickards 19 December 2024, drawing on Goldman, A.J., ‘How Trump turned the elections into a wrestling match’, Published 12 September 2024, on the University of Lund website, https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-trump-turned-elections-wrestling-matchA fascinating article from the university of Lund suggests that Do...

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Understanding Artificial Intelligence through the...

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2024/12/15

Send us a textUnderstanding Artificial Intelligence through the lens of creativity. Written and spoken by Tudor Rickards14 December 2024AI researchers have found creativity to be a valuable conceptual tool or lens for thinking about the nature of Artificial Intelligence.One of the leading creativity researchers, Professor Mark Runco, wrote one of the most cited articles making a claim to standardise the definition of creativity. This was published in 2012 in the prestigious Creativity Re...

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Dommuraju Gukesh becomes youngest ever world Chess...

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2024/12/13

Send us a text Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @Tudortweet Follow Tudor's blogs: everydaycreativity.uk leaderswedeserve.wordpress.com

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A disturbing discovery in creative education. The...

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2024/12/05

Send us a textA disturbing discovery in creative education. The rise of theory-lite coursesSpoken and written byTudor RickardsDecember 5 2024In researching for a revised edition of my textbook Dilemmas of Leadership, over the period August-December, 2024, I have become increasingly disturbed about the lack of progress in the field of teaching materials on offer about the nature of creativity.This informal note is addressed in the first instance to members of my professional network of contact...

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President Biden’s final dilemma. What to do about...

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2024/12/02

Send us a textPresident Biden’s final dilemma. What to do about Hunter?December 2 2024.Written and Spoken by Tudor Rickards President Biden announces he intends to pardon his son Hunter over long-running criminal charges. The president had previously indicated he would not make a special case for his son, who has well-documented problems of alcoholism.https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-ukraine-firm-memoir-beautiful-things-40d98f7edf2e72f84ba2f12856327c5eHunter was convicted of...

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Wit and wisdom, late November 2024

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2024/11/29

Send us a textWit and wisdom, late November 2024DocAtCDIBefore you laugh at children who believe in Santa Claus, Remember there are adults who believe in Donald TrumpJuliest@101Now that the dust has settled ... the farmer's protest and wall to wall positive coverage by the MSM hasn't garnered public support for their cause but simply informed the public that some greedy farmers and landowners don't want to pay their fair share of taxes.@labour_historyOn death of the Labour politician John Pre...

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3:43

Creative protests by book lovers

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2024/11/28

Send us a textCreative protests by book lovers27 November 2024Spoken and written by Tudor Rickards, based on an article from the Central Bylines website published earlier this week.I have long supported Everyday Creativity, the ways we all can add to our everyday routines to produce more creative results. I came across a splendid example in a gentle response to the publication of his autobiographical book ‘Unleased’ by Boris Johnson. The former Prime Minister applied his own everyday tal...

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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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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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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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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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