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R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; & Striving Towards Happiness

Professor David Maslach talks about graduate school, research, science, Innovation, and entrepreneurship. The R3ciprocity project is my way to give back as much as I possibly can. I seek to provide insights and tools to change how we understand science, and make it more democratic.

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00:09:09

I Didn’t Understand Innovation As A Professor Until I...

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2025/11/08

It’s not lost on me how wrong management theories often are.I read a lot. And I know this sounds pretentious, but I’m confident enough now to say I’m one of the few people who actually studies platforms and builds one. The only reason I got here is because I’m building the Reciprocity platform with my own money, my own time, and all the embarrassment that goes with it.And that’s why I see how disconnected management theory often is from the real world. We rarely capture what it feels like to

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00:01:30

I Accidentally Built the TikTok of Science

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2025/11/06

I built the most powerful research tool I have ever used — more impactful than AI. It lets you compare ideas, generate abstracts, and get instant feedback. I don’t know why researchers keep scrolling past it.

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00:08:10

What If Academia Is Dying? (Rethinking the Collapse...

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2025/11/06

I keep hearing that academia is dying.That we’re in an existential crisis.That peer review is broken. That the system is collapsing.And I get it.I’ve been deeply concerned about parts of it, too—especially peer review. When it’s bad, it’s almost useless. But when it works, it’s beautiful. And hard.Still, I don’t buy the narrative that we’re watching the death of the academic system.Because one thing organizational theory teaches us—if we’re really paying attention—is that you can look at the same

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00:12:13

Why I Don’t Trust Sensational Headlines (Even When...

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2025/11/04

Sometimes I’ll see a new bill passed or read a shocking headline—and my first reaction is the same as yours: “What the hell is happening to the world?”I’ll get grumpy. I’ll vent to my wife. I’ll think, “This is dumb.”But then I stop.Because I’ve learned that we, as human beings, are terrible at making sense of complicated systems.Even if something seems obviously harmful—or genuinely is harmful—it’s often impossible to know what the actual long-term effects will be. The systems we live in are too

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00:12:08

Why Most People Should Not Innovate — From an...

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2025/11/04

There is absolutely far too much hype around innovation.I say that as someone who teaches innovation for a living and then tried to build something myself.I have spent unbelievable amounts of time, effort, and money on the Reciprocity platform. And the great irony is that it was meant to help researchers in a field that talks nonstop about innovation. Yet when you look around, almost no one actually innovates. Not really.At the beginning, I fell for the hype. I read all the good stories. I believed

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00:09:45

The Big Misperceptions About What We Actually Do in...

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2025/11/02

There is a lot of mystery and ambiguity around the career of a researcher or scientist, and the general public often gets it wrong. Reporters and commenters talk about science in a certain way, but when you are in it, you know it does not work that way at all. Different domains are very different in how they operate in the scientific way, and there is a lot of nuance that people never see.What the public thinks we actually do is striking, and these misperceptions pass to policymakers and government

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00:17:49

Is Business Strategy Just Luck, Privilege, and...

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2025/11/01

Is Business Strategy Just Luck, Privilege, and Repetition?Over time, I have become increasingly cautious about what strategy truly means. I have spent much of my career studying it, teaching it, and trying to apply it. Yet the longer I engage with the topic, the more I have come to wonder whether we sometimes overstate what we can actually achieve.Respecting the TraditionIt is important to acknowledge that the study of strategy has given us remarkable insights. The field has taught generations of

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00:07:18

The Real Reason Science Feels Broken (And It’s Not...

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2025/10/30

There is a lot of discussion about the validity of science right now.Researchers talk endlessly about how to make results “more valid,” how to fix problems, and how to improve the system.But here is what I actually think.It is not about “bad apples.”It is almost never about that.The real issue is culture.And culture often comes down to one or two people inside a community who stress performance above all else. Those one or two people create tension. They make others feel lesser than. They make you

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00:07:47

I Was Told to Fit In—But Being Weird Saved My Career

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2025/10/30

Everyone says to optimize. To fit in. To specialize.But what if playing it safe is exactly what’s holding you back?In this raw and honest episode, David Maslach shares what most people won’t say out loud:Being weird might be the only reason your career survives.Drawing from experience as a tenured professor and researcher, he explains: • Why the best ideas start as misunderstood • How “goofy” projects become strategic breakthroughs • Why great firms like Google protect weirdos—and so should

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00:09:28

Assistant Professors: Live With As Much Joy As You...

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2025/10/28

Hey assistant professors that are just starting out. I just wanna remind you to live with as much joy as you possibly can. It is very easy to focus on what you need to get to and be very strategic in terms of who you are going to work with, but the key thing to always focus on is joy. Make sure that you are smiling every day. Make sure you have some laughter every single day. Look for those moments that make you feel warm inside. This is what I call the Spidey sense — the warmness you feel once you

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00:09:22

What Makes You Strange Might Be What Makes You Brilliant

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2025/10/25

My dad used to sit in the backyard and just watch his garden.No phone. No emails. Just stillness.It never made sense to me when I was younger—how he could be happy with just that.But now I understand.He wasn’t chasing anything.He had arrived.In academia—and in so many elite careers—we’re trained to chase.Chase status.Chase metrics.Chase recognition from people we don’t even know.I feel that pull every day.This deep, unshakable urge to be part of the most prestigious schools.To be recognized as “one

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00:05:15

Doing Work You Love Still Makes You Miserable Sometimes.

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2025/10/23

This is one of those moments I promised I’d be real with you. Nothing polished. Nothing fancy. Just the truth. Right now, I’m grumpy and tired after work—and honestly, that’s all I wanted to share. Not as a rant, but as a reminder. Because we’re surrounded by advice telling us to love every second of our careers, to feel passion at every turn. And if you’re not feeling it, then maybe something’s wrong with you. That’s the lie.Here’s my experience: after a full day of real work—whether that’s writing

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00:19:23

Most University Innovation Fails. That’s Exactly the...

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2025/10/21

Most people ask: “Why do universities produce so little innovation per dollar spent?” or “Why don’t university labs focus on real-world innovation?” The problem is that we keep using metrics that don’t capture what’s actually happening.Universities are playing a very different game than companies. They don’t just chase performance. They teach. They serve public missions. They take on harder problems—ones others walk away from. And most of their innovation efforts? They aren’t failures. They’re

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00:09:00

The Hardest Part Isn’t Building the Thing—It’s...

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2025/10/18

I’ve spent the last 10 years building a platform to make research better.To make it less lonely.To make it more joyful.To make rejection less painful.At first, I thought people would jump in.I assumed: “If I build something good—something that helps—people will just show up.”They didn’t.I kept building anyway.And along the way, I learned the hardest part of innovation isn’t the tech.It’s not funding.It’s not even the science.It’s belief.Getting people to believe something new is possible…That’s the

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00:08:55

Why Research Careers Are So Psychologically Difficult

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2025/10/18

The research career is hard in a way that’s not often talked about. It’s not just intellectually difficult — it’s personally difficult. It functions a lot like entrepreneurship. You are left entirely to your own demise. You have near-total autonomy, and what that does is amplify whatever your default tendencies are.If you are a high-anxiety person — which describes a large number of successful researchers — you will likely internalize everything. You’ll obsess, push harder, and feel like the world

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00:08:09

A Researcher’s Doubt: Wrestling with the Strengths...

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2025/10/14

I’ve become increasingly skeptical of the peer review system—not because the intention behind it is bad, but because of the complicated world in which it’s embedded. On paper, the process sounds idealistic: submit your research, get anonymous feedback, revise, and resubmit. But in practice, it’s a messy system shaped by invisible games, ambiguous standards, and enormous variability in what counts as “good” science.In this episode, I reflect on what it feels like to send work off into a black

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00:58:35

Why Choose Research? Olav Sorenson on Loving the Climb

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2025/10/11

Why do we choose this strange, difficult career of research—and what makes it worth it?David Maslach sits down with Olav Sorenson, Professor of Strategy at UCLA Anderson and one of the most influential voices in organizational theory and entrepreneurship.“We’re professional problem solvers.”In this powerful conversation, Sorenson shares how curiosity—not credentials—built his career. From almost launching a startup to shaping the field of entrepreneurship, he reminds us why the real reward in

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00:03:35

The Only Advantage I Had? I Didn’t Give Up

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2025/10/08

Most people give up.They try a few times. It gets hard. It gets quiet. No one notices.So they stop.And that’s why the game is winnable.That’s why you never see professors building open platforms.Why researchers tell you not to start something new.Why smart people will laugh at your idea and say,“That’s not how it’s done.”They’re not wrong.They’re just done.But I’m not.Every day, I show up. Even when no one cares.Even when I feel ridiculous.Even when I want to quit.Because I know the

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00:09:23

Retirement Is a Lie: Why We Don’t Have to Fade Away

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2025/10/07

I’ve never liked how we talk about retirement. Like life just… ends at 65. You stop being relevant, you stop pushing, and you’re supposed to disappear into golf courses and travel ads. That might have made sense in 1955—when making it to 70 was a miracle. But that’s not our world anymore. Most of us will live far longer than we think, and if you’ve made it this far, chances are you’re healthy, sharp, and still very much alive.This episode is a gut-check: why “retirement” is outdated, why aging is

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00:12:29

The More I Study the World, the Less I Understand It

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2025/10/02

As a professor and researcher, you’d think I’d be certain about things by now.But the more I study the world, the more I realize how little we actually know.We act like understanding is easy—as if truth is just waiting to be downloaded.But most knowledge is fragile. Most beliefs are assumptions in disguise.And still, everyone around us—especially in academia—pretends like they know.This creates a strange culture:One where people compete by displaying knowledge, not seeking it.Where learning becomes

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