unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc
By Greg La Blanc
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.*
Latest episode
-
531. Cultural Engineering: Reclaiming Tribalism for Collective Growth feat. Michael Morris
What does it mean to belong to a tribe? How does cultural psychology offer insight into politics, organizational behavior, and leadership? How does tribalism distinguish humans from other animals? Michael Morris is the Chavkin-Chang Professor of Lea… -
530. The Roots of An ‘Awokening’ with Musa al-Gharbi
The term “woke” might be modern, but woke movements have been going on throughout history. And while an “awokening” is meant to further equality among systemically marginalized groups, they often can exacerbate existing social inequalities. Musa al… -
529. Fixing Systems, Not People: What Works With Equality feat. Iris Bohnet
What does a workplace look like where everyone can thrive and flourish? Once we know the makeup of that space, how can companies work to achieve it? When is it smart to rely on numbers and when will strict adherence to data lead you astray in the que… -
528. How Big Data Has Transformed Personalization with Sandra Matz
-
527. Inoculating Yourself Against Misinformation with Sander van der Linden
If critical thinking is the equivalent to daily exercise and eating a good diet, then today’s guest has the vaccine for misinformation viruses. Sander van der Linden is a professor of Social Psychology in Society at Cambridge University. His books,… -
526. Beyond Problem Solving: Philosophy and the Quest for Understanding feat. Agnes Callard
What are ‘untimely questions’ and why do they become common blind spots in philosophy? Why is philosophy a team sport?? How does Moore’s paradox highlight the differences between truth and belief? Agnes Callard is a professor of philosophy at the Un… -
525. ‘Design Thinking’ As The Ultimate Integrator with Barry Katz
Behind every great invention is an engineer who figured out how to make it work. But how do you take an extremely technical, cutting-edge innovation and make it easy to understand and use for the public? That’s where designers come in. Barry Katz is… -
524. Business Strategy: Beyond the Numbers feat. Freek Vermeulen
What can shake organizations out of the cycle of doing things the way they have always been done because that’s the way they have always been done? Will a shift within an organization be more likely to stick with a top-down approach or a bottom-up ap… -
523. AI as a Colleague, Not a Replacement with Ethan Mollick
It’s official: AI has arrived and, from here on out, will be a part of our world. So how do we begin to learn how to coexist with our new artificial coworkers? Ethan Mollick is an associate professor at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School a… -
522. How The Invention of Choice Unlocked Freedom with Sophia Rosenfeld
How much has our understanding of choice evolved throughout history? And what has that invention meant to how we experience and acknowledge freedom? Sophia Rosenfeld is a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and an expert on the h…
