unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc

Apr 16 2025 512 ep. 55 mins 140

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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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528. How Big Data Has Transformed Personalization with Sandra Matz

Apr 16 2025 55 mins

Are the algorithms that exist in our daily lives getting so smart that they know us better than our parents or our spouses? How do we balance the convenience and efficiency of this technology with privacy and consumer protections? Sandra Matz is a professor at Columbia Business School and the director of the Center for Advanced Technology and Human Performance. Her book, Mindmaster

527. Inoculating Yourself Against Misinformation with Sander van der Linden

Apr 14 2025 43 mins

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, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity and The Psychology of Misinformation delve into his resea

526. Beyond Problem Solving: Philosophy and the Quest for Understanding feat. Agnes Callard

Apr 11 2025 72 mins

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 University of Chicago and the author of the books Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life, Aspiration: The Agency of Beco

525. ‘Design Thinking’ As The Ultimate Integrator with Barry Katz

Apr 09 2025 56 mins

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 a professor emeritus of industrial design at California College of the Arts and a consulting professor at Stanford University. He i

524. Business Strategy: Beyond the Numbers feat. Freek Vermeulen

Apr 07 2025 57 mins

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 approach? How can organizations allow freedom for their employees, but still be in control of the direction of that freedom? Freek Ve

523. AI as a Colleague, Not a Replacement with Ethan Mollick

Apr 03 2025 39 mins

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 and the author of Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI. The book acts as a guide to readers navigating the new world of AI a

522. How The Invention of Choice Unlocked Freedom with Sophia Rosenfeld

Mar 31 2025 49 mins

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 history of things taken for granted. Her books, Common Sense: A Political History, Democracy and Truth: A Short History, and most recen

521. The Vital Role of Talent Development in Business with Bill Conaty

Mar 27 2025 61 mins

How important is it for business leaders to not only identify talent within their organization, but to take meaningful action to actually develop that talent? On the flip side, how handicapping can it be for an organization to keep employees who are holding the company back from success? Bill Conaty is a top former HR executive at GE and co-author of The Talent Masters: Why Smart

520. Debunking The Biggest Migration Myths with Hein de Haas

Mar 24 2025 59 mins

Contrary to popular belief, global migration levels have remained relatively stable. So why has it become such a hot button issue on the political world stage? Hein de Haas is a professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam and an expert in migration. His book, How Migration Really Works: The Facts About the Most Divisive Issue in Politics delves into migration as a histo

519. Why Some Public Debt Is Good for the Economy with Barry Eichengreen

Mar 21 2025 53 mins

As conversation swirls around how the U.S. is going to pay back its $30 trillion debt, old concerns about public debt have been raised once again. Barry Eichengreen is a professor of economics at UC Berkeley and one of the leading experts on international currency markets and their history. His books include Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System, The