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Welcome to Mind Over Chatter, the Cambridge University Podcast!
One series at a time, we break down complex issues into simple questions.
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In this first series, we’ll explore climate change. Climate change is likely to affect almost every area of our lives… like a toddler with sticky fingers. But how did it become this way? What are we doing about it now? And what does the future hold?
We’ll ask smart people some simple questions and see what happens!
We speak to Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Diageo Professor in Organisation Studies, at the Cambridge Judge Business School.
This is a fascinating conversation, we look at organisational culture through an 800 year old lens, by examining how Cambridge University sustains and conveys a culture.
Jennifer debunks the myths about organisation culture and explains how organisational culture is more than a mere “statement of values” but instead reflects the practices and expectations of people working together.
We also discuss what the future of work might look like post Covid-19 and how organisations and leaders can maintain a culture after the shift to remote working
We look at organisational culture through an 800 year old lens, when we discuss how Cambridge University conveys and sustains a culture.
Jennifer debunks the myths about organisation culture and explains how it can be broken down into practices and beliefs, rather than physical environments and rituals.
More info
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/faculty-a-z/jennifer-howard-grenville/
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/video/sustaining-culture-when-everyones-remote/
In this episode, we speak to Simone Eringfeld, MPhil student at the Faculty of Education and producer of the Cambridge Quaranchats podcast.
We talk about education in the time of Covid-19, how the move to online education will affect the idea of the university and how she sees the disruption as an opportunity to reimagine the future of the post Covid-19 university.
Simone shares conversations from her Quaranchats podcast where guests reimagine the learners’ journey, possible ways forward, and how institutions like Cambridge might embrace necessary change.
Guests
Simone Eringfeld @SimoneEringfeld MPhil student at the Faculty of Education @CamEDFac , educationist, writer and photographer. Co-Chair of Cambridge Peace and Education Research Group @CPERGUK
Researching ‘post coronial’ futures of Higher Education. Podcast host of @CamQuaranchats.
More info
http://www.simoneeringfeld.com/