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Special announcement: Good Disruption is moving! from 2022-09-22T10:28:31
The Good Disruption podcast is moving to it's very own channel. To listen and subscribe, you can find Good Disruption on it's new channel here: http...
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Good Disruption: Episode 7 - Personalized Health from 2022-09-09T17:16:32
For many patients battling disease, working with their doctors to find the most effective treatment can be a painful exercise of trial and error. What if you could more precisely choose medicati...
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Good Disruption: Episode 6 - The Metaverse from 2022-09-09T17:15:05
In 2018, Director Steven Spielberg released the movie Ready Player One. Set in the year 2045, the movie depicts a virtual world, Oasis, where players can escape their everyday lives to be whoeve...
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Good Disruptions: Episode 5 - Clean Meat from 2022-09-09T17:13:06
Livestock farming represents more than 60% of agriculture GHG emissions. Cattle account for most of these emissions and are the primary drivers of deforestation. If we want to reduce the global ...
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Good Disruption: Episode 4 - AI and Music from 2022-09-09T17:10:27
When Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, he left his 10th symphony unfinished. Working off just a few musical sketches and notes by the composer, a team of computer scientists at Rutgers Universi...
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Good Disruption: Episode 3 - Online Learning from 2022-05-02T08:03
Ten years ago, a group of Stanford professors founded Coursera, an online education platform that allows university partners to offer courses using a subscription-based model. Known in the indus...
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Good Disruption: Episode 2 - Cryptocurrency from 2022-05-02T08:02
Bitcoin. Tether. Dogecoin. These are some of the most popular cryptocurrencies being traded around the world. The sheer number of crypto options available today suggests significant market disru...
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Good Disruption: Episode 1 - Electric Vehicles from 2022-05-02T08:01
The automobile industry is in the middle of a significant disruption. Initially led by Tesla, new companies like Rivian and Lucid are emerging while GM, Ford, and other incumbent manufacturers a...
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Good Disruption: Episode 0 - An Introduction from 2022-05-02T08:00
Welcome to a special presentation of the Darden Ideas to Action Podcast Series! "Good Disruption" is a lively discussion between UVA Darden School of Business Professors Mike Lenox and Yael Grushka...
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How AI and Machine Learning Are Driving a Planning Revolution and Helping Business Manage Uncertainty from 2021-12-06T15:35:26
Planning and project management are very old business functions, but they are undergoing a rapid change thanks to how advances in data science enable organizations to effectively manage uncertai...
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The Secrets of CEO Performance and Integrity Hidden in Accounting Data from 2021-09-07T22:36:22
Accounting measures can help boards and investors answer some very important questions about the performance, integrity and compensation of CEOs in surprising ways. Professor...
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Marketing Meets AI: How the Next Marketing Revolution Will Unfold and What Marketers Can Do to Prepare from 2021-08-12T16:36:07
Our lives have become an open book to the companies collecting our data, and marketers are becoming increasingly sophisticated at using that data to compel us to buy their products and services....
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What Theranos Can Teach Us About Ethical Challenges in Murky High Tech Waters from 2021-06-16T15:40:31
The world has been captivated by the stunning collapse of Theranos and its supposedly wunderkind founder Elizabeth Holmes, who now faces trial for fraud. University of Virginia Darden School of ...
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How Barriers Faced by Female Entrepreneurs Impact Us All and Stifle the Global Economy from 2021-04-21T19:39:29
The glass ceiling exists around the world. From the U.S. to India, women work harder to get a foot in the door, a seat at the table or a place at the top of established businesses. But what abou...
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The Decarbonization Imperative: How the Entire Economy Can Meet the Climate Moment from 2021-03-24T10:05:43
Electric vehicles are everywhere. Renewable energy like solar and wind, too. The U.S. is back in the Paris Climate Accord. Progress to stop climate change has come so far, yet still has a long w...
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The Future of Work Is Changing. Here’s How You Prepare for What’s Next. from 2021-03-10T09:32:57
The future of work is changing, whether you’re ready or not. But getting ready is no simple task. Who can you trust to teach the new skills you’ll need? How much should you pay? What’s more impo...
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Struggling With Change? How Individuals (and Businesses) Can Learn Adaptability from 2021-01-25T10:41:40
New year, new you? Flipping the calendar has become a cliché for goals, resolutions, intentions and self-improvement. Those good intentions fail all too often, not out of desire but out of an in...
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What’s Next for the Fed Amid White House Transition, New COVID Restrictions? from 2020-11-19T13:13:40
The Trump Administration is on the way out. The Biden Administration is on the way in. And amid the transition, the largest wave yet of the coronavirus pandemic is resulting in new restrictions ...
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The Guide to Getting in the Room Where It Happens from 2020-10-12T13:06:11
Have you ever shown up to a meeting thinking you’ve got great ideas, piercing insights and the motivation to make a positive impact, only to discover the decisions you thought were still on the ...
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Diagnosing Discrimination in Your Company’s Customer Service from 2020-08-27T09:14:29
Eliminating discrimination from customer service has been historically difficult, even for organizations with stellar service reputations. Is there a way for companies to better identify their b...
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Entrepreneurs’ Secrets to Surviving COVID-19 Business Disruption from 2020-07-15T22:23:17
No event in modern history has driven so much change, so fast, as the coronavirus pandemic. In a world beset by the challenges presented by COVID-19, can we look into the minds of entrepreneurs ...
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Black Lives Matter and Business: A Defining Moment? from 2020-06-23T14:01:03
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd and national protests for racial justice, businesses and leaders are working to embrace a defining moment for racial equality. University of Virginia D...
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Seeking Trust and Meaning: Consumers and Brands During (and After) COVID-19 from 2020-05-21T23:29:05
Panic-buying toilet paper. Baking bonanzas. Home hair-dye kits. The coronavirus pandemic is changing our routines, our social interactions and our relationships with companies and brands. Univer...
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Small Business and the Fight to Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic from 2020-04-30T16:04:07
Businesses large and small are in a fight for survival as the coronavirus pandemic brings economic activity to a near complete standstill. Professor Greg Fairchild joins the Batten Institute’s S...
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Leading Through Crisis: Lessons From Past US Presidents from 2020-04-09T14:43:04
The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis of unprecedented scale and scope. In response, the world looks to its leaders for clarity, direction, and the reassurance that their actions will mitigate — ...
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Why You’re Probably Hiring the Wrong People from 2020-03-19T16:26:22
Americans cherish the idea of the truly self-made man or woman. So why does an elite pedigree often win the day when it comes to hiring for the top jobs? What prevents managers from rewarding th...
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Disruptive Technologies and the Fight Against Climate Change from 2020-02-10T15:53:40
Business has the tools to solve the global climate crisis, but will business leaders have the will to drive the changes necessary to avoid the worst consequences of climate change? Professor Mik...
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What Makes a Fortune 100 CEO? from 2020-01-09T15:23:25
Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Warren Buffett — you know the names. But how did they come to helm the world’s largest companies? And is there anything we can learn from their stories that might suggest l...
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The CEO’s New Public Face from 2019-12-06T16:49:45
Not so long ago, CEOs were not the public face of their companies. But in the age of always-on media and the rise of superstar chief executives, CEOs must constantly give voice to the organizati...
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