Rethinking Work and Care: Inside Dr. David Smith’s Fair Share Vision

Rethinking Work and Care: Inside Dr. David Smith’s Fair Share Vision

Dr. David Smith, Professor of Practice and Co-Director of the Gender & Work Initiative at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, unpacks the key ideas from his book Fair Share: How Men and Women Can Create a More Equitable Workplace Together, showing what a more equitable workplace looks like and how each of us can help build it. Dr. David Smith’s journey into gender equity began with his and his wife’s unequal experiences as dual career naval officers, revealing how policy change without cultural change fails families and organizations. Drawing on his book Fair Share, he dismantles the zero sum myth that women’s progress harms men, showing that equitable workplaces expand opportunity and support men’s caregiving aspirations. He explains the “mental load” and invisible emotional labor women shoulder at home and at work, and how this feeds perceptions that mothers are less committed, limiting advancement. Post MeToo, he argues that real progress requires actively engaged male allies, not fear driven avoidance. His framework rests on three pillars: transparent culture and work design, caregiving benefits people can actually use, and routine measurement to make fairness stick. Above all, he urges leaders to “pull back the curtain,” listen, gather data, and confront hidden inequities as the starting point for genuine change. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. David Smith shared key insights from his latest book, “Fair Share: How Men and Women Can Create a More Equitable Workplace Together”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

Invisible Burdens, Hidden Policies: Dr. Duygu Gulseren on Workplace Substances

Dr. Duygu Biricik Gulseren is an Associate Professor at York University’s School of Human Resource Management, whose work sits at the intersection of psychology and organizational science. Her research examines how leadership shapes employee health, well-being, and safety, with a particular emphasis on chronic pain and invisible disabilities in the workplace. In this episode, she discusses her landmark review co-authored with Dr. Zhanna Lyubykh, “Keeping In or Pushing Out? An Integrative Framework of Substances and Substance-Related Control in Organizations,” which synthesizes 361 published articles to map how substances and substance-related control shape inclusion, exclusion, and everyday life at work. This conversation challenges conventional views of control and policy, inviting leaders to rethink how organizational narratives around substances can either support or marginalize the people who work within them. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Duygu Biricik Gulseren shared key insights from her research, "Keeping In or Pushing Out? An Integrative Framework of Substances and Substance-Related Control in Organizations", in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

Co-Creators, Not Employees: Inside Dr. James Bort’s Theory of the Startup Workforce

Dr. James Bort, Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at DePaul University’s Driehaus College of Business, shares key insights from his research publication, “A Theory of the Start-Up Workforce.” Professor Bort explains how early startup employees don’t just follow a founder’s vision, they actively co-create the company’s opportunities, culture, and narrative. He shows how ambiguous startup stories, scaling, and mission shifts can empower these “co-constructors” but also lead to rupture, cult-like cultures, and difficult exits, and offers practical guidance for founders to build more humane, employee-centered ventures. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. James Bort shared key insights from his research, "A Theory of the Start-Up Workforce", in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

Beyond Dyslexia: A New History of Reading Differences | Dr. Matthew Rubery

Dr. Matthew Rubery, a Professor of Modern Literature at Queen Mary University of London and author of several major works including Reader’s Block: A History of Reading Differences, discussed how reading is not a single uniform activity but a diverse set of practices shaped by neurological and experiential differences. Drawing on cases such as stroke survivor Howard Engel, atypical readers like Kim Peek and Temple Grandin, and conditions ranging from dyslexia and hyperlexia to synesthesia and dementia, he framed reading as a spectrum rather than a binary ability. Emphasizing the language of “reading differences” over “disabilities,” he highlighted both the challenges and unique strengths of these readers, while grounding his research in the principle “Nothing about us without us” to ensure that people with reading differences speak for themselves. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Matthew Rubery shared key insights from his book, “Reader's Block: A History of Reading Differences”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

How Deeply Human Is Language? Prof. Yosef Grodzinsky on Chomsky, the Brain & AI

In this conversation, host Deepak Bhatt speaks with Professor Yosef Grodzinsky, a leading neuro-linguist and brain scientist, about his book How Deeply Human Is Language? Chomsky, the Brain, and the AI Fantasy. They revisit the so-called Chomsky–Hinton “debate,” explore language as a uniquely human capacity, and examine evidence from aphasia, logic, and neurosurgery to argue that the brain’s language system is highly specialised rather than a generic network. Grodzinsky connects classical questions from Plato’s Meno to modern large language models, highlighting how current AI often sidesteps core linguistic insights and calling for genuine collaboration between AI researchers and linguists. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Professor Yosef Grodzinsky shared key insights from his book, “How Deeply Human Is Language? Chomsky, the Brain, and the AI Fantasy”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.