{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/61de066f8657180013af4053?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"David Burkus: Upending Everything You Knew About Business","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/61de066f8657180013af4053.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>This week's guest:&nbsp;</strong></p><p>This week, our in-depth conversation features <a href=\"http://davidburkus.com/\" target=\"_blank\">David Burkus</a>, dad, author, speaker, researcher, and associate professor of management at Oral Roberts University.</p><p>He teaches courses on organizational behavior, creativity and innovation, and strategic leadership and has made&nbsp;it his purpose to facilitate the transfer of good ideas.</p><p> THe is the author <a href=\"http://goo.gl/uChH6R\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies Generate Great Ideas</em></a><em>&nbsp;</em>and writes&nbsp;regularly for <em>Harvard Business Review</em>, <em>Forbes</em>, <em>PsychologyToday</em> and <em>99U</em>. He's&nbsp;also the founder and host of <a href=\"http://davidburkus.com/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Free Leader</a>, a podcast that shares insights on leadership, innovation, and strategy.</p><p>His new book,&nbsp;<a href=\"http://goo.gl/O2LvgX\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual</em></a><em>, </em>draws&nbsp;on decades of research&nbsp;which&nbsp;has found that not only are many of our fundamental management practices wrong and misguided, but they can be downright counter-productive.</p><p><strong>In This Episode, You'll Learn:</strong></p><ul><li>How he ended up in a university teaching position he didn't see coming.</li><li>Why paying people to quit is a great use of company funds, if you value culture.</li><li>What happens when companies place their employees above their customers.</li><li>That the smartest corporate leaders are the ones you've never heard of.</li><li>Why some companies are re-evaluating or eliminating email all together.</li><li>The benefits of pushing through the uncomfortableness of pay transparency.</li></ul><p><strong>Mentioned in This Episode:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"http://goo.gl/YmgPVI\" target=\"_blank\">Zappos' Culture</a></li><li><a href=\"http://goo.gl/JmVs9F\" target=\"_blank\">Zappos' transition to \"Holacracy\"</a></li><li><a href=\"https://slack.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Slack</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Jonathan Fields / Acast"}