McGill Delve Podcast

Creativity is a joyous rageOnce upon a time, creativity was your superpower. Your ambition to succeed was unmatched and your creative drive was your guiding light. But now, after years of navigating deadlines, expectations, and maybe even a few hard-won successes, you find yourself wondering: Where did that creative spark go?When creativity feels distant—lost to routine, burnout, or the sheer weight of responsibilities and expectations—how do you find your way back to it? For Ann-Marie MacDonald, acclaimed novelist, actor, and playwright, the secret lies in curiosity.In this episode of the Delve podcast, host and managing editor Eric Dicaire sits down Ann-Marie MacDonald to talk creativity. Ann-Marie shares her take on the creative act, and how it changed from youthful rage and zealousness to a skilled craft. She also shares how she approaches her work and incorporates curiosity into everything she does. Ann-Marie and Eric then apply her insights to entrepreneurial and managerial contexts, so that you too can bring more creativity into your life. Ann-Marie MacDonald is a renowned novelist, playwright, and actor, known for such works as Fayne (2022), The Way the Crow Flies (2003), and Fall on Your Knees (1996). She has also performed in several plays and films, and has written a few of her own. She was also the Richler Artist in Residence at the McGill University English Department in 2024. Learn more at https://annmariemacdonald.com/ RELATED CONTENTThe six pillars of creativity, with Saku MantereWhat modern art tells us about creativity, with Mitali BanerjeeSTAY IN TOUCH Email: delve@mcgill.ca YouTube: @McGillDelve Instagram: McGillDelve Facebook: DelveMcGill LinkedIn: McGillDelveVisit us at Delve.mcgill.ca McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Eric Dicaire is Delve’s managing editor and hosted this episode. Professor Saku Mantere is Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music in this episode.  

Sometimes it’s difficult to do the right thing. What if managers made it easier?Rob Glew is an assistant professor of Operations Management at McGill University. In this podcast interview, pulling on his own research and other cornerstone studies, he shares how small management choices can impact people’s motivations to do good.Eric Dicaire interviews Rob Glew in this podcast episode. They begin by defining pro-social behaviour and how it breaks conventional economic wisdom. Then they discuss one of Glew’s studies, where he identified the impact of a small operational change on COVID-19 self-testing in the UK. They wrap the conversation with more examples of pro-social behaviour, how managers can encourage them, and why paying people isn’t enough to make them do good.READRob Glew and Claire Senot (2023). Hold Me Accountable: Anonymity and prosocial behavior in services. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4583322STAY IN TOUCH Email: delve@mcgill.caYouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelveVisit us at Delve.mcgill.caMcGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. This episode of the podcast was hosted and edited by Eric Dicaire. Saku Mantere is McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music. 

This week on the McGill Delve podcast, our editor-in-chief is in the hot seat. Saku Mantere is a professor of Organizational Behaviour at the Desautels Faculty of Management. Over the course of his career, he’s identified six ways to understand creativity. These frameworks can help you unlock the creativity that’s within you and your organization.We begin this episode with an overview of Professor Mantere’s six pillars of creativity. Then, he and interviewer Eric Dicaire explore how Mantere teaches creativity to undergraduate students. In the second half of the conversation, they dive into what creativity can look like in the workplace and how different organizations might encourage different kinds of creativity, citing examples from X and Google.--McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. This episode of the podcast was hosted and edited by Eric Dicaire. Saku Mantere is McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music.--STAY IN TOUCHEmail: delve@mcgill.caYouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelve

Are unions for everyone?Tony Masi is a Professor of Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour at McGill University. In this podcast interview, he shows us unions attach themselves to social movements that benefit both their members and society as a whole, which has led to some of the biggest social changes of the 20th century. But this kind of work isn’t easy. If they want to win, union leaders need vision, political acumen, and a lot of friends.In this podcast interview, Professor Tony Masi joins Eric Dicaire to discuss unions, social ties, and how they impact society. They begin by talking about the role of unions in some of the major victories of the past century. Then they get into how unions align themselves with other social organizations, and what kind of tensions this can cause for union leaders. They conclude the conversation with a look at the current state of union membership and behaviour in North America.-READFrom Unwoven Societal Relationships to a Broad-Based Movement? Union Power in Societal Networks in Quebec (Canada), by Lorenzo Frangi, Anthony Masi, and Bénédicte Poirier.In the interest of everyone? Support for social movement unionism among union officials in Quebec (Canada), by Lorenzo Frangi, Sinisa Hadziabdic, and Anthoni Masi.-McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Eric Dicaire hosted, produced, and edited this episode. Saku Mantere is McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music.

In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, Professor Lisa Cohen talks about the fascinating and crucial process of job designing in startups. She explains how job creation impacts startups, the numerous challenges managers and founders face when hiring, and how startups differ from larger, more established firms. Read Professor Cohen's paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5212434_Routines_and_Incentives_The_Role_of_Communities_in_the_FirmSTAY IN TOUCH Email: delve@mcgill.ca YouTube: @McGillDelve Instagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGill LinkedIn: McGillDelve McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. This is episode of the podcast was hosted, produced, and edited by Eric Dicaire. Saku Mantere produced all the original music. He is also McGill Delve's editor-in-chief.

In this special edition of the McGill Delve podcast, editor-in-chief Saku Mantere sits down with Antoni Cimolino, artistic director of the Stratford Festival. Together they unpack leadership lessons from one of the most influential artists of all time: William Shakespeare.Shakespeare was not only a fantastic playwright, but he was also an entrepreneur. And his life and work have much to say about leadership and the perils of greed, power, and corruption – insights that are as relevant today as they were in the 16th century.Learn more about Antoni Cimolino and the Stratford Festival: https://bit.ly/3WNMNO8McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. This episode of the McGill Delve podcast was hosted by Saku Mantere. He is a professor of strategy and organization at McGill University and McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief. He also produced all the original music.  Eric Dicaire produced and edited this episode.

In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, Professor Rim Hariss talks price strategies. Supply and demand, manufacturing costs, and other operational factors are important determinants of a product’s price. But beyond that, retailers can manipulate prices to tell a story about their brand.Professor Hariss explains how price skimming affects relationships with consumers, how price anchoring influences consumer behaviour, and the opportunities and risks of putting your products on sale.Rim Harris is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the Desautels Faculty of Management. This episode was inspired by her paper titled “Markdown Pricing with Quality Perception.” Read it here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3634129STAY IN TOUCHEmail: delve@mcgill.caYouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelveMcGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform for the Desautels Faculty at Management of McGill University. Eric Dicaire hosted, edited, and mixed this episode. Saku Mantere composed the original music and is Delve’s Editor-in-Chief.

Personal finance may seem complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, Professor Benjamin Croitoru walks us through how to control our finances, avoid common investing mistakes, and feel more comfortable speaking to financial advisors. Professor Croitoru is an associate professor of finance at McGill University and the academic director of McGill Personal Finance Essentials, a free course on financial literacy. Learn more here: https://www.mcgillpersonalfinance.com/Looking for more great management thought leadership? Visit delve.mcgill.ca-Get in touch with us!Email: delve@mcgill.caYouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelve-McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform for the Desautels Faculty at Management of McGill University. Dr. Sabine Dhir hosted this episode of the Delve podcast. Eric Dicaire edited and mixed the show. Saku Mantere composed the original music.

Anicet Fangwa is an Assistant Professor in Strategy and Organization at the Desautels Faculty of Management. In this episode of the Delve Podcast, he highlights three simple management tactics that can reduce infant mortality rates in the Democratic Republic of Congo: performance-based incentives, auditing, and feedback. With these management tools, institutional donors can maximize the impact of their funding and potentially save lives.-- LINKSStudy: The Governance of Non-Profits and their Social Impact: Evidence from a Randomized Program in Healthcare in the Democratic Republic of Congo Home: delve.mcgill.caYouTube: @McGillDelveInstagram: McGillDelveFacebook: DelveMcGillLinkedIn: McGillDelve -- McGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform for the Desautels Faculty at Management of McGill University. Dr. Sabine Dhir hosted this episode of the Delve podcast. Eric Dicaire edited and mixed the show. Saku Mantere composed the original music.