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Science of Business by Valueships8 Insights for Management from Sport ScienceSince Moneyball, sport have gone through a transition from gut-driven decisions to using data to understand better how performance of elite athletes is shaped, how teams are built to win and how managerial decisions write sports history.
In fact, such data is much more available to scientists than data from corporate, so a lot of the models we use every day to manage our teams derive from sports science. For example, one of such models is equity theory, telling us that the perceived fairness is a tremendous factor influencing our team members' performance.
In this Episode, I...
2023-06-1228 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsScience based tips to increase success rate of organizational changeAccording to data from McKinsey (Baggio, Digentiki, Varma, 2019) as many as 70% organizational change initiatives fail to deliver what the expected results. This makes understanding of proper implementation of such initiatives incredibly crucial. In search for some ideas on how to properly implement such interventions, I came across a thorough scientific paper written by Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz and her colleagues forming a multidisciplinary team tackling change from different perspectives. Their list of 10 principles of organisational intervention is a must read for anyone implementing changes in their work across all levels, from small teams to entire organization.
Prof...
2023-05-2944 minScience of Business by ValueshipsHow to write more effective social media content according to science?New research shows that organic social media content brings higher influence on sales than what your clients say about you over the internet. If your company tends to offer deal after deal in your social media, and you wonder if it makes sense to invest time in writing anything else, then you should listen to this interview. Together with Georgia Liadeli from Vrije University Amsterdam, we are exploring her newest paper, summarizing over 95 000 000 observations of how social media activity affects engagement and sales. Listen to get a big picture view on:
What types of content work better for...
2023-05-1531 minScience of Business by ValueshipsHow will new technological advancements affect recruitment?In this episode, we discuss the recent research considering the use of algorithms in recruitment with Djurre Holtrop, PhD, Assistant Professor from Tilburg University – Department of Social Psychology. Over the past years, Djurre was invested heavily in the potential use of Machine Learning and other technologies to support decision-making in corporate recruitment. Listen to this episode to know:
- How accurate are the algorithms supporting personality assessment based purely on video interviews- How can you assess personality better during an interview?- Is there a personality model that is even more useful for recruitment purposes th...
2023-04-2738 minScience of Business by ValueshipsThe science behind effective Agile Work PracticesIn this episode, I'm talking with Tom Junker, Assistant Professor at Tilburg University. We discuss his work on Agile Work Practices (AWP) and their influence on teamwork results. Listen to this episode to know:
- How the Agile Work Practices divide into those oriented on taskwork and those oriented on teamwork?- How to measure Agile Transformation using recently developed AWP scale?- What is the relationship between agile work and creativity?- Which of the Agile Work Practices influence proactivity the most?- What is the paradox embedded in agile work?
This...
2023-04-1736 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsCan we stay energised after work? New science of human energyIn a study I have conducted in 2022, I realized that over 60% of adults feel too tired after work to engage in meaningful activities. What drains us so much during work? Can we do something about it?
These questions were guiding me in the exploration of work from dr Oliver Weigelt. He's a very productive scholar that was conducting multiple research projects uncovering different aspects of human energy at work and beyond. In this episode of Science of Business Podcast I'm interviewing dr Weigelt about his biggest discoveries. Tune up to get to know:
▶️How our ener...
2023-04-0357 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsHow your brand design affects your customers?This episode is a must for anyone who deals with graphic design in their everyday work. Together with Felipe Affonso, Incoming Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University, we discuss his recent paper, sharing multiple insights on how choosing different structures for your logo, leaflet, website and other materials, influences your customer perceptions of your brand.
Listen to this episode to:
1️⃣ Learn about the influence simple decisions concerning symmetry, proximity, simplicity, and organisation of your contents have on your brand perception.
2️⃣ Understand how you can work with your identity, when working with multiple customer segments...
2023-03-2048 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsScience Level Quality in Scraping Web DataThis episode is a must for every data scientist that deals with scraping web data. Together with Prof. Johannes Boegershausen and prof. Hannes Datta we discuss their new paper that lists state-of-the-art standards in web scraping.
Listen to this episode to get to know about the most essential errors that practitioners make during selection of data sources, designing extraction and executing it.
Visit web-scraping.org to explore more resources, that our guests designed for improving the quality of web scraping practice.
Lastly - make sure their publication is read by all the data-scientists y...
2023-03-0644 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsWhat can we learn about populism by analyzing the totalitarian regime?In 1928, Nazi Party received only 2,6% votes in the elections to German parliament, while in 1932 their popularity raised up to 37%, offering the largest amount of seats in Reichstag. What happened between those four years that shifted the public trust towards extremists?
This question was guiding recent research work published in Leadership Journal by Prof. Paul Sanders from Neoma Business School. Analyzing the work of great thinkers describing totalitarian regime and comparing it to the practices used by populists, his paper provides some worrying insights about the state of current democracy and the threats to both...
2023-02-2054 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsFactors Influencing Executive Coaching SuccessAccording to IBISWorld, US coaching market was increasing by 2,8% every year since 2017, reaching $14,2 bn size in 2022. There is plenty of evidence showing its great effects on organizational and individual goals, including the meta-analysis by Theeboom and colleagues (2014). While we know coaching is working as a whole, we didn't know which specific aspects of it are especially important. What to pay attention to when choosing a coach or what to focus on, when we are running coaching processes ourselves? We didn't know until the paper discussed in this episode was published.
Listen to learn about:
2023-02-1424 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsWhy is meditation only the first step toward the benefits of mindfulness? with prof. Lucas MonzaniA second-order meta-analysis, conducted by a team of researchers led by prof. Lucas Monzani from Ivey Business School at Western University, revealed that the influence of mindfulness practices on employee wellbeing, relationships, growth, self-acceptance, and emotional regulation is so powerful that it is hard to find other activities that could offer results even half as effective.
Yet, in practice, we tend to underestimate the value of mindfulness and sometimes simplify it to the very first step, which can only provide limited results. If you want to know what scientists say about effective meditation, listen to this episode!
Paper discussed:
▶️Monzani, L...
2023-01-3043 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsJob, career or calling? New science shows the choice is actually different!According to a recent report from Zippia, only 20% of the U.S. workforce are passionate about their jobs, and every third worker is dissatisfied with what they do every day. How are these work orientations shaped? That's the leading question of this week, SoB episode!
Our guests: prof. Kira Schabram and prof. Jordan Nielsen shared the most inspiring insights from their recent work exploring how different work orientations are constructed. Starting with some deeper understanding of why do we actually work, through different drivers changing our work orientations throughout life, ending with practical tips on how can we shape better...
2023-01-1651 min
Science of Business by Valueships3 Evidence-Based Strategies for Self-LeadershipIn 2021 researchers from Florida Atlantic University have summed up over 100 studies on what contributes to successful self-leadership towards individual goals. In this episode I'm summing up their findings, supplementing them with some practical thinking and organizing tools you can use to get better and better on your everyday path toward being better at what you do. The biggest contribution to general knowledge about productivity here is that while there are tons of tools that are supposed to help you be more organized, productive, and successful, this research explains how to keep using them. Or in other words - what skills...
2022-12-0529 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsAre you a CEO/Founder? Then are you narcissistic?According to scholars from Harvard University ~18% of CEOs might have Narcissistic Personality Disorder. While new research suggests it can be beneficial for their companies, it also can be just as hurtful for themselves, affecting their mental wellbeing and close relationships.
In this episode I went for a short journey into research on CEO narcissism to understand better this trait, which is, way too often, omitted when we consider development as senior and top managers. If you are curious about:
✔ What precisely narcissism consists of?
✔ How is narcissism diagnosed?
✔ How does narcissism affect corporate performance?
Join me in this exploration of paper...
2022-11-2115 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsNew science of Agile Mindset and why it's not about "being flexible" with Radek CzahajdaThe world is offfering us with a disruption after disruption at a pace that is concerning to even the most resilient business leaders. Because of that Agility came back to the top 10 focus topics for modern managers. It also gained new interest by scientists with a new paper, published in June 2022, offering us a fresh perspective on what does it mean to be agile. In this episode you will learn how to measure agile mindset in your team and how to develop it to be ready for the VUCA world hitting us harder than ever before. Wether you are a...
2022-11-0534 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsShaping a Startup Team for Success - Science and Tactics with prof. Florence HonoréHow to shape a Startup Team in order to succeed? What should be your go to tactic?
Teamwork makes the dream work. But how frequently it actually does? Research suggests as many as 60% of new ventures fail due to team issues (Klotz et al. 2014)!
The topic of right team composition is, therefore, more important than we would assume. It is, by far, one of the toughest decisions to make when starting a new business venture. Should it be people who have proven record of success, people you like, a mixture of both? Whom to exclude and whom to politely say...
2022-10-1744 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsScience-Based Tips to Actually Start Growth HackingWhenever you google “growth hacking”, you might find some vague articles on barely legal marketing tactics that could, at best, provide you with some annoyed customers. At worst, you can get legal consequences and losing the entire audience you were building for years. Is growth hacking dead, then? What does scientists have to say about it? In this episode, I'm covering some scientific articles that let me call myself an aspiring growth hacker with pride!
You will learn:
➡ What growth hacking really is (according to scientists, that always need to call things right)
➡ What is the process of growth hacking done rig...
2022-10-0240 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsThe Science of Success in Lean Startup and Business Modelling with Chris WelterDo you find insights from other companies valuable? It's like multiplying your experience, isn't it? What if you received a combined insight from 120 startups? Imagine how many pitfalls you could avoid, how many great ideas you could replicate. Pretty exciting!
That's how excited I got when I recently came across a scientific paper that combined experiences of multiple entrepreneurs with Lean Startup, Business Modelling and Business Success. Tons of valuable, practical insights and I imagine even more knowledge stayed outside that paper... Combined experiences from 120 different startups. That's some bestseller material!
Listen to this episode to learn what Chris Welter...
2022-09-1634 min
Science of Business by Valueships8 Science-Based Tips for Better Content MarketingIf you want to start designing your content to bring more clients to your business, or you are searching ways to make your content bring better results – this episode is for you 🔥
Nowadays, B2B sellers create digital content that leads potential clients to interact with their company. It's important considering the growing importance of the Internet to B2B customer purchasing decisions.
Referring to content marketing we prepared a summary of the most valuable and ready-to-use outcomes in a digestible list of tips.
Thanks for this episode you will learn about:
👉🏼 the organizational processes for developing valuable and timely content to...
2022-08-0238 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsThe Importance of Status in Your Business Career with Radek CzahajdaIn this episode, I went through some recent research in the field of power and status. It is a broad topic that influences pretty much everything that we do in our day-to-day lives, so I just chose some articles that I find very practical and easy to implement. The topics I discussed include:
▶ the influence of narcissism on firm performance and an interesting way to measure it;
▶ physical signals of status that can be used in communication;
▶ the influence of status and power on negotiations and the way you can control them;
▶ the social benefits of hierarchy and;
▶ the relationship between po...
2022-07-0332 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsThe New Science of Marketing: Advertising with Radek CzahajdaWhat is currently hot in advertising research? I went through the most recent and impactful research in the field and collected multiple, practical insights for you:
▶ The definition of advertising needed to change due to rapid advancement of this field
▶ Scientists listed several inefficiencies in advertising, that most companies fall into
▶ Different platforms require different communication style. Scientists defined these styles for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram
▶ A new classification of influencers was created. It helps to design smarter influencer marketing strategy.
▶ An interesting experiment on advertising disclosure showed that a lot of sponsored content is bringing opposite results than expec...
2022-07-0339 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsThe Science and Practice of Charisma with prof. John AntonakisIn this episode of Science of Business Podcast, I will be speaking with prof. John Antonakis, an accomplished scholar and Editor-in-Chief of one of my favourite journals – Leadership Quarterly.
During our conversation, we will explore the results of his groundbreaking work in the field of charisma, trying to find some practical suggestions for leaders in how (and why) to be more charismatic. Some leading questions I'd like to get answers to:
✔ What are the Charismatic Leadership Tactics?
✔ Can we quantify the value of practising charisma?
✔ How to become more charismatic?
If you are curious about charisma and would like to know mor...
2022-06-0849 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsValue-Based Pricing and XaaS transitions with Stephan M. Liozu, Ph.DIn this episode of Science of Business Podcast I will be speaking with Stephan M. Liozu, PhD about science and practice of setting prices in modern firms.
Dr Liozu is a leading expert in value-based pricing, supporting businesses from different branches in XaaS transitions. Through over 15 years of experience he published 10+ books and written scientific papers for renown journals in the field, including Journal of Revenue & Pricing Management, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Industrial Marketing Management.
Some of the questions on my list include:
➡How important is innovation in pricing for modern firms?
➡What are price setting and price getting skil...
2022-05-1543 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsLearning in Adulthood with Ian McIlwanIn this episode of Science of Business Podcast we will be talking about the reality of learning in adulthood.
My guest, Ian McIlwain has more than 10 years of experience in working with adult learners in LinkedIn Learning and FutureLearn and I will do my best to harvest his key insights during our 45-min talk 😊
Some questions we plan to address:
▶ Is it more difficult to learn when we get older?
▶ How to address transfer in self-paced learning?
▶ Is learning strategy different depending what we intend to learn?
▶ Are we all ready to learn autonomously?
▶ How to deal with a stubborn learner?
Joi...
2022-04-2145 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsBuilding Strong Personal Brand with Radek CzahajdaIn this episode of Science of Business Podcast, we will be talking about personal brand- the newest research in that field, and how to create a strong brand around yourself and your expertise.
2022-04-0424 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsWork Design in Hard Reality of Remote Work with prof. Sharon ParkerIn this episode of Science of Business Podcast we will be talking about the Work Design in hard reality of #remotework.
My guest - prof. Sharon Parker is one of the most influential scientists in the world according to Web of Science Group. Her work was cited over 32 000 times and her interests beyond work design also include proactivity, mental health and job performance.
Prof. Parker is the Director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design at Curtin University and as part of her work she consults widely with industry and government on work-related issues.
During our talk, we will search...
2022-03-2048 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsNew discoveries in the field of LEADERSHIP with Radek CzahajdaIn this special episode of Science of Business Podcast, I will be sharing with you some of my picks from the recent research in the LEADERSHIP field. We will discuss scientific papers covering the topics of:
▶Shared leadership, ▶ Transformational leadership ▶ Servant leadership, ▶ Authentic leadership, ▶ Leadership development, ▶ Leadership potential, ▶ Leadership success.
The selected research pieces for this episode come from the following sources:
✔ Human Resource Development Quarterly,
✔ Leadership Quarterly,
✔ Frontiers in psychology,
✔ Journal of Applied Social Psychology,
✔ Harvard University.
Check out our website: [https://www.valueships.com/] (https://www.valueships.com/)
2022-03-1326 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsHappiness @ Work: New research and practice with Mirna SmidtAuthentic happiness consists of 3 elements:
💡 Pleasure
💡 Engagement
💡 Meaning
New research by Tandler, Krauss, Proyer and Corso has analysed how these parameters affect the workplace.
❗Spoiler alert: They appear to be essential for performance, work satisfaction and stress reduction.
How to implement them in everyday life and workplace? We will search for an answer together with Mirna Smidt: Happiness Academy Founder and Positive Psychology expert in today's episode of Science of Business Podcast.
Our website: [https://www.valueships.com/] (https://www.valueships.com/)
2022-02-2854 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsHow to build a lasting community? with Mitja CernkoIn this episode of Science of Business, I will be talking with Mitja Černko, psychologist and researcher applying data science methods to discover the ways we can support people to thrive.
We will be discussing different research pieces in the field of Community Building to understand how and why people come together to shape a lasting connection, and how could we use that to build better networks in our companies and among our clients. We will start from the research on Communities of Practice and try to extrapolate how the outcomes could be used in the other types of communities.
O...
2022-02-1550 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsBuilding Relations in Modern Business with Nuno BrancoIn this episode of Science of Business, I will be talking with Nuno Branco, trainer and consultant from sunny Cadizfornia. Nuno is an advocate of Relationships First attitude and has recently finished a book on his lessons for modern communication that I was lucky to get a glimpse of before it's published.
We will be discussing different research pieces in the field of workplace relations and the ways they apply in modern business contexts. Some topics we will cover include:
➡ How are relationships built in business today?
➡ How could we connect better with our peers?
➡ How to be a leader who bu...
2022-01-2758 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsBeyond the Basics of Design Thinking with Mara Milena SuterIn this episode of Science of Business, I will be talking with Mara Suter, a full-time Design Thinking practitioner with several years of practice. Mara is a founder of innovative-teams.ch and D-school graduate. In her work, she combines her psychological background with diverse approaches to DT and innovation.
We will not be talking that much about the basics or principles of Design Thinking. What I will try to get from this interview are some scientific phenomena and tacit knowledge only an experienced practitioner can provide.
The topics we will cover include:
➡ What social phenomena occur during DT sessions?
➡ How do w...
2022-01-0656 min
Science of Business by ValueshipsCreativity in Business Contexts with John BessantIn this episode of Science of Business I will be talking with John Bessant, Senior Research Fellow from Innofora, that dedicated his 40 years of career to explore the world of creativity and innovation.
We will be discussing different research pieces in the field of creativity and the ways they apply in modern business contexts. Some topics we will cover include:
➡ Where is creativity needed in business contexts?
➡ How to properly run a creative session?
➡ What can go wrong in a creative session?
➡ Big and small "c" creativity in business?
➡ Facts and myths about creativity
2021-12-1559 min