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this IS researchElitism, conflicts of interest, and collusion in the information systems field?Is there collusion in our field? Do we have elites running wild, making sure that their work gets published whilst the rest of us struggles to find room to publish our own work? And are we handling conflicts of interest that may exist between authors and the editors who are charged with making decisions about their work? These are serious questions. They target the core of our field, they have the potential to undermine – or bolster – the legitimacy of all our scholarship, and they pose serious material consequences for all scholars, their careers and ultimately their lives. We came across a ne...2025-07-0954 min
How It's Really Going with Shana ReckerTurning 50, Tracking Calories, Baby Bunnies and Going UnfilteredSend Shana a Text Message It’s been a minute, so today I’m walking and talking—giving you a life update, sharing how I’ve been using ChatGPT as a calorie and protein tracker, spilling the chaos of trying to keep baby bunnies alive in our backyard, and letting you in on something exciting I’ve just launched…This podcast has always been a space where I show up real and unfiltered, but now there’s a new level of that happening over on my new Patreon channel. I explain what it is, why I created it...2025-07-0533 minthis IS researchAsk us anything – Part oneWe have an anniversary to celebrate: one hundred episodes of the This IS Research podcast. We mark the occasion by answering questions we received from our audience: Which bear is the best, who likes a hug more... and what advice would we give about starting as an assistant professor, pivoting your research, and what books to read. All this and much more in part one of our “ask us anything” episode. Episode reading list Fort, T. (2003). The Book of Eels. HarperCollins. Nazar, S. (1999). A Beautiful Mind. Simon & Schuster. Frankl, V. E. (1946). Man’s Search for Meaning. Beacon Press. Ashby, W. R. (19...2025-05-2839 minthis IS researchAre digital technologies helping to green our planet?In 2010, the Association for Information Systems formed a special interest group () to nurture an international community of academics that study the role of digital technologies in fostering environmentally, economically and socially sustainable development. Fifteen years later, we sit down with , the current SIGGreen president, to reflect on the progress we have made. What do we know about how digital technologies help greening our planet? What efforts in empirical, theoretical, and design work is still needed? Is our role to understand the role of digital technologies or do we need to push and enact change ourselves? We conclude that environmental questions...2025-05-1453 minthis IS researchHow to be an editor 101, or: how to get away with bad paper decisionsis back on the show and he is bringing decades of experiences as a journal editor. So we decided we play a game of round robin where each of us is giving rules of what to do (or not to do) as an editor. How long can we sit on papers before we make decisions? On what basis should we offer revise and resubmit decisions? When is it okay to desk reject a paper? How many reviews are enough? So if you want to learn more about the different editorial superhuman powers and supervillain powers – this is your episode. Episode rea...2025-04-301h 06this IS researchNew theories or new scripts for the digital age?Is there a formula for doing and publishing research on digital phenomena? And if so, it is the same formula as the scripts for IS papers of the past, or has it changed? We discuss how our field has historically worked with reference theories from other disciplines and how we have moved beyond this one way of doing and publishing research to a variety of ways in which we can build theory about digital phenomena. We suggest that reference theories should not be viewed as immutable sacred cows but rather as a tentative basis of received wisdom, which we must...2025-04-0242 minthis IS researchIs hunting journal articles making us miss the boat of big ideas?Is the journal publishing process and the “game” around journal publishing forcing us to give up on big ideas and instead work on small ideas about trivial matters? We are not so sure. We think that science needs many different types of academics, and they have all sorts of different ideas, big and small, and we need outlets for expressing every single one of them. But outlets, like ideas, are not all equal. Journals are an incremental genre leaning toward rigor and thus risk type-2 errors. Book are an expansive genre learning towards big ideas – and thus risk type-1 errors. So the...2025-02-1941 minthis IS researchWhat do practitioners want from us?What do academics have to offer that practitioners do not already have? They have the data academics want. They can analyse it by themselves, sometimes better than academics. They are also not reading our articles. So why would academics bother engaging with them? Why should we even bridge that perceived or existing gap between theory and practice? Because academics need to dip their toes into practice, and they need to mingle with industry to stay relevant. So says Jonny Holmström, director and co-founder of the Swedish Center for Digital Innovation. He has been at the forefront of doing academic r...2024-12-1155 minthis IS researchYou just did a bad job doing qualitative researchYou set up an assumption, you have a theory, you analyze your data, and you show that the assumption does not hold. Doing good qualitative research is that simple. Except that it’s not, of course. On the ground, in the research and writing process, these basic rules can be quite tricky to implement. So we discuss some heuristics researchers can use to limit their conversants, settle on suitable theoretical lenses to examine their data, and collecting more data than what they thought was necessary. References Geertz, C. (1973). The Interpretation Of Cultures. Basic Books. Goodall, J. (1986). The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patt...2024-11-2751 minHow It's Really Going with Shana ReckerA Raw Update on Life, Business, and Finding My Flow AgainSend Shana a Text Message Hey there, and welcome back to How It’s Really Going! After a long break, I’m here to share what’s been on my mind and what’s next for this podcast. If you’ve been around since the early days, you’ll know this space has evolved over the years—from Girlfriend’s Guide to Network Marketing to Keeping It Real with Shana Recker, and now to this version: a mix of life, business, and everything in between.The Journey So Far I started podcasting back in 2016, aiming...2024-11-1628 minthis IS researchWhy you should never write a conceptual paperConceptual papers that offer new theories are hard to write and even harder to publish. You do not have empirical data to back up your arguments, which makes the papers easy to reject in the review cycle. We are also typically not well trained in theorizing, and there isn’t even a clear process to theorizing we could learn or follow. Does that mean that we shouldn’t even try to write theory papers? We ponder these questions, figure out what is so hard in writing conceptual papers – and share a few tricks that might help if you still wanted to wri...2024-10-0251 minthis IS researchThe three most useless slides in conference presentationsWe are back with the usual dose of fortnightly folksy academic wisdom sprinkled in with some serious and substantive conversations. We kick this new season off by discussing observations we made at this year’s Academy of Management conference in Chicago. We talk about how to get the most out of doctoral and junior faculty consortia, how to pick which session to go to, how papers get reviewed at conferences, which papers tend to get selected for presentation – and how to use your session as a platform to pitch your work and yourself and finish with a crescendo and a mic...2024-09-0451 min
Behind the HedgehogBehind the Hedgehog Episode 9 - Timo SiedenbergTune in to Episode 9 of "Behind the Hedgehog" with your host, René Recker, as he introduces Timo Siedenberg, IGEL's Nordics veteran with over 20 years of IGEL history .Timo was from the beginning a great example of identification, passion and love for the job and the company. I learned and grew together with him and today I am blessed to have him in my podcast!We briefly talked about Timos career path with IGEL and how excited we are to participate at IGEL Disrupt Munich from 16th and 17th of September 2024 and about the amazing Nordics H...2024-08-1628 minthis IS researchHow to do a literature reviewMany people think of summer as the best time to read. On the beach, on the airplane to a vacation, in between semesters… Sounds like a perfect time to do a literature review. But there are many ways to do a literature review, and in all honesty, we think most people choose the wrong type of review – the “systematic” literature review where they select papers about a phenomenon, do a supposedly structured but not exhaustive search across IS journals, and then criticize the knowledge others have created. We discuss a few alternatives that we think hold more promise: qualitative and quantita...2024-07-1059 min
Behind the HedgehogBehind the Hedgehog Episode 8 - John Moody-WatersTune in to Episode 8 of "Behind the Hedgehog" with your host, René Recker, as he introduces John Moody-Waters, IGEL's Director Presales UK/I, APAC & emerging markets. For those who know John, will have an idea of what we get in this episode. We talked more than 50 minutes about Johns career, Citrix Communities in the early days, his move to IGEL and the potential we are seeing and last but not least about our upcoming event IGEL Secure on June 12th in London. Don't miss out on this insightful podcast episode and make sure you are reg...2024-05-3157 min
Behind the HedgehogBehind the Hedgehog Episode 7 - Henrik PoulsenTune in to Episode #7 of "Behind the Hedgehog" with your host, René Recker, as he introduces Henrik Poulsen, IGEL's newest Veterinary EUC Expert, who joined the team just last week.Discover Henrik's fascinating journey, from his pivotal role inestablishing the Citrix market in Denmark and the Nordics to his move to theUS.Learn directly from Henrik about his decision to join IGEL and what hisfuture role in the IGEL CX Department will entail.Don't miss out on this insightful podcast episode! Learn more: L...2024-04-2234 minHow It's Really Going with Shana ReckerI'm baaaack! A bit of a life update + a hard lesson I learned in hiring my last coach.Send Shana a Text Message Hey there, welcome baaaaaack to "How It's Really Going with Shana Recker"! In this episode, I'm excited to share some recent changes in my life and what you can expect from the podcast moving forward.So, as you know, I've made a bit of a pivot in my career recently. I've shifted away from business coaching and started focusing more on specialized services like Kajabi work and graphic design. It's been quite a journey, and I've found immense fulfillment in this new direction. I'm all about those word-of-mouth r...2023-09-0637 minHow It's Really Going with Shana ReckerContinuing the conversation: Ethical sales and marketing in online Coaching with sales Queen Jillian MurphySend Shana a Text Message Continuing the Conversation: Ethical Sales and Marketing in Online Coaching with Sales Queen Jillian MurphySpecial Guest and sales QUEEN Jillian Murphy and I continue discussing online ethics and marketing practices we're seeing inside the coaching industry. Jillian Murphy helps her clients go from GOOD to Gold in sales... WITHOUT LOSING YOUR AUTHENTICITY OR INTEGRITYShe is massively obsessed with two things: SALES and COMMUNITY!With over 22 years of business experience in sales & marketing and growing multiple businesses of her own, she's made it...2023-03-0638 minHow It's Really Going with Shana ReckerMaking Quantum Moves in Your LifeSend Shana a Text Message Welcome to the Pursuit Podcast! The podcast that helps online coaches and entrepreneurs quantum leap their business! I am your host Shana Recker and I'm here to share the stories, the strategies, and the mindset through my own personal journey in my online business as well as the incredible guests that I bring on the show. We keep things super real here and we share whatever we need to help you move your business forward! Are you niched enough? Find out here --> www.shanarecker.com/niche2022-06-0821 minHow It's Really Going with Shana ReckerThe Magic Ingredient to Every Strategy is YOUSend Shana a Text Message Welcome to the Pursuit Podcast! The podcast that helps online coaches and entrepreneurs quantum leap their business! I am your host Shana Recker and I'm here to share the stories, the strategies, and the mindset through my own personal journey in my online business as well as the incredible guests that I bring on the show. We keep things super real here and we share whatever we need to help you move your business forward!Are you niched enough? Find out here --> www.shanarecker.com/niche2022-06-0619 minHow It's Really Going with Shana Recker91. Lessons learned in 2020 with Jason ReckerSend Shana a Text Message In this episode, my husband Jason Recker joins me to talk about the lessons we learned over 2020. How we are handling the pandemic and lockdowns, what we doubled down on, how we've changed and what we're focusing on for 2021. There are a TON of gold nuggets in this episode you won't want to miss! The book we talked about: The Map To Abundancehttps://livealifeyoulove.com/books-by-boni/Jason's Art website: https://www.jasonrecker.comAbraham Hicks: https...2020-12-2449 min