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ShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #22 - So Long and Thanks for All the FishThe Martin Prosperity Institute will be closing its doors at the end of June. Over a decade ago we set out to make a difference in the world in our explorations of city building and geographic advantage and in our investigation into the underpinnings and fault lines of democratic capitalism. For details on the latter, we highly recommend taking a listen to our previous episode that lays out some solutions for the ills facing democratic capitalism. But for our final episode, wanted to take stock of all the work and research that’s come out of the Institute over the pa...2019-06-1200 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #21 Solutions for Democratic CapitalismOver the course of the last decade, MPI researchers have looked at the problems faced by democratic capitalism from a number of different angles. In our last episode, MPI Institute Director Roger Martin talked about some of the solutions he’s explored for the problems facing our democratic, capitalist system. He specifically had call-to-actions for four different actors: citizens, policy makers, business and educators. On this episode he drills down further, offering the what, why and how for each actor. There are echoes of past work from across MPI’s existence; while these are Roger’s solutions, they were arrived at thr...2019-05-2200 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode 20 - Rethinking EfficiencyAs part of MPI's ongoing work around shared prosperity, Roger Martin outlines his case against efficiency, specifically the way it's come to dominate how we think about the economy and politics and how that impacts are day to day lives. Once considered an unalloyed good, he argues we've gone to far, pushing our systems of finance and government to a point where they no longer work towards the betterment of the average middle-class family. This episode is based on the article "Rethinking Efficiency" by Roger Martin for the Harvard Business Review - https://hbr.org/2019/01/rethinking-efficiency Featured music: "Steppin'" by...2019-03-0100 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #19 The Power of CitizenshipWe examine the idea of citizenship and the power that comes with it. Here in North America, and across the Western world, we don’t put stringent definitions or limitations on what constitutes citizenship. Some simply define citizenship as voting while others would argue that even that is too limiting. Everyone we spoke with for this podcast, agreed on though was that it’s through citizenship that we create power, especially political power. Yet, as a whole we’ve become power illiterate. Featuring interview with Citizen Universtiy founder Eric Liu, the Ryerson Leadership Lab's Karim Bardeesy, and MPI Executive Director Jamiso...2018-04-0300 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #18 What is a Music City?we kick-off 2018 by looking at the term Music City, its meaning, intent and how such recognitions shape cultural policy in cities. Featuring interviews with Toronto Music Sector Development Officer Mike Tanner and Sound Diplomacy founder Shain Shapiro. Featured music: Wake - "Steppin'" Poddington Bear - "Woop Groove" & "The Window"2018-01-2900 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #17 - Year in Review16 blog posts, 14 research reports, 13 op-eds, four books and 1 short film – it’s been quite a year for us here at MPI. On this episode we take stock and looking back at some of that research while casting our gaze forward to 2018. The Shiftdisturbers Holiday Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/iangormely/playlist/3jkDo1co6ZsOi7kowoVRAz Music in this episode: "Steppin'" by Wake "Playtime" by Jahzzar "Jingle Bells" by Poddington Bear2017-12-1800 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode 16 Integrative ThinkingWe take a look at integrative thinking, a problem-solving theory that MPI Institute director Roger Martin conceived about a dozen years ago. He’s written two books on the subject, 2007’s The Opposable Mind, and the just-released Creating Great Choices, co-authored by Jennifer Riel. Put simply, integrative thinking is a technique through which two opposing ideas are “resolved” by taking the best elements of each to create a new, better idea. The theory was born out of Roger’s quest to get inside the heads of highly successful business leaders like Jack Welch and AG Lafley. But integrative thinking isn’t some busin...2017-12-0500 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #15 Roger Martin and ProsperUSA look into the themes explored in the new documentary short film ProsperUS. Produced by the Nantucket Project, an annual gathering of leading thinkers and decision makers with an aim making quote meaningful change, ProsperUS puts the spotlight on the decline of the American Dream and the dangers that imbalance poses to the capitalist democratic system. It also offers some solutions for this most wicked of problems and features MPI Institute Director Roger Martin and MPI Fellow Zeynep Ton. ProsperUS Trailer: http://martinprosperity.org/about/prosperus-mpis-thinking-on-the-future-of-work/ Music from this episode: "Steppin'" by Wake2017-11-0800 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #14 10 Years of MPIThis episode celebrates MPI's 10th anniversary and features a sit-down conversation with Institute director Roger Martin and Director of Cities Richard Florida. In the mid-2000s, Joseph Rotman came to then dean Roger Martin, offering Roger the financial support needed to build his own think tank. Excited by the opportunity, Roger immediately called up Richard Florida, someone he’d wanted to work with for some time. Forces beyond his control had stymied Roger’s attempts to bring Richard to Toronto in the early 2000s. But, with this new opportunity, Richard was once again top-of-mind. Music featured in this episode: "The Wind...2017-09-2800 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #13 Design ThinkingFeaturing interviews with IDEO CEO Tim Brown, Claudia Kotchka and Roger Martin, we take a closer look at design thinking. While you might not know what that term means, you’ve no doubt encountered many of the products the methodology has helped shape. It's a way for companies to figure out what consumers want and how best to give that to them. Apple is probably the most famous example of a company that’s incorporated design thinking into its products. But design thinking can be much more than just a way to design cooler iPhones; it’s a problem-solving method that f...2017-07-0400 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #12 Most Canadian MomentIn honour of Canada Day, on today’s episode, we’re taking a break from our usual dives into MPI research and have a little nationalistic fun. We canvased the staff here at MPI and our sister think tank, the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity asking people to share their most Canadian moment with the pod. And while no one was willing to admit that they’d arm wrestled a beaver, the stories that we heard reflected the good, the bad, and the just plain weird of Canada. Featuring the track "Steppin'" by Wake2017-06-2900 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #11 ChildcareOn today’s episode, we’re talking childcare. This seemingly innocuous piece of public-private policy can have a huge impact on kids, parents and even the economy. Childcare is finally being viewed through an economic, rather than a social lens as governments realize that childcare is about creating jobs, getting people back to work and preparing future generations for the workforce. In the most recent budget, the federal Liberals committed $7 billion to child care over the next decade. Though the issue still doesn’t get a lot of airtime in the media, childcare is a hot topic of conversation amongst anyone...2017-05-1800 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #10: Creative ProcessA look at the different processes that thinkers Roger Martin, Richard Florida, and Jennifer Riel as well as journalists David Frum and Adam Radwanski use to come up with, articulate, and disseminate their thoughts and ideas. These are unique ways of approaching thinking and research specific to the individual, but we hope that if givesome insight into our work and a better understanding of how you think and communicate with others. Music in this episode: "Steppin'" by Wake "The Last Ones" by Jahzzar "Whispering Through" by Asura2017-04-1800 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #9: What Trump Got Right & What The Dems Got WrongEver since he burst back onto the political scene back in 2015, politicians, pundits and the general populace has been trying to figure out what makes Donald Trump tick. While many claim to understand the motivations of the president, few believed he’d actually win. Not so with Roger Martin. The former Dean of Rotman and our own Institute Director viewed Trump’s primary run through a business lens. By the beginning of 2016, Roger felt so strongly that Trump would clinch the nomination that he not only penned an op-ed about it, he bet a friend $10,000 that it would happen. Given his...2017-03-2800 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #7: Year EndWe’re taking stock and looking back at some of the research we’ve done over the past year. On the whole, we think that we’re on the right track.But, the base assumptions through which we filter much of our work has been altered by both the Brexit vote and the recent US election. How will this affect our work in the upcoming new year? Music by Wake ("Steppin") and Jahzzar ("The Last Ones")2016-12-1500 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #6: Social MobilityWhat do you do when your country goes on without you? On today’s episode, we take a look at the concept of social mobility, or moving up the socio-economic ladder. Politicians, particularly in the most recent election cycle, like to talk about the American dream – the idea that if you keep your head down and work hard, you can be lifted out of poverty, or into the upper echelons of the so-called middle class. That sort of rhetoric is common here in Canada too. And, as we saw through the course of the US election, culminating in Donald Trump’s elec...2016-11-1000 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #2.5 (Mini-Episode): Where do the World's Billionaires Live?In this mini-episode, MPI's very own Director of Cities Richard Florida talks about the cities’ team’s new report, the Geography of the Global Super-Rich which tracks the geography of the world’s billionaires. Richard tells us what he and his team discovered including where the world’s wealthiest people live, why they live there and how they can affect the neighbourhoods and cities that they call home. Music in this episode: "Steppin'" by Wake2016-10-1900 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #5: Chuck KlostermanWe had the chance to speak with New York Times best-selling author Chuck Klosterman when he stopped by Rotman as part of our Shiftdisturbers speaker series. Klosterman is known for his keen sports and pop culture observations as well as his stint as the Ethicist for New York Times Magazine. He’s a super smart guy who brings his a unique worldview to almost any topic. But we were specifically talking about his new book, But What If We’re Wrong: Thinking About the Present as if it Were the Past, in which he tries to grapple with humanity's assumptions abou...2016-10-1600 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #4: Good Jobs with Zeynep TonSpeaking with MIT Sloan School of Management prof Zeynep Ton, author of the Good Jobs Strategy, and the United Way's Michelynn LaFleche, we take a look at the changing nature of work. Specifically, we put on the spotlight on workplace instability and how bad jobs and precarious work are sending ripple effects across the economy. The Good Jobs Strategy http://zeynepton.com/book/ United Way - The Precarity Penalty http://www.unitedwaytyr.com/document.doc?id=307 Music in this episode: "Steppin'" by Wake; "The Last Ones" and "Siesta" by Jahzzar.2016-09-0900 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #3.5 (Mini-Episode): Your Worst Job EverFor this mini-episode we polled the MPI office about our own worst work experiences. We talk a lot about the shift from an industrial economy to a creativity and knowledge driven economy. Yet, what gets obscured is that that this shift hasn’t benefitted everyone; while those who have moved into creative fields enjoy both higher compensation and job satisfaction, an alarming number of people aren’t so lucky. They find themselves stuck in precarious service industry work – dead-end low pay, routine jobs that do nothing to stimulate the mind. Worst of all, these bad, service jobs now account for just u...2016-09-0600 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #3: Toronto as the Next Silicon ValleyA recent article on TechCrunch suggested that Toronto is set to become the next Silicon Valley. For Episode 3 of ShiftDisturbers we asked Toronto based entrepreneur Michael Katchen, founder of FinTech company WealthSimple, local angel investor Dan DeBow, and Richard Florida, who wrote series of Startup City reports examining the geography of venture capital investment, about the chances of such a thing happening. Music in this episode: "Steppin'" by Wake; "Siesta" by Jahzzar TechCrunch - "Toronto is Poised to become the Next Great Producer of Tech Startups - https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/12/toronto-is-poised-to-become-the-next-great-producer-of-tech-startups/2016-08-0400 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #2: Rethinking the Think Tank with Roger Martin and Politico's Susan GlasserOn the second episode of Shiftdisturbers we’re talking about how to rethink the think tank. There is a growing consensus that the traditional work of think tanks – identifying and studying a topic before making policy recommendations to government - is no longer effective in its current form. If that if the model is to continue, we’re going to need to drastically alter the research and communication strategies that have drive think tanks in the twenty-first century. In this episode You’ll hear from Hana Passen, associate director for the New America Foundation’s National Network, Susan Glasser, editor at Politic...2016-06-2700 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersRichard Florida talks Venture Capital InvesmentRichard Florida talks about venture capital investment in the United States and across the globe as part of the Martin Prosperity Institute's ongoing Startup City series of reports.2016-06-0600 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #1: Adam Grant and Non-ComformityIn the inaugural episode of shiftdisturbers: the MPI podcast, our host Ian Gormely talks to MPI Fellow, Adam Grant, MPI Director of the Cities team, Richard Florida, and radio host on Vibe 105.5, Alex Centorame. We discuss what makes an Original, and how non-conformity can help stoke creativity, and what this means for the workplace. Intro and Outro - "Steppin'" by Wake2016-05-1000 minShiftdisturbersShiftdisturbersEpisode #8: Urbanization In South East AsiaWe chat with MPI director of cities, Richard Florida, about his team’s most recent report, The Rise of the Urban Creative Class in Southeast Asia, which looks at the massive wave of urbanization currently sweeping Southeast Asia and the ripple effects that transformation could have on the region’s middle and creative classes. Analyzing urbanization in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as their major cities, Richard was struck by relatively uneven levels of development happening in the region. But there’s also concern about its future. The economic development that led to the rise o...2011-11-3000 min