What May Future Healthcare Look Like?

Listen in as Professor Abe Singer and colleague Hayley Clatterbuck attempt to rescue devil's advocacy from its deservedly bad reputation. We aim to show why, notwithstanding the many instances in which it is misused, "playing devil's advocate" is still very useful for our collective social understanding and enlightenment. 

Lecturer Zach Binkley explains what an NFT is, how they are used, and the enjoyment he gets from the gamification of how they are implemented. 

In October of 2021, Al Gorman, chairman of Power Construction and Interim Dean Maciek Nowak sat down to talk about how we build the modern skyscrapers and reflect on some noteworthy projects he has overseen during his career.  

Professor of Management Anne Reilly shares with us her expertise in organizational change management as she reflects on what the future might hold. The bottom line is that change is hard and in our conversation Anne offers a few suggestions for coping with and facilitating the changes that may be necessary moving forward. 

Can we mobilize against other societal threats in the same way we have and continue to do with COVID-19? Emily Nordquist of the Baumhart Center joins us to talk about how she hopes we are able to harness our abilities to facilitate nimble change against the other pressing issues of our time.   

Professor Jennifer Griffin joins us to talk about the many ways she has seen technology intervene during the pandemic and what she hopes will stay as we move forward.  

Professor Peter Norlander views the pandemic as a dramatic and unifying event and explains how he uses the Great Depression as a framework for understanding how our future may unfold. 

Leveraging his training as a political scientist, Assistant Professor Abraham Singer share his observations on the current state of public discourse and how we engage with it.

Paying attention to other pre-existing epidemics such as the opioid crisis and suicide rates within the United States, Associate Dean Tim Classen speaks to the trends in these concurrent epidemics and what their consequences may be.