In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Allie Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management in Purdue University’s Mitch Daniels School of Business and faculty director of the Center for Working Well.
As an award-winning advocate for workplace mental health and well-being, Allie studies how employees can thrive at work, both in person ... Show More
Sep 25
College Majors That Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago: How To Stay Future-Ready
In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Dimitri Peroulis, senior vice president for partnerships and online at Purdue and the Reilly Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. As an executive leader, he guides the university’s online programs and the offices ... Show More
25m 6s
Sep 11
Breaking News Producer on the Evolution of the Media Industry
In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Sutton Tyson, producer for CBS News. As a proud Purdue College of Liberal Arts alumna, Sutton is a rising talent in the broadcast journalism field. She’s currently the booking producer for “The Takeout With Major Garrett” and ... Show More
27m 51s
Aug 28
Is College Still Worth It? (And How It’s Rapidly Changing)
In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Matt Butler, the senior associate commissioner and chief academic officer for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, and Brent Yeagy, president and CEO of Wabash National Corp. Matt is a Purdue College of Liberal Arts al ... Show More
33m 35s
Sep 2024
152: From Classroom to Freelance to Higher Education ID, A Journey of Learning with Josephine Coco, Instructional Technologist, Empire State University
In this episode, Holly Owens and Josephine Coco discuss the journey into the field of instructional design and technology. Josephine shares her personal story of returning to education later in life, the challenges she faced, and the importance of mentorship and networking in the ... Show More
59m 28s
Jan 2021
How to Avoid Making Mistakes: A Disaster Expert Explains How to Prepare for Major Career Disruption - with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky (Ep 65)
“Our emotions, our intuitions, and our gut reactions will often lead us in the wrong direction,” said Dr. Gleb Tsipursky in my interview with him, recorded on Friday 27th of March 2020. Never have we ever in our lives, in this generation, at this point in time, wanted to know mor ... Show More
41m 52s
Nov 2024
MI376: Why Do Great Companies Fail? The Innovator’s Dilemma w/ Shawn O’Malley
In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@shawn_OMalley_) discusses why great companies fail, as outlined by Clayton Christensen in his timeless book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, which was first published in 1997. The Economist actually named it one of the six most important business boo ... Show More
53m 4s
May 2025
11 - Bridging Business Education and Biomedical Engineering with Susanne Killian
Susanne Killian, associate director of student engagement at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, brings her expertise in business education to discuss inter-professional academic programs that meet the needs of today's biomedical engineering students. Specifically, Susanne discuss ... Show More
36m 20s
May 2024
Capital College And Career Academy: The Future Of Construction Education Is Here
2023 was a significant year for the educational sphere. Today, we get a future glimpse of construction education with the Founder and Director of Capital College & Career Academy, Kevin Dobson. In this episode, he brings some of his freshmen students who share experiences on stud ... Show More
30m 48s
May 2024
#206 The Venture Mindset with Ilya Strebulaev, Economist & Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business
In almost every industry, the rate of innovation is increasing, and this is great for consumers around the globe. However, with constant innovation and continual disruption of the status quo, where to innovate next becomes much harder to identify. If your industry hasn’t been dis ... Show More
1 h
Jul 2023
Ep. 24: Building a Network, and Mastering the "Soft Skills" That Equal Professional Success with Sol Rosenbaum
I am happy to be joined by the engineering mentor, Sol Rosenbaum. Sol brings home the bacon via his commercial real estate engineering firm. We get that towards the end of the episode, but the bulk of what we'll talk about is his passion project, mentoring young engineers.
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40m 44s
Dec 2024
Fixing Education in America: What's Stopping Us?
Over half of Americans live in childcare deserts, while 90% of brain development happens before the age of five. All the while, education and childcare remain among the most resistant sectors to technological change. Billions of dollars have been spent, but outcomes continue to l ... Show More
38m 54s
Jun 2024
Innovation via Spinout Culture
Join Tom Wheelwright as he discovers how we can create a culture that invites and encourages innovation within our small business with his guest, André Laplume.
Dr. André Laplume, co-author of SPINOUT VENTURES, is a full professor of entrepreneurship and strategy at the Ted Roger ... Show More
37m 43s