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The truth about job hopping

Depending on who you ask, job hopping is either the shortcut to maximising your career or the best way to sabotage it. But do employers punish applicants who switch jobs frequently? Professors Matissa Hollister (McGill University) and Xavier St-Denis (Institut national de la recherche scientifique) looked into it. Based on their recent study, here’s the evidence on whether or not you should job hop.

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Special feature: Your hierarchy is your strategy

A leader’s approach to hierarchy can have profound strategic implications for their organisation. In this special feature, with the help of experts from McGill University, we’ll explore the strategic opportunities that come from engaging employees up and down the ladder – and what it means to have a hierarchy in the first place, and what it would mean to abandon them entirely.

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Shopping with white guilt

In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, Professor Mookerjee shares findings from his latest study, “Reparative Consumption: The Role of Racial Identity and White Guilt in Consumer Preferences.” He walks us through how white guilt influences consumer choices – even more than other factors like political affiliation, gender, or race. He also discusses the value of consumerism as a reparative act for businesses that experienced discrimination, and how companies should navigate questions of race when engaging with consumers. Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosts this episode.

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The humanitarian side of ops management

Humanitarian logistics are like planning the Olympic Games, but you don’t know where or when it will happen, or how many people will be affected, says Professor Harwin de Vries of the Rotterdam School of Management. This poses a massive operations challenge. How do you create an effective humanitarian response in such unpredictable conditions? In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, he explores this question and more. Anicet Fangwa, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organization and an expert in humanitarian management, hosts this episode.

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For AI to reshape radiology, policymakers need to act

AI can accurately and autonomously read normal chest X-rays with incredible accuracy, writes Dr Khashayar "Kashy" Rafat Zand, an experienced radiologist and founder of the Institute for Specialized Medicine and Intervention. This technology will cause a seismic shift in how radiology is conducted in Canada. But to reap the benefits, policymakers need to rethink how they fund the industry. Dr Zand explains how.

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The end of oil

Oil producers are the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world. Will they ever stop? On this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, two experts in management and climate change discuss the end of oil. Professor Ryan Kellogg, of the University of Chicago, thinks oil divestment could happen in the next 75 years. Professor Javad Nasiry, director of the Sustainable Growth Initiative at McGill University, asks him why.

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Seeing the everyday entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship researchers love studying tech founders, but maybe it’s time to widen the lens. High-tech companies only account for a fraction of all entrepreneurs in the world. Meanwhile, we don’t know much about the everyday entrepreneurs – the hairdressers, musicians, electricians – that make our economy hum. Here’s what we’re missing.

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Is AI a public good?

With businesses everywhere looking to AI to enhance their work, it’s no surprise that the public sector is considering it, too. But is this a good idea? For Professor Renee Sieber, it’s complicated. AI has a lot of potential for public good. But she’s concerned that, if we’re not careful, we might lose humanity in our government services. This, and more, on the latest episode of the McGill Delve podcast.

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Food equity starts everywhere

Food equity means everyone, regardless of socioeconomic status or geographic location, has access to healthy, sustainable food. But despite international efforts, billions of people continue to experience hunger and food insecurity worldwide. Professors Laurette Dubé and Jeroen Struben recently published a paper in Nature Communications examining the market mechanisms connected to this problem. They found that, for market actors to be part of the solution, everything needs to change – and everyone needs a seat at the table, rethinking in fundamental ways how business and society operate.

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