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Closing the Inventor Gender Gap with John-Paul Ferguson, Lucy Gilbert, and Negin Ashouri

Social inequalities are responsible for the loss of millions of ideas and inventions over hundreds of years. This loss over time is measurable today in a decline in innovation, slowing economic growth, and repercussions on all sectors, from technology to health care. The gender gap among inventors affects what gets invented—and consequently who benefits from innovation. In this episode of the Delve podcast, Desautels Professor John-Paul Ferguson investigates how women inventors may be more likely to patent inventions targeted toward women’s needs and interests. We also hear the first-hand experience of surgeon and McGill professor Dr. Lucy Gilbert, who developed the DOvEEgene genetic pap-test, and Negin Ashouri, CEO of FemTherapeutics, inventor of a 3D-printed gynecological device.

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Closing the Inventor Gender Gap with John-Paul Ferguson, Lucy Gilbert, and Negin Ashouri

Social inequalities are responsible for the loss of millions of ideas and inventions over hundreds of years. This loss over time is measurable today in a decline in innovation, slowing economic growth, and repercussions on all sectors, from technology to health care. The gender gap among inventors affects what gets invented—and consequently who benefits from innovation. In this episode of the Delve podcast, Desautels Professor John-Paul Ferguson investigates how women inventors may be more likely to patent inventions targeted toward women’s needs and interests. We also hear the first-hand experience of surgeon and McGill professor Dr. Lucy Gilbert, who developed the DOvEEgene genetic pap-test, and Negin Ashouri, CEO of FemTherapeutics, inventor of a 3D-printed gynecological device.

19 Nov 2021 Listen
Navigating Digital Ecosystems & Transforming Strategy with Yolande Chan

Digital technologies today are highly generic and highly specific at the same time – even a mobile phone is also a translator, a map and an entertainment system – complicating how organizations design their digital strategies. In the latest episode of the Delve podcast, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management and James McGill Professor Yolande Chan discusses a “digital ecodynamics” approach to organizational strategy, where technology is at the core of an organization’s strategy from the start. This strategic lens encourages organizations to examine their own digital ecosystems within a climate of constant change, from the multiple technologies co-existing within an organization to the potential paths toward knowledge and innovation.

4 Nov 2021 Listen
New Normal: The Pivot to Climate Sustainability for SMEs with Dror Etzion

Small and medium-sized enterprises account for as much environmental impact as the entire Canadian transportation industry—yet solving their climate impact requires a unique peer-to-peer approach. In episode 2 of the second season of The "New Normal" Delve podcast series, Professor Dror Etzion from McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management joins journalist Dave Kaufman to discuss the role of entrepreneurial SMEs in the global fight for climate sustainability.

28 Oct 2021 Listen
Crafting Local Terroir & Putting Quebec Cheese on the Map with Robert David

The word terroir conjures unique European flavours and landscapes, flora and fauna, champagne and Parmigiano-Reggiano. As global trade, brand marketing, and niche competition grew in the past half-century, terroir—and authentic, identity-rich products overall—has also grown in both scope and value. Desautels professor Robert David’s research on the emerging lucrative realm of Quebec terroir, and how products like Quebec cheese fit within it, shows that terroir has flourished not only for its flavours but as a phenomenon crafted by overlapping social, cultural, and even political factors.

21 Oct 2021 Listen
New Normal: COVID-19 and the Leadership Crisis with Jean-Nicolas Reyt

Launching the second season of Delve's The "New Normal" podcast series, Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt from The Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, who joins journalist Dave Kaufman to discuss why businesses should embrace a hybrid work method, why the future of workspaces needs to change from the status quo, how the COVID-19 pandemic has forced management to change in order to adapt to a new reality, and the one thing companies can do for remote workers to make sure they’ve got their backs.

7 Oct 2021 Listen
Gourmet Food Trucks and the Authenticity Recipe with Daphne Demetry

An entrepreneurship experience high in creativity, culture, and community and low in risk, gourmet food trucks illuminate how authenticity and associated identities—like the fascinating “cultural omnivore”—are constructed by both business owners and consumers alike. Speaking to Delve's Robyn Fadden, Desautels Faculty of Management Professor Daphne Demetry discusses the drive for authenticity and the gourmet food truck trend that took off in 2008 and shows no sign of slowing down.

28 Sep 2021 Listen
New Normal: A Shock to the System with Saku Mantere

In episode 6 of The "New Normal" podcast series, Professor Saku Mantere from The Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, and Editor-in-Chief of Delve, discusses how organizations have responded and adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic: whether universities, governments, or businesses, many responded to the crisis by adapting quickly and performing beyond expectations. Why are some organizations at their best when facing a problem, while others flag?

27 May 2021 Listen
New Normal: Life’s Good on Top, But For Everyone Else? with Samer Faraj

In episode 5 of The "New Normal," Professor Samer Faraj from The Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University speaks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has created an overreliance on corporate technological behemoths.

26 May 2021 Listen
New Normal: COVID-19, Ethics, and Stock Tips with Patrick Augustin

In episode 4 of The "New Normal," Professor Patrick Augustin from The Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University examines the allegations of insider trading levied against former Georgia Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler at the dawn of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Should politicians be held to a higher ethical standard when lives are at stake? And, if politicians aren’t allowed to trade stocks, will they no longer want to go into politics?

24 May 2021 Listen

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