Why the future is…funny? (TEDx Zurich talk)

Wow! I’m incredibly grateful for the organizers, coaches, hosts, translators, 100(ish) volunteers and folks behind the scenes, 800(ish) attendees (including some of my family, team, and friends!), and 9 other speakers who bravely shared their big ideas at a very inclusive TEDx Zurich yesterday! What a powerful and unforgettable experience with loads of creative and inspiring ideas and individuals.

In my 12-min. talk, I wove a narrative through my years of research on diversity, (social) sustainability, and humor—condensed into 3 key points—pointing to why the future is (or rather should be) funny.

***Want to know more? Check out the video here.***

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To slow down climate change, speed up gender equity?

On behalf of my coauthors Eugenia Bajet Mestre, Corinne Post, and Winfried Ruigrok, we’re delighted to share our new article on the nexxus between gender/diversity, leadership, and sustainability.

Gender equity and environmental sustainability may seem like unrelated issues, but research shows that they are in fact closely intertwined. Women and other underserved groups are disproportionately impacted by the global climate crisis, but they are also uniquely positioned to lead the fight for sustainability. We offer six strategies to help business and political leaders empower women and address environmental challenges through an intersectional approach to sustainability. To tackle climate change (as well as the myriad other sustainability challenges that face today’s organizations), we argue that leaders must acknowledge the complexity and interconnectedness of these issues — and work to develop integrated solutions that will improve them all.

Artwork accompanying our article in HBR by the talented Lars Leetaru.

See here for the original article in Harvard Business Review (in English).

See here for the television interview with Jamie Gloor in TVO (in German).

We’re delighted to see our work featured as “Strategic Intelligence” by the World Economic Forum and gaining above-average traction for Harvard Business Review articles with 22,000+ hits after only 1 month published.

But what do you think? Share your comments here—let’s keep the discussion going as we aim for awareness and positive impact in the areas of gender/diversity, leadership, and (social) sustainability.

3MT @HSG

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.

AND, it came to HSG for the first time on August 31 (in SQUARE)!

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The finalists were selected and trained by our coach, Michael Berndonner:

• Omid Alizadeh Afrouzi (SHSS) “Collective memory reduces predjudice against immigrants” —> Our 2nd place winner & Audience Choice winner! Congratulations! (Photo above)

• Jan-Henrik Bucher (IMC) “The science behind everyday purchases: Why I study consumers who conduct at-home experiments”

• Roger Heines (IWI) “The tokenization of everything”

• Thomas Li (IoMS) “Leveraging feelings to enhance decision-making: A counter-intuitive approach to the status-quo”

• Lena Rudolf (I.FPM) “New work, VUCA, and flat hierarchies: How I study leadership in a field full of buzzwords”

• Nina Schmid (IWO) “En route to a circular economy: The fuel of collaborative supplier relationships”

• Jan Serwart (MATHSTAT) “Quantifying success in the art market”

• Nina Zachlod (GCEI) “Looking at entrepreneurs from the sky: Using satellite data to support slums in India” —> Our 1st place winner! Congratulations! (Photo below)

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Finally, we thank our esteemed jury of experts who selected our finalist who also won 1,000CHF (and our 2nd place speaker, who won 500CHF); each member of the audience voted for the “Audience Choice” award.

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Questions? Contact the organizer/host: Dr. Jamie Gloor, Assistant Professor (Competence Center for Diversity & inclusion, FIM-HSG).

We gratefully acknowledge our funding and sponsorship from HSG PMA and HSG Faculty Development.

Latsis Prize

Together with HSG President Bernhard Ehrenzeller and the Latsis Award certificate at the Dies Academicus ceremony on May 21, 2022, in St. Gallen.

I am honored and humbled to receive the 2022 Latsis Prize for the top scholar under age 40 at HSG.

Thank you to the HSG Research Committee for the selection, to the Latsis Foundation for the generous financial award, to my nominator (Judith Walls) for her kind words, to my coauthors and mentors, my family and friends for their support and encouragement.

Just the few words I can muster, because I’m truly beyond words to have received such a big award…

Top photo credit: Universität St.Gallen (HSG)/Hannes Thalmann

Women in Leadership Micro-Conference in St.Gallen

Just before Easter, we welcomed an all-star group of keynotes and early-career scholars from the the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Switzerland—and beyond—in the beautiful Weiterbildungzentrum (WBZ) in sunny St.Gallen. These scholars and practitioners are working across psychology, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, and operations management on topics related to gender/diversity and leadership.

It’s already a few weeks later now, but I’m still feeling inspired by conversations with and presentations by Raina Brands (UCL), Aneeta Rattan (LBS), Corinne Post (Villanova), Alyson Meister (IMD), Amanda Shantz and Charlotta Siren (HSG), our incoming post-doc (Mihwa Seong, Ivey Business School), CCDI scholars and practitioners (Eugenia Bajet Mestre, Theresa Goop, Nicole Niedermann, and Giannina Faktor), the fantastic social innovation duo from practice (Cynthia Hansen and Liana Melchenko at Adecco), Lauren Howe (UZH), Regina Dutz (TUM), Caren Goldberg (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow), and Eva Lin (LBS)!

Thanks again to SNF for funding this event, to our amazing attendees who shared their research and stories behind it, and to Eugenia Bajet Mestre for her extraordinary effort facilitating hybrid participation and organization.

New [team member] in 2022!

I’m delighted to announce that we’ll be adding a new post-doc this year:

Mihwa Seong just defended her PhD at Ivey Business School (Canada) after a master’s in Statistics (Western in Canada) and a bachelor’s in International Business & Economics (Ewha in South Korea). Mihwa is more centrally a critical scholar or feminist entrepreneurship scholar (and she will have a dual affiliation with Amanda Shantz at IFPM). Mihwa formerly worked for the Ministry of Justice and Forbes (South Korea). Nicole joins us on June 1 in St.Gallen and Mihwa joins us on July 1 (first virtually from Canada, then in-person from January 2023).

Eugenia and I are truly excited to add such a talent to our team with such a stellar scholar. Mihwa will be a valuable addition to our team and to the CCDI.

Welcome, Eugenia! (& we’re hiring!)

Eugenia Bajet Mestre will be joining us this fall as a DOK PhD student at HSG and a PRIMA project research assistant after finishing her master's degree at Tilburg University (Netherlands) and her bachelor's degree at IESE (Spain). She already has valuable research experience from her well-regarded research master’s program in social and behavioral sciences and having been a research assistant since 2017. Eugenia comes highly recommended, has a super work ethic and a very warm demeanor, and successfully won the position in a competitive recruitment of 50+ applicants. Welcome, Eugenia!

Looking forward to selecting a new team member (i.e., post-doc) to start soon alongside Eugenia.

We’re hiring! Currently recruiting a fully funded post-doc: all research/no teaching requirements. For more info, see the formal job posting here and email Jamie Gloor with questions.

Award-Winning Research

Our new research on a motherhood resume intervention, recently presented by lead author Ariella Kristal (Harvard Business School) at the Academy of Management (virtual) meeting, won a Best Paper award from the Gender Diversity in Organizations division.

The paper is coauthored by Leonie Nicks (Behavioral Insights Team), myself (University of St.Gallen), and Oliver Hauser (University of Exeter).

The risky business of potential parenthood

Is actual motherhood a requirement to face motherhood penalties? Are young, childfree women the “riskiest” employees to hire?

To answer these questions (and more), see our new paper on potential pregnancy as a hiring risk coauthored with an amazing team of talented coauthors: Tyler Okimoto (University of Queensland) and Eden King (Rice University).

Non-traditional paths for non-traditional leaders

Check out the new teaser for our new project (below).