This edition of the QRCA Conversations in Depth podcast features Foster Winter’s conversation with Daniel Wolf discussing the Power of Business Conversation—from casual, informal conversations to structured strategy meetings. Some takeaways: Keep the elements of productive conversations relevant, alive, and available; address the benefits of casual office conversations even while working remotely; conversations are key to decision management and organizational development.
Schools of Thought
How Consumers and Things “Co-Do”: Listening to the Language of Objects
Semiotics highlights the vitality of objects as active contributors, challenging conventional views that prioritize individual decision-making. Author Sónia Marques advocates for recognizing the agency of things and emphasizes the need to observe their role in situ, urging researchers to adeptly engage with the language of objects for a comprehensive understanding of human behavior. […]
Luminaries
Professor Batja Mesquita on Culture’s Role in Shaping Emotions and Accounting for Them in Research
Zoë Billington speaks with Professor Batja Mesquita, a pioneer of cultural psychology, about how culture shapes emotion, and how emotions act as powerful tools in relationships. After reading, you may be compelled to rethink if, when, and how to ask participants the very important question, “how did you feel about that?” …and even add on “and what did you do about that?” and “and how did you respond to how that made you feel?” […]
Book Reviews
Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb, Harvard Business Review Press, 2022
Jodi McGee reviews Agrawal, Gans, and Goldfarb’s second book about AI, Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence, as a resource for understanding the transformative potential of AI and how we must prepare for the massive impacts that are yet to come. […]
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