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In this episode I talk with Pamela Abbott from the University of Sheffield about a paper she coauthored with Salihu Dasuki and Andrea Jimenez and published by the Information Systems Journal in 2025. The paper is titled "The 4Rs: A collective reflexive methodology for realising critical self-transformation in ICT4D research practice." This part of the talk focuses upon being "in between", a concept she and her colleagues have developed to better understand the role and experience of being a researcher studying and developing complex infrastructure initiatives involving and impacting people from the Global South. I also ask Pamela what was the best research environment she has encountered thus far and what made it so good? Notes, extra questions, and further reading: Abbott, P. Y., Dasuki, S., & Jimenez, A. (2025). The 4Rs: A collective reflexive methodology for realising critical self-transformation in ICT4D research practice. Information Systems Journal, 35(3), 855–906. https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12561 Disclosure: this project benefited from seed-funding grant that Paul Dylan-Ennis and Allen Higgins received under the Research Culture Local Actions Initiatives and Measures (ReCLAIM) initiative at UCD and supported by the Wellcome Trust. Acknowledgements Music  Title: Earl Grey Artist: Benjimanji  (2016) Source:  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Benjimanji/Benjimanji/01_Earl_Grey/ License: CC-BY - an Attribution License. Cover Art  Title: Selfie in the University Club Artist: Allen Higgins Source: Pamela_pod.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I talk with Adam Kelly about ACADEMIC reading groups, which I think we’ll DISCOVER, are a whole lot different to book clubs. Adam is an Associate Professor of English in UCD’s School of English, Drama and Film. He has written books himself and published special editions and edited collections and proceedings, (which, for our audience, are books too), and written numerous journal articles, conference papers and reviews (publications that are a bit like books but shorter). OBVIOUSLY you know a thing or two about WRITING (we might talk about that in depth some time)… But, what about this other THING, READING, you must also be very good at it too? Have reading groups had much of an IMPACT on your academic intellectual DEVELOPMENT?We’re talking about READING groups. But when the group meets, you don’t sit around READING do you? Why don’t we call them TALKING groups? So, what is a reading group? What’s it good for? How does the thing you’re reading impact the way you organize the gathering? (monograph, selected chapters, collection of articles, scripts, interpreting artefacts like designs, cases)Must you decide all the readings in advance? (you invited members to offer readings, gave them agency, value of doing it this way?)Where does the audience come from? Relatedly, what about the angle of disciplinary versus inter-disciplinary? Room for both?Thoughts on pace? (weekly, fortnightly, monthly)Are deliverables or traces important? (artefacts like blogs, pods, websites). I know some people hope that each topic would be written up. Is that too much to expect?Reading group lifetime - what to do when they run out of steam? Acknowledgements Music  Title: Menehune Dance  Artist: James Pants Source:  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/James_Pants/Bonus_Beat_Blast_2011/39_james_pants-menehune_dance/ License: CC-BY. Creative Commons Attribution License.  Cover Art  Title: Meitheal Machnaimh 275 Artist: Allen Higgins Source: AdamKelly_pod.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Stefan Klein and Dr. Simeon Vidolov present their paper, "Techno-colonization of scholarly communication: A call to reclaim control".  This paper contributes to wider research into how extractive publishing systems have colonized scholarly communication to gain not only infrastructural control but increasingly epistemic control as well. For far too long, big publishing companies have trapped academics in a vicious circle of parasitic business models employing monopolistic pricing and arbitrary gate-keeping where researchers provide the labour, only for corporate giants to end up owning the published element of scientific intellectual property (often publicly funded) and consequently, control the visibility of research outputs. These companies have moved beyond publishing; they are now providers of critical, AI and data-analytics enabled research infrastructures. They are reshaping scientific knowledge production, academic values and increasingly claim epistemic authority. That such a system can be used to publish research so critical of its inherent structure is both ironic and potentially positive. The authors call for each of us to reject the role of passive participant in our own exploitation. They conclude by calling for us to devise ways to dismantle these corporate infrastructures and reclaim the autonomy of the scientific community. Whether you are a student, a researcher, or a faculty member, join us to discuss how we can build a future for academia that prioritises collective knowledge over commercial surveillance. The underlying paper(s) are both Open Access, links below: ·       Vidolov, S., & Klein, S. (2026). Techno-colonization of scholarly communication: A call to reclaim control. Organization, Article 13505084261416192. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084261416192 ·       Ngwenyama, O., Klein, S., & Rowe, F. (2026). Platform Capture of Scientific Knowledge Production: Publishers’ Dominance, Generative AI and Subsumption of Academic Labor. European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS). https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2026.2642660  Biographies Simeon Vidolov is a Faculty Member in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business at the University of Galway. His research examines how digital technologies transform ways of working and organizing, with a focus on embodied and affective experiences. His work challenges dominant narratives of technological progress and interrogates the harmful and often normalized consequences of contemporary digital infrastructures for individuals, organizations, and society. Stefan Klein is Professor emeritus for Interorganizational Systems at the School of Business and Economics, University of Münster, Germany. His main research areas are information infrastructures, the transformation of work, risks of digitalization, and digital capitalism. He studies practices of technology use and organizational transformation from an individual to an industry level. The event was held on 6 May 2026 in University College Dublin, Ireland. Acknowledgements Music  Title: Story Artist: Meydän Source: https://bit.ly/2P5CSCv​ License: CC BY Cover Art  Title: Smurfit-Zartis Artist: Photo credit: Allen Higgins. Used with permission. Source: SimeonStefan-seminar.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CITO Seminar: The Sanctuary Hypothesis in Information Systems — Blockchain and AI as Strategic Havens for Non-Dominant Organisations Guest: Jean-Fabrice Lebraty  Host: Donncha Kavanagh  Recorded on Tuesday, September 23, 4:00 - 5:00pm in Q2.33 Lochlann Quinn School of Business, UCD Belfield Campus. Abstract   This talk introduces a theory of dominant vs non-dominant organisations in digital ecosystems. Dominant actors shape standards, data flows, and platform rules; non-dominant actors operate under asymmetric dependency and limited control over technological stacks. I argue that, for the non-dominant, the core IS problem is not efficiency but survivability—the capacity to endure adverse, shifting, or hostile digital environments. Survivability requires a digital sanctuary: an infrastructure and set of practices that preserve critical informational assets beyond the reach of dominant gatekeepers. I then present two sanctuary technologies. First, blockchain, leveraging immutability, persistence, and verifiable anchoring to secure records and proofs against unilateral alteration. Second, AI via model-level embedding, where strategic data placement in training corpora and model fine-tunes creates durable informational traces and capabilities resilient to upstream platform changes. I conclude with design principles and governance implications for building and stewarding such sanctuaries.   Keywords: digital sanctuary; survivability; blockchain; AI/model embedding   Bio Jean-Fabrice LEBRATY is a Full Time Professor of Management Sciences at iaelyon School of Management (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3). He specialises in information systems management. His research focuses on decision-making in extreme contexts, crowdsourcing, social networks, and innovative technologies such as blockchain or AI. Since April 2023, he is in charge of the Magellan research laboratory, which comprises 80 researchers and 50 doctoral candidates. Notes: Jean-Fabrice Lebraty (at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3) https://iae.univ-lyon3.fr/lebraty-jean-fabrice A cross-pod release with CITO Conversations (on the web, Spotify or Apple Podcasts) Acknowledgements Music  Title: Moody Break  01 Artist: Allen Higgins Source:  a-Wed10Oct2024 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Includes samples from Ableton Live by Ableton AG and by KORG Inc. Cover Art  Title: Room Q233 Photo credit: Allen Higgins. Source: Jean-Fabrice-seminar.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by Sean Lynch and Akshara Jonna.  In this episode, the Design Thinking class talk with Liam Brady and Thomas Hamill from the UCD Estate Services team about the complexities of modern campus design, focusing on accessibility features that go "beyond compliance" and how these lessons are applied to the wider campus day-to-day. We take a look inside the design process for the new O’Connor Centre for Learning on UCD’s Belfield campus, from the preliminary brief to the final commissioning. ·       On to the subject for today, the new O’Connor Centre for Learning. Can you walk us through the story of this building ‘as a project’, the "Before, During, After"? ·       Would you say that buildings like the Moore Centre (where we are right now) and the O’Connor are high-tech buildings? In what way? How? ·       Going Beyond Part M: You’ve talked about how building regulations (Part M) provide a baseline for accessibility. How did you move from simple compliance to a design that truly fosters "belonging" for all users? ·       You mentioned a distinction between "features" and "design elements". How do we ensure accessibility is baked into the architecture rather than just bolted on as an afterthought? ·       Does user feedback from the wider campus influence the "Fixes" and "Audits" of new projects? ·       The Logistics of Mobility (MOB): From toilets and doors to steps and lighting - what are the small details that make the biggest difference in a student's daily experience? ·       In class we have heard that designers should focus on the "smile" (the U-shaped curve) rather than the "sad face" (the standard bell curve). In the context of the O’Connor Centre, how did you practically shift the team's focus toward the extremes of the population rather than just the "average" student? ·       The Paradox of Safety: A significant portion of your work involves "features we hope are never used," like fire refuge points, emergency intercoms, and smoke-filled space lighting. How can we ensure these features work, are intuitive and accessible during a high-stress emergency? ·       Curb cutouts and retrofitting the "Smile": It’s one thing to build the O’Connor Centre from scratch with these curves in mind, but how do you apply the "smile curve" logic to the "day-to-day" maintenance and "fixes" of older, more "complicated" UCD buildings? ·       Audit to Action: Can you talk about how "Audits" can be used as productive levers to rebalance our design focus? ·       Any questions from the audience? Thank you both for taking the time to talk with us today. Notes: UCD Estate Services project page - https://www.ucd.ie/estates/operations/ucdoconnorcentreforlearning/ RKD profile page for the UCD O’Connor Centre for Learning - https://rkd.ie/work/ucd-centre-for-future-learning/ From the Government of Ireland, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage -  Building Regulations Part M: Access and Use requirements OHAC - O’Herlihy Access Consultancy - https://www.accessconsultancy.ie  Acknowledgements Music  Title: Story Artist: Meydän Source: https://bit.ly/2P5CSCv​ License: CC BY  Cover Art  Title: Teleport into O’Connor Artist: Allen Higgins. Photos prompt merged with Gemini. Classroom in sharp focus overlaid into the O’Connor atrium space in bokeh effect. Source: TomLiam-seminar.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Design Talk. In this episode Killian O'Connor and Albena Krasteva from Zartis were in to talk to Masters students at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. Killian and Albena presented a candid behind-the-scenes analysis of Zartis' initial struggles adopting AI within their own organisation. They went on to explain how their experience has led to insights that shape Zartis's AI deployment strategies and use cases for clients. Zartis is a technology services company headquartered in Cork, Ireland and is an official Anthropic partner, supporting organisations that are building with Claude and Claude Code. Notes: Zartis – https://www.zartis.com Anthropic – https://www.anthropic.com UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business – https://www.smurfitschool.ie Acknowledgements Music  Title: Calculated Awakening - "Genetic Algorithms Evolution," in the style of a Bytebeat, anchored by a base guitar. Artist: Allen Higgins  Source: https://bit.ly/2QkBzvI License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Includes samples by KORG Inc. and Lyria 3 via Gemini. Cover Art  Title: Smurfit-Zartis Artist: Allen Higgins. Photo credits: Yu Su, Denis Buleiko and Allen Higgins. Used with permission. Source: Zartis-seminar.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this, our first episode on ‘research design’ and ‘research designing’ I talk with Maya Gaul and Dunk Murphy from the Creative Futures Academy at UCD. Maya is completing a BA in Creative & Cultural Industries. Her final year project combines research with performance. The subject is Creative Community; an exploration of Irish Arts organisations and how they produce ‘belonging’. Maya talked about her plan for the production - to include elements of documentary, performance and interaction culminating in an event that digs into what arts and inclusion means for practitioners and audience. Notes: The Creative Futures Academy - https://creativefuturesacademy.ie UCD’s BA Major In Creative & Cultural Industries -  https://www.ucd.ie/artshumanities/newsandevents/ucdlaunchesnewbaincreativeculturalindustries/ Acknowledgements Music  Title: Departures Artist: Portrayal Source: https://bit.ly/2QkBzvI License: CC BY 4.0 Cover Art  Title: In the Think Lab Artist: Allen Higgins. Photo credits: Dunk Murphy. Used with permission. Source: MayaGaul.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Psilocybin, Heidegger and being-toward-death Between 2020 and 2023 psychologist Marg Ross and psychiatrist Justin Dwyer, together with collaborators, ran the largest Australian randomised control of psychedelic assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of extreme death anxiety in terminally ill patients using psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) (Ross et al, 2025).  Over the past 15 months I have contributed to the analysis and reporting of qualitative interview data collected by these researchers before and after treatment. The therapy has been shown to be remarkably effective with 21 out of 28 patients who completed the full trial reporting sustained relief. Whereas before the treatment the patients had found themselves 'stuck' in an oppressive lingering present, after treatment they are able to 'step back into' a life that is in some ways fuller even than before the diagnosis (Dwyer et al, 2026).  In this reading group/seminar I will briefly present Heidegger's account in Division II of Being and Time of being-toward-death and its role in prompting a more authentic human existence and richer lived temporality. I will point out its striking similarity to the change phenomenon we observed in the qualitative analysis. I invite discussion of this observation, its implications, and suggestions. Note I will devote little time to describing the clinical trial so reading the accompanying paper (Dwyer et al, 2026) is advised. Johno Robert B. Johnston is a professor (emeritus) at University College Dublin, and a person in his own right. Dwyer, J., Johnston, R. B., O'Callaghan, C., and Ross, M. 2026. "Stepping Back into Life: How Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy Transforms the Way of Life of the Terminally Ill," General Hospital Psychiatry (98), pp. 86-96.  doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2025.12.002 Acknowledgements Music  Title: Justice Little League Artist: Ema Grace Source:  https://bit.ly/2tJ6Bnd License:  CC BY 4.0 Artist notes: Ema Grace is an AI vocaloid produced by Ryoma MAEDA (@Ryoma_Maeda). Styled as virtual Singer&Idol 架空のバーチャルアイドル & シンガー、それがEma Grace. Cover Art  Title: Inspired by zoom Artist: Allen Higgins Source: CITO-podcast-Johno.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we’re talking with Fernandos Ongolly, to learn about home-grown innovations and digital startups from The Continent – in this case, Africa.  Our hosts are Selma Anya, Safa A. A. Emam, and Diana Achiro, students on the MSc Digital Innovation programme. Fernandos has a PhD from UCD. He is the current “Proudly Made in Africa” Fellow in Business and Development at UCD College of Business, and the founder of – Non-EU Academics and Researchers Community in Ireland. Our audience is the class of 2025 studying the Outsourcing and Offshoring module taught by Allen Higgins. First, Fernandos, would you like to say a few words about your current role and a little about your journey? ·       African nations might not be the first place that investors and business associate with “technology ambition”, can you set the context? [notes: technical infrastructure, physical infrastructure, population demographics, connectedness etc.] ·       Talk about some success stories from Africa and the sectors they occur in? [notes: in FinTech, Education, AgriTech and eCommerce] ·       What are the opportunities for outsourcing to Africa? [notes: BPO, content moderation and specialized services, much of today’s AI is/was trained by centers in Africa] ·       For the startup environment, like Silicon Valley, where are the incubators, clusters, and centers of excellence? [notes: the three big regions East, West and South – Kenya; Nigeria; South Africa] ·       Can you talk about the role culture plays. No doubt there are challenges but opportunities too? [notes: strong social ties, high-trust cultures, entrepreneurial attitude is prevalent – trading is a way of life] ·       Questions from the hosts ·       Questions from the audience. Further reading and notes Fernandos Ongolly on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandos-ongolly-phd-89927b32/ Proudly Made in Africa is a Trade Justice and Global Citizenship Education organization. For more see - https://www.proudlymadeinafrica.org Also, the PMIA Podcast on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@proudlymadeinafrica Acknowledgements Music  Title: Faceplant with UK Garage Artist: Allen Higgins Source:  a-Wed23Oct2024 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Includes samples from Ableton Live by Ableton AG and by KORG Inc. Cover Art  Title: Guest and class Artist: Allen Higgins Source: Pepperdine_Fernandos.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest for this session is Anna Scally - Partner and Head of Technology Media & Telecoms, KPMG in Ireland and EMA KPMG in Ireland. This is the third of 3 seminars organised by John Mooney as part of the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School MBA programme in collaboration with UCD’s MSc Digital Innovation programme. Anna gave a masterclass intro to corporate taxation in Ireland and its relationship with global trade (focus on technology companies). Yes, we need to talk about Trade, Tariffs, and Taxes, but the answers revolve around Technology, Connection, Trust, and People. Notes: Anna’s profile pages on KPMG.com (link) and LinkedIn (link) For more about the KPMG Global Tech Innovation competition 2025 (link) Washington National Tax (WNT); the KPMG think tank and technical core of KPMG’s U.S. tax practice. (link) Anna sits on the Advisory Board of Scale Ireland - https://www.scaleireland.com - Scale Ireland is Ireland’s leading independent not-for-profit, representative organisation for Irish tech start-up and scaling companies. IDA Ireland (the Ireland Development Authority) - http://idaireland.com - (Irish: An Ghníomhaireacht Forbartha Tionscail) is the agency responsible for the attraction and retention of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) into Ireland. Enterprise Ireland - https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/ - EI invests in and supports the development of Irish-owned companies “on their journey to achieving greater scale and to become global leaders in their field.”   Revenue - Irish Tax and Customs – https://www.revenue.ie/ - The Tax Relief Scheme for Capital Expenditure on Intangible Assets (S. 291A) – (link) WTO landing page for learning about Tariffs –(link)  Acknowledgements Music  Title: First Take Artist: Debajyoti Biswas and Michael O'Neill Source:  mis.aup3 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Cover Art  Title:(Screenshot from KPMG Platform – Global Tech Innovation 2024 launch event.) Artist: Allen Higgins Source: Pepperdine_AnnaScally.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest for this session is Dajana Achelpohl. Dajana heads up AI Change Maker and is an alum of Google & PayPal. The second of 3 seminars organised by John Mooney as part of the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School MBA programme in collaboration with UCD’s MSc Digital Innovation programme. Notes: AI Change Maker - https://www.aichangemaker.com Dajana on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dajana-achelpohl/ On other media: Dajana Achelpohl’s talk with Audrey Chia “A Framework for AI-Ready Teams” (YouTube link) From AI Ireland: ‘Demystifying AI: Practical Applications and Business Integration’ with Google’s Dajana Achelpohl (link) Acknowledgements Music  Title: First Take Artist: Debajyoti Biswas and Michael O'Neill Source:  mis.aup3 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Cover Art  Title: Instructions Not Included! (screenshot from Dajana’s talk with Audrey Chia on YouTube) Artist: Allen Higgins Source: Pepperdine_Dajana.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest for this session is Tom Rourke. Tom works in Kyndryl as Vice President for Design, Insights and Innovation. The first of 3 seminars organised by John Mooney as part of the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School MBA programme in collaboration with UCD’s MSc Digital Innovation programme. Notes: Tom Rourke – LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-rourke-1a8b70/ Tom gave a shoutout to Kevin Bethune - https://www.kevinbethune.com Also, the MRI design story by Doug Dietz, Industrial Designer – (link) Also, Tom co-hosts The Progress Report, with Sarah B. Nelson (Chief Design Officer at Kyndryl) on: Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-progress-report/id1627095388 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/23hDHHDkOPSeFrrNsa9jcD?si=fa531ad1ec36459b Finally, The Kyndryl Institute (download the app) - https://www.kyndryl.com/gb/en/institute/ Acknowledgements Music  Title: First Take Artist: Debajyoti Biswas and Michael O'Neill Source:  mis.aup3 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Cover Art  Title: Unlocking Design (screenshot from Tom in Kyndryl leadership video) Artist: Allen Higgins Source: Pepperdine_Tom.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by Brona Russell We are delighted to have Siobhain Duggan, CEO of GS1 Ireland in to talk to the first year Economics & finance Organisation Behaviour class today. The interview/podcast is being hosted by UCD’s first year Economics and Finance class as part of the Professional and Academic Development module. Our focus is on the human aspects of organising in corporate settings, recognising the role of human behaviour in determining organisational effectiveness. Welcome Siobhain. So, it would be great to hear first about GS1 and what the work that you do.  Then to understand your own career journey and how it has evolved over time:   ·        Your readiness to take opportunities as they presented themselves.  ·        Who were your mentors, and how did they help shape your career? And regarding your current role: ·        What motivated you to step up and to take on the CEO role in GS1? ·        What are some of the biggest challenges you have faced, and how did you persevere through them? ·        How has your leadership style evolved since you took on the role? ·        What do you maintain a healthy work-life balance juggling work and travel and family? And your thoughts in general on: ·        What are the most important qualities you look for in a future employee? ·        How important is diversity and inclusion to you as a CEO trying to encourage creativity and innovation? ·        How do you foster open communication and a positive work environment? ·        How do you foster a spirit of collaboration in your organisation? Before we finish, is there anything further you'd like to add? We’ll wrap it up there. Thank you so much for your time and for sharing your thoughts and experience with us today.   Notes, extra questions, and further reading, books, blogs, pods, articles? Siobhain Duggan, CEO - GS1 Ireland - https://www.gs1ie.org/ Siobhain on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhainduggan/ The UCD BSc Business and Economics programme (link) Article: Keeping track of the COVID-19 vaccine (HSE, 2022: link)   Acknowledgements Music  Title: Impulse Artist: Ben Prunty Source:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/ License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben Prunty (personal letter)   Cover Art  Title: Pod-Cover Artist: Allen Higgins (photo used with permission) Source: Duggan_GS1.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0   Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our hosts are Diarmuid Murphy and Leo Cuddigan Welcome to the UCD Economics and Finance class.  We are delighted to have Peter Cripwell, CEO at RiskSystem, in to talk to us today about Risk Analytics and Risk Reporting and the value of knowing a bit about programming. To start, Peter, can you tell us how you went from Nuclear Physicist to CEO of RiskSystem. ·       Can you give us a demo of what Risk Reporting as a service looks like ·       What technology do you use to design and build the product? ·       How do I get the most out of RiskSystem? ·       Do you think risk models are becoming too complex? ·       Where do you see AI fitting into the business? ·       With the time left we’d like to open it to questions from the audience… Before we finish, is there anything further you'd like to add? We’ll wrap it up there. Thank you so much for your time and for sharing your thoughts and experience with us today.   Notes, extra questions, and further reading, books, blogs, pods, articles? RiskSystem - https://www.risksystem.com Peter on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-cripwell-a2258b6/ Highly recommended reading - Sparklines History by Edward Tufte: 1324 to Now - https://www.edwardtufte.com/notebook/sparklines-history-by-tufte-1324-to-now/   Acknowledgements Music  Title: First Take Artist: Debajyoti Biswas and Michael O'Neill Source:  mis.aup3 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0   Cover Art  Title: Class vignette Artist: Allen Higgins Source: RiskSystem_Peter.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0   Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Economics and Finance class. Our hosts are Daksh Wadhwa and Peter Barrett.  Today, we are very pleased to welcome Denis McCarthy, Head of Financial Risk Model Development at AIB. Thank you for coming in to speak to us today. Can you tell us a little about yourself and your journey into financial risk modelling? ·       What does a day in the week look like on your team? [for a finance/economist, quant analyst, programmer] ·       How can a large organisation manage end-user tools like Excel? [policy, practices, systems management…] ·       Much of the focus is on the technical characteristics and the actions of individuals but not so much on organisational cultural. How can we address the organisational culture angle? [for example, grow and protect a culture of dissent? What might that look like?] ·       What about review processes and how to avoid undue influence from one or other actors? [maybe relate to audit trails, version control] ·       Are our models becoming too complex? [to either understand fully or to apply in a timely manner? What kinds of new systemic risk do you think about?] ·       Is sentiment analysis applied much to risk measurement? [how to do it? gotchas and the dark art of automated textual analysis for gauging sentiment from company filings, conference call transcripts and other bulk sources] Questions from the audience? Before we finish, is there anything further you'd like to add? Thank you so much for your time and for sharing your thoughts with us today.   Further reading: Articles, links etc. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-mccarthy-69970b2b/     Acknowledgements Music  Title: Voltaic Fluctuations Artist: Ben Prunty Source:  https://www.benpruntymusic.com/ License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben Prunty   Cover Art  Title: Complex collage Artist: Allen Higgins Source: vignette_version.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0   Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.