Ivey Impact Podcast

The Ivey Impact Podcast is back this September with Season 2 of Dialogue with the Dean! Join Ivey Business School Dean Julian Birkinshaw as he welcomes a new lineup of the School’s top thought leaders into the hot seat for conversations on the research and insights reshaping business and society.

What is Ivey Impact Podcast?

The Ivey Impact Podcast is the flagship series of Ivey Business School, one of Canada’s top institutions for business education. Tailored for modern leaders, each brief yet impactful episode brings the expertise and innovative thinking of Ivey’s globally recognized faculty to the forefront. The dynamic discussions tackle today’s most critical issues, from start-ups and sustainability to AI-integration, responsible leadership, and more. Released monthly, Ivey Impact Podcast is the source for leaders seeking exclusive insights and actionable ideas that ignite change.

Dialogue with the Dean: Season 2 Promo Transcript
FINAL
4 September 2025
JULIAN BIRKINSHAW: I'm Julian Birkinshaw, Dean of the Ivey Business School and host of Dialogue with the Dean. In Season 1, twelve faculty shared ideas reshaping business worldwide. This season, we go further, with new voices on finance, neurodiversity, biodiversity, AI, and more. Here's a look at what's ahead:

ADAM FREMETH: The case method here is quite effective.
TIMA BANSAL: There's something fundamentally different about artificial intelligence.
HAYDEN WOODLY: I think disagreement shouldn't be scary. It should be something you lean on.
WREN MONTGOMERY: Greenwashing is obscuring the information that the market is getting.
MICHAEL RAYNOR: If that doesn't scare you, you're not paying attention.
DIANE- LAURE ARJALIS: Nobody wants to finance nature.
ROB AUSTIN: You can't solve a human problem with a single technological solution.
SHANNON RAWSKI: We are experimentally manipulating organizational culture.