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Dennis Tourish

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David Burkus

Guy Kawasaki

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Seth Godin

Chris Brogan

Todd Olson

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Mark Babbitt

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Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 11 years in jail. Her company claimed to be able to determine health issues from merely a pinprick of blood. She conned many famous, educated people, and the company was valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. Dr. Dennis Tourish is a Professor of Leadership and Organization Studies at the University of Sussex Business School and wrote a journal article on Theranos as an authoritarian corporate cult. Dr. Tourish was himself involved in a left-wing political cult and wrote the book On the Edge: Political Cults on the Right and Left with Tim Wohlforth. In 2023, understanding how corporations can act like authoritarian cults is vital for everyone to understand.Learn more about Steven Hassan and Freedom of Mind Resource Center. Visit freedomofmind.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 11 years in jail. Her company claimed to be able to determine health issues from merely a pinprick of blood. She conned many famous, educated people, and the company was valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. Dr. Dennis Tourish is a Professor of Leadership and Organization Studies at the University of Sussex Business School and wrote a journal article on Theranos as an authoritarian corporate cult. Dr. Tourish was himself involved in a left-wing political cult and wrote the book On the Edge: Political Cults on the Right and Left with Tim Wohlforth. In 2023, understanding how corporations can act like authoritarian cults is vital for everyone to understand.Learn more about Steven Hassan and Freedom of Mind Resource Center. Visit <a href="http://freedomofmind.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freedomofmind.com</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos Corporate Cult with Dr. Dennis Tourish

Dr. Dennis Tourish is Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the editor of the journal Leadership, and the author of several books including The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership, published and Management Studies in Crisis: Fraud, Deception and Meaningless Research. He is a proponent of the Responsible Research of Business and Management Network an organization that envisions a world where business and management research is used in practice to improve the lives of people. Learn More About Dennis' WorkArticle: The Triumph of Nonsense in Management StudiesBook: Management Studies in Crisis: Fraud, Deception and Meaningless Research Dennis Tourish at Google ScholarQuotes From This Episode"Too much of our research has driven around what statisticians call p-hacking, where you keep on running statistical analysis beyond the point of reason to torture the data into confessing.""It’s entirely possible to have a satisfactory and interesting career without ever publishing an article in the Academy of Management Review. And very few academics will do it. So by that standard, we are all pretty much failures.""I think it’s more important to have an enjoyable career, to do work that matters to us, and remain interested, focused, and curious, above all be curious, throughout our academic careers.""The world is moving fast and our scholarship needs to reflect that in a more timely manner than it does. I don’t mean that we should cut corners on our work. But we can certainly offer interesting ideas in a more timely manner than we seem to have been doing in the past."Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeResponsible Research for Business and Management (RRBM)Mutiny and Leadership by Keith Grint  About The International Leadership Association (ILA)The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals with a keen interest in the study, practice, and teaching of leadership. Today, ILA is the largest worldwide community committed to leadership scholarship, development, and practice. Connect with Your Host, Scott AllenScott's other Podcast - The Captovation PodcastLinkedInWebsite

Dr. Dennis Tourish is Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the editor of the journal <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/home/lea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leadership</a>, and the author of several books including <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Transformational-Leadership-Perspective-dp-041556428X/dp/041556428X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&amp;me=&amp;qid=1620476045" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership, published</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Management-Studies-Crisis-Deception-Meaningless/dp/1108727484/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Management+Studies+in+Crisis%3A+Fraud%2C+Deception+and+Meaningless+Research&amp;qid=1620476101&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Management Studies in Crisis: Fraud, Deception and Meaningless Research</a>. He is a proponent of the <a href="https://www.rrbm.network/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Responsible Research of Business and Management Network</a> an organization that envisions a world where business and management research is used in practice to improve the lives of people. Learn More About Dennis' Work<ul><li>Article: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Igor_Gurkov/post/What_are_the_secrets_to_publish_a_successful_high-quality_tier_journal_paper_Describe_an_example_based_on_your_own_best_Journal_paper_publications/attachment/5ea36cb9c005cf0001860c5a/AS%3A883979334979584%401587768505124/download/amle.2019.0255.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Triumph of Nonsense in Management Studies</a></li><li>Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Management-Studies-Crisis-Deception-Meaningless/dp/1108727484/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Dennis+tourish&amp;qid=1620387318&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Management Studies in Crisis: Fraud, Deception and Meaningless Research</a> </li><li>Dennis Tourish at <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=W6XrOJoAAAAJ&amp;hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Scholar</a></li></ul>Quotes From This Episode<ul><li>"Too much of our research has driven around what statisticians call p-hacking, where you keep on running statistical analysis beyond the point of reason to torture the data into confessing."</li><li>"It’s entirely possible to have a satisfactory and interesting career without ever publishing an article in the Academy of Management Review. And very few academics will do it. So by that standard, we are all pretty much failures."</li><li>"I think it’s more important to have an enjoyable career, to do work that matters to us, and remain interested, focused, and curious, above all be curious, throughout our academic careers."</li><li>"The world is moving fast and our scholarship needs to reflect that in a more timely manner than it does. I don’t mean that we should cut corners on our work. But we can certainly offer interesting ideas in a more timely manner than we seem to have been doing in the past."</li></ul>Resources Mentioned in This Episode<ul><li><a href="https://www.rrbm.network" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Responsible Research for Business and Management (RRBM)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mutiny-Leadership-Keith-Grint/dp/0192893343" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mutiny and Leadership</a> by Keith Grint  </li></ul>About The International Leadership Association (ILA)<ul><li>The <a href="https://ilaglobalnetwork.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ILA </a>was created in 1999 to bring together professionals with a keen interest in the study, practice, and teaching of leadership. Today, ILA is the largest worldwide community committed to leadership scholarship, development, and practice. </li></ul>Connect with Your Host, Scott Allen<ul><li>Scott's other Podcast - <a href="https://thecaptovationpodcast.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Captovation Podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-j-allen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://www.scottjallen.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li></ul>

Dr. Dennis Tourish - Torturing the Data Into Confessing

Today’s interview is with Dennis Tourish who is Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies at University of Sussex Business School. Dennis joins me today to talk about the problems plaguing modern academic management and leadership research, challenges facing the modern organisation and leaders, progressive business and the problems with current leadership thinking. This interview follows on from my recent interview – Customer experience is more than f***ing metrics – Interview with Sydney Brouwer – and is number 338 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders that are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.

Today’s interview is with Dennis Tourish who is Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies at <a href="https://www.sussex.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Sussex Business School</a>. Dennis joins me today to talk about the problems plaguing modern academic management and leadership research, challenges facing the modern organisation and leaders, progressive business and the problems with current leadership thinking. This interview follows on from my recent interview – <a href="https://www.adrianswinscoe.com/2020/04/customer-experience-is-more-than-fing-metrics-interview-with-sydney-brouwer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Customer experience is more than f***ing metrics – Interview with Sydney Brouwer</a> – and is number 338 in the series of <a href="https://www.adrianswinscoe.com/category/interviews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interviews</a> with authors and business leaders that are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.

Authentic leadership is just the rebranding of transformational leadership with some of the caffeine taken out - Interview with Professor Dennis Tourish