Top 15 reads of 2020
The news and insight section of Cambridge Judge Business School's website attracts audiences with eclectic interests ranging from business to healthcare to the arts. In 2020, attention was focused on articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Confirming behaviour 13 January…
Award-winning sense
Paper about 'sensemaking' on the Amazon co-authored by Mark de Rond and Jennifer Howard-Grenville wins Best Published Paper Award by OMT division of Academy of Management. Sunset on the Amazon River. A paper about "sensemaking" and a memorable journey down…
Forbes: How to have courageous conversations in lockdown
Mark de Rond, Professor of Organisational Ethnography at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on how to maintain relationships when teleconferencing via platform like Zoom. He says conference calls can create unspoken tension: “In the traditional workplace, it is easier to…
Superb teaching
Eight members of the Cambridge Judge faculty are awarded Teaching Prizes for excellence across the School's programmes. Eight members of the Cambridge Judge Business School faculty were awarded Teaching Prizes on 1 July for their teaching excellence across the School's…
“Courageous” conversations in lockdown
Professor Mark de Rond gives us six key techniques to having "courageous" work conversations in the Zoom era in the first webinar of our What’s Next? How to Survive and Thrive in a Post COVID-19 World series. Here’s an opportunity…
Financial Times: ‘Woodford protégé’ finds he needs to update CV
Suggestions on how to improve video conferencing whil working from home by Mark de Rond, Professor of Organisational Ethnography at Cambridge Judge Business School, included in the FT article. Tips include: limit the number of people on your call, provide…
Better video chat
Six ways to improve video conferencing interactions for you and your team, by Mark de Rond, Professor of Organisational Ethnography at Cambridge Judge Business School. Human beings are surprisingly good at drawing inferences from the behaviour of others, even based…
Sense and sensibility
'Sensemaking' comes from the body as well as the mind: a new study from Cambridge Judge Business School on a 2,077-mile rowing trip down the Amazon shows how the body's capacity to 'feel' its surroundings can find a sensible way…
The Wall Street Journal: Nine ways to make your work day better
The Wall Street Journal article outlines nine tips on how to make a work day better. Laughter and socialising are among the tips. Mark de Rond, Professor of Organisational Ethnography at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on the morbid humour…
Office politics (The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series)
Though seemingly trivial, office politics can affect the performance of employees and organisations. The latest podcast in the Cambridge Judge Business Debate series asks how can we improve them? L-R: Philip Stiles, Mark de Rond, Simon Stockley, Michael Kitson In…
