Looking after workers
Companies need to revisit their values and identify their top cultural challenges in ensuring employee wellbeing in the post-coronavirus world, says an article in MIT Sloan Management Review co-authored by Dr Thomas Roulet of Cambridge Judge Business School. The COVID-19…
MIT Sloan Management Review: How organisations can promote employee wellness, now and post-pandemic
Dr Thomas Roulet, University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, discusses how organisations can support employees’ wellness. “The COVID-19 pandemic, which has left many of us working at home for months, has intensified the impact of…
Forbes: Making hybrid office work: four tips to prepare the transition
Dr Thomas Roulet, University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, offers some advice on the transition to the new hybrid office post-pandemic. “After a year of remote work, there is a temptation to see the hybrid…
ITV News: Business boom for Suffolk garden office company as more people work from home
Dr Thomas Roulet, University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on working from home and what consequences this might have: “In the shorter run we may see an increase in productivity, in the longer run…
Bored Panda: Someone asks people to share conspiracy theories that they actually believe in, here are 30 answers
Dr Thomas Roulet, University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on conspiracy theories. Talking about why people believe in conspiracies, Thomas said ‘that there are two main mechanisms in charge: “a sensemaking one and an…
Forbes: The vaccine reputation war will only leave one winner: the virus
Dr Thomas Roulet, University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, writes about the vaccine reputation war. He says that audiences seek consistency, and such bias can easily cloud their judgment on a large scale. “Whatever the…
Forbes: Why leaders need to be more compassionate and benevolent
Dr Thomas Roulet, University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, is quoted in the article looking at how organisations are shifting their cultures because of Covid-19. Deputy Director of the Cambridge MBA Thomas Roulet commented: “With…
Forbes: Burger King’s misogynistic tweet: when provocative social media strategies backfire
Dr Thomas Roulet, University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses provocative social media content and what consequences that might have in response to Burger King’s controversial tweet on International Women’s Day. “Burger King certainly wanted…
Forbes: Playing blame games is not only unethical, it is also the wrong way out of the Covid-19 mess
Dr Thomas Roulet, University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, discusses what makes blame games possible and why they backfire, taking the example of the efforts to shift responsibilities for the slow Covid-19 vaccine rollout. “By…
Financial Times: Making digital MBA learning add up
Dr Thomas Roulet, Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory and Deputy Director of the MBA programme at Cambridge Judge, comments on online learning at business schools during the pandemic. He says students “miss out on the serendipitous “water cooler” conversations that…