Episode 20: Is there a better way to deal with organisational BS? With Professor Ian McCarthy, Simon Fraser University
In a recent article Professor Ian McCarthy and colleagues argue that “Many organizations are drowning in a flood of corporate bullshit, and this is particularly true of organizations in trouble, whose managers tend to make up stuff on the fly and with little regard for future consequences.” So what are the implications of this? And is there a better way to deal with organisational bullshit? Ian McCarthy is the the W.J. VanDusen Professor of Innovation and Operations Management at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, and a professor at the Luiss Research Center in Leadership, Innovation and Organisation, in Rome, Italy. Professor McCarthy’s article – now one of the most impactful papers published in 2020 – can be accessed here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339114145_Confronting_indifference_toward_truth_Dealing_with_workplace_bullshit