There's a Better Way The Ohio State University

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are tools used to help make predictions and create efficiencies. Whether it’s Amazon trying to predict what you might buy next, or Netflix suggesting your new favorite show, these tools are being used in everyday life, and across industries. In this episode, Professor Aravind Chandrasekaran is joined by Professor Nate Craig, associate professor at Fisher and expert in AI and Machine Learning. During the discussion, Nate explains the basics of AI, how it came to be, and some considerations when adopting or using these tools.

In this episode, Aravind Chandrasekaran sat down with Pascual Blanco, President of Magnanni Inc. and 2020 graduate of the Executive MBA program at Fisher College of Business. Pascual shares about his experience working with a family business, established in Spain in 1954, and how he’s helped expand the brand into other markets including Europe and the United States.

In this episode, Aravind sits down with Jennifer Dauer, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. During the conversation Jennifer shares about her career path, from spending 26 years of her career in consumer goods with Procter and Gamble, to then shifting her transformational leadership efforts to healthcare, with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and now at Ohio State.

In this episode, Aravind sits down with Dr. Tim Pawlik, Executive MBA Alumnus and Chair of Department of Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. During the conversation Dr. Pawlik explains how he strives to be an agile leader and create organizations that are sustainable and successful, while adding value to his patients, hospital, and community.

In this episode, Aravind sits down with Professor Angus Fletcher, a pioneer of story science, which explores the neuroscience of how the narratives we tell ourselves can shift our performance, increasing creativity, curiosity, empathy, and other psychological skills.

Angus was recently awarded the Public Service medal by the US Army for this new method for innovation, leadership, and resilience, by identifying a second part of your brain. This part of your brain doesn't run on data, it runs on stories.

In this episode, Aravind sits down with Scott Howell who recently stepped down as Chief Strategy Officer, US Pharmaceuticals at Novartis. Scott reflects on his time in industry, and the many lessons he learned about leadership and good decision making.