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Welcome to Business Talk, your go-to podcast for the latest trends, insights, and thought-provoking discussions in the business world. Whether you're a business professional, entrepreneur, researcher, or academic, our episodes will challenge you to rethink conventional wisdom and inspire actionable ideas. Brought to you by Global Management Consultancy, we are committed to driving innovation and excellence in the business community. All content Copyrighted 2024 by Global Management Consultancy. For more information about our past and upcoming podcasts, please click here:https://www.deepakbbhatt.com/businesstalk

  1. 1d ago

    Do Independent Directors Really Tell the Truth When They Resign?

    Dr. Keren Bar-Hava, Head of the Accounting Department at the Hebrew University Business School and a member of the Israel Accounting Standards Board, explores her groundbreaking research on whether independent directors truly tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” when they step down, and what that honesty, or lack thereof, means for investors, companies, and markets. Independent director resignations are often presented as routine, harmless events, but Professor Keren Bar Hava’s research reveals a very different reality. Drawing on U.S. data from over 5,000 carefully read resignation announcements, she shows that highly reputable independent directors tend to resign in advance of poor firm performance to protect their own reputations rather than to warn shareholders. Most resignations (61 percent) explicitly state there is “no disagreement” with the company, while frank disclosures of disagreement are vanishingly rare. Markets register a small immediate negative reaction, but the true impact unfolds over time, with significantly worse performance following these departures, evidence that investors under react to the vague, reassuring language. Sophisticated actors such as analysts and institutional investors read between the lines, downgrading quickly, but retail investors are far more likely to be misled by the sanitized narratives surrounding independent director exits. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Keren Bar-Hava shared key insights from her compelling research, “Do Independent Directors Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth When They Resign?”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

    Do Independent Directors Really Tell the Truth When They Resign?

  2. 2d ago

    From Job-Hopping to High Performance: Inside Dr. Scott Bentley’s Hedge Fund Study

    In this episode of Business Talk, host Deepak Bhatt speaks with Dr. F. Scott Bentley, Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at Rutgers University, about his research on job-hopping and newcomer success. Drawing on a large, 15-year dataset of hedge fund managers, Dr. Bentley’s paper “Movin’ and Groovin’! Increased Prior Mobility Facilitates Newcomers’ Transitions Into Organizations” shows that people who have changed employers more often develop a “mobility benefit”, a set of social and cognitive skills that help them integrate faster and more effectively in new workplaces. He explains how prior moves sharpen abilities like reading social cues, adapting to unwritten norms, and recovering from the performance disruption that comes with any job change. The conversation offers practical insights for HR leaders and hiring managers on when a mobile career history should be seen not as a red flag, but as a valuable asset for roles demanding rapid adaptation. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Scott Bentley shared key insights from his research, “Movin’ and Groovin’! Increased Prior Mobility Facilitates Newcomers’ Transitions Into Organizations”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

    From Job-Hopping to High Performance: Inside Dr. Scott Bentley’s Hedge Fund Study

  3. 2d ago

    The Sympathetic Consumer: How Our Purchases Shape Moral Worlds

    In this episode of the Business Talk podcast, host Deepak speaks with Dr. Tad Skotnicki, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, about his groundbreaking book The Sympathetic Consumer: Moral Critique in Capitalist Culture. Drawing on his training at the University of California, San Diego and earlier studies at the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Skotnicki weaves social theory, cultural sociology, and the history of ethical consumerism into a powerful account of how ordinary purchases become sites of ethical struggle and political imagination. Through concepts such as anonymous commodities and Marx’s notion of commodity fetishism, he traces a three-century history of consumer activism, from abolitionist sugar boycotts to fair trade certifications, showing how diverse movements repeatedly organize politics around the figure of the consumer and the question of where goods come from and who makes them. The introduction highlights both the imaginative and sensuous strategies activists use to cultivate sympathy across distance and invites listeners to reflect critically on why their political imagination so often runs through acts of buying, without abandoning consumer politics altogether. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Tad Skotnicki shared key insights from his book, “The Sympathetic Consumer: Moral Critique in Capitalist Culture”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

    The Sympathetic Consumer: How Our Purchases Shape Moral Worlds

  4. Jul 21

    Policy Experiments and Democracy: What Citizens and Politicians Actually Think - with Dr. Robert Dur

    In this episode of Business Talk, Professor Dr. Robert Dur of Erasmus University Rotterdam discussed his research on policy experimentation and public attitudes toward randomized controlled trials in government policy. Drawing on survey evidence from the Dutch LISP panel and replications in Finland, France, Poland, Ireland, Romania, the United States, and Australia, he showed that voters are generally supportive of well-explained policy experiments, especially when they hold neutral views on the underlying policies. The conversation highlighted how citizens weigh ethical concerns, such as inequality between treatment and control groups and questions of informed consent, against the long-term benefits of evidence-based policymaking, and how politicians often misread this public openness to experimentation. Dr. Dur also outlined promising avenues for future research, including extending voter-attitude studies to under-studied regions (such as parts of Africa) and examining the acceptability of experimentation in business and human resource management contexts. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Robert Dur shared key insights from his research, “Who’s Afraid of Policy Experiments?”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

    Policy Experiments and Democracy: What Citizens and Politicians Actually Think - with Dr. Robert Dur

  5. Jul 20

    Neoliberal Chile Explained: Dr. Joel Stillerman on Precarious Privilege and the Middle Class

    Dr. Joel Stillerman, Professor of Sociology at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, joins us to discuss key insights from his book Identity Investments: Middle-Class Responses to Precarious Privilege in Neoliberal Chile. Identity Investments: Middle-Class Responses to Precarious Privilege in Neoliberal Chile explores how Chilean middle-class families weave moral values, emotions, and politics into everyday economic decisions, from schooling and housing to work trajectories and neighborhood life. Through years of fieldwork and interviews, Dr. Joel Stillerman shows that these families experience a fragile, precarious privilege, clearly better off than the poor, yet constantly anxious about downward mobility, unstable jobs, and exclusion from elite spaces. At the heart of the book is the concept of “identity investments,” the idea that choices about where to live, which schools to select, and how to consume are guided not only by income and status but by deeply held moral commitments and visions of a good life. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu, Stillerman develops a typology of four middle-class groups, Activists, Moderate Catholics, Youngsters, and Pragmatists, each combining economic, cultural, social, and symbolic capital in distinct ways and enacting their own moral economies of aspiration, justice, and boundary-keeping. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Joel Stillerman shared key insights from his book, “Identity Investments: Middle-Class Responses to Precarious Privilege in Neoliberal Chile”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

    Neoliberal Chile Explained: Dr. Joel Stillerman on Precarious Privilege and the Middle Class

  6. Jul 19

    Inside the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Program: When Doctors Become Founders

    Dr. Ha Hoang, Professor of Management & Association Dean (Research) at ESSEC Business School, joins us to share insights from her research on “Physician Entrepreneurship: A Study of Early Career Physicians’ Founding Motivations and Actions.” Through her stories and findings, we explore the journeys of early-career physicians who choose to become founders, and what their experiences reveal about entrepreneurship, identity, and the future of healthcare. This episode of Business Talk features Dr. Ha Hoang, whose research examines physician entrepreneurship through the lens of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Program in the UK. Focusing on early-career physicians, the study explores how they identify high-impact problems from frontline clinical experience and attempt to innovate from within one of the world’s most bureaucratic healthcare systems. Using interviews, surveys, and observations, Dr. Hoang uncovers the tensions these physicians face as they juggle clinical duties, entrepreneurial ambitions, and their strong identification with the NHS mission. The findings highlight resource scarcity, role conflict, and network gaps, but also show how proactive “taking charge” behavior and structured support programs like the Insights initiative can both foster innovation and improve retention. Beyond medicine, the episode points to broader lessons for managers, policymakers, and educators on designing flexible career pathways and redefining professional commitment to include mission-aligned entrepreneurial work. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Ha Hoang shared key insights from her research, “Physician entrepreneurship: A study of early career physicians’ founding motivations and actions”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

    Inside the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Program: When Doctors Become Founders

  7. Jul 18

    Can I Say That? Dr. Poornima Luthra on Fear, DEI and Real Inclusion

    This episode presents Dr. Poornima Luthra as an accomplished global expert on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), highlighting her role as Principal Lecturer in People, Culture, and Inclusion at Imperial College London, her award winning authorship, and her advisory work with leading international organizations. In this episode, she shares core insights from her book Can I Say That?: Your Go-To Guide for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, situating today’s DEI debates within a longer history of social movements and showing how contemporary backlash is deeply rooted in fear. Drawing on nearly two decades of research and teaching across Asia and Europe, she explains how five key fears of change, discomfort, vulnerability, inadequate progress, and being labelled, shape people’s reactions to DEI initiatives, often discouraging open engagement even among supporters. To move beyond polarization, she calls for a shift from debate to dialogue, encouraging curious, evidence seeking questions that create psychological safety and ensure more people feel heard rather than silenced. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Poornima Luthra shared key insights from her book, “Can I Say That?: Your go-to guide for diversity, equity and inclusion”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

    Can I Say That? Dr. Poornima Luthra on Fear, DEI and Real Inclusion

  8. Jul 18

    Are Sustainability Reports Just Façades? Dr. Charles Cho Explains

    This episode of the Business Talk Podcast features an in-depth conversation between host Deepak Bhatt and distinguished guest Dr. Charles H. Cho, Professor of Sustainability Accounting and holder of the Irving K. Hope Chair in Business and Sustainability at the Schulich School of Business, York University. Together, they explore Dr. Cho’s thought-provoking research paper, “Organized Hypocrisy, Organizational Façades, and Sustainability Reporting,” examining how companies navigate the persistent gap between sustainability discourse and actual practice. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. Disclaimer: 1. The background music incorporated in this video is the intellectual property of its respective developer and is protected under applicable copyright laws. Notwithstanding that it is a free-to-use version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy, and Deepak Bhatt do not own, and expressly do not claim, any rights, title, or interest in or to this music. 2. Dr. Charles Cho shared key insights from his research, “Organized Hypocrisy, Organizational Façades, and Sustainability Reporting”, in an engaging episode of the Business Talk podcast. The uploaded video contains copyrighted content, so changing any graphics, music, or on-screen appearance of the author or host is not allowed.

    Are Sustainability Reports Just Façades? Dr. Charles Cho Explains
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Welcome to Business Talk, your go-to podcast for the latest trends, insights, and thought-provoking discussions in the business world. Whether you're a business professional, entrepreneur, researcher, or academic, our episodes will challenge you to rethink conventional wisdom and inspire actionable ideas. Brought to you by Global Management Consultancy, we are committed to driving innovation and excellence in the business community. All content Copyrighted 2024 by Global Management Consultancy. For more information about our past and upcoming podcasts, please click here:https://www.deepakbbhatt.com/businesstalk

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    Business Talk
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
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