There's a Better Way

The Ohio State University
There's a Better Way

There's a Better Way is a podcast series focused on exploring how business principles can provide solutions in your personal and professional life. Each episode, Dr. Aravind Chandrasekaran, professor and associate dean, will sit down with a prominent expert or faculty leader to discuss problems we all face in our world today. This program is brought to you by The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business.

  1. Episode 56: Driving Operational Excellence with Jim Fowler, CTO of Nationwide Insurance

    11/14/2024

    Episode 56: Driving Operational Excellence with Jim Fowler, CTO of Nationwide Insurance

    In this episode of There's a Better Way, we sit down with Jim Fowler, Chief Technology Officer for Nationwide Insurance, to explore how one of the country’s leading insurance providers integrates operational excellence into its core strategies. Jim shares insights into Nationwide’s commitment to continuous improvement, innovative practices that drive success, and the lessons they've learned along the way. Whether you're an executive seeking to refine your organization’s processes or a professional curious about how a Fortune 100 company achieves excellence at scale, this conversation offers invaluable takeaways. Tune in to discover best practices that can inspire change and elevate performance in your own organization.

    23 min
  2. Episode 55: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

    09/14/2023

    Episode 55: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

    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.

    19 min
  3. Episode 54: Lessons in the Family Business

    06/13/2023

    Episode 54: Lessons in the Family Business

    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.

    24 min
  4. Episode 53: Transformational Leadership

    04/28/2023

    Episode 53: Transformational Leadership

    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.

    21 min
  5. Episode 52: Leadership Journey in Medicine

    03/22/2023

    Episode 52: Leadership Journey in Medicine

    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.

    23 min
  6. Episode 51: Unlocking Potential Through Narrative

    03/01/2023

    Episode 51: Unlocking Potential Through Narrative

    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.

    18 min
  7. Episode 50: Leadership Lessons in Healthcare

    02/16/2023

    Episode 50: Leadership Lessons in Healthcare

    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.

    25 min
  8. Episode 49: Leading within Higher Education in a Post-Pandemic Environment

    02/02/2023

    Episode 49: Leading within Higher Education in a Post-Pandemic Environment

    In this episode, Aravind Chandrasekaran sat down with Jana Lithgow, Executive Director for Undergraduate Programs at Fisher College of Business. Jana shares her journey from the financial world, to higher education student affairs, and how she aspires to not only positively impact the students she serves, but also the staff experience.

    23 min
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There's a Better Way is a podcast series focused on exploring how business principles can provide solutions in your personal and professional life. Each episode, Dr. Aravind Chandrasekaran, professor and associate dean, will sit down with a prominent expert or faculty leader to discuss problems we all face in our world today. This program is brought to you by The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business.

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    The Ohio State University
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    76
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