UCD Business Impact

by UCD College of Business

The ‘UCD Business Impact’ Podcast from UCD College of Business features thought leaders from the world of academia and industry discussing the most compelling issues affecting our lives from a business perspective. These conversations will offer insight, spark curiosity and challenge you to rethink how you do business in a changing world. Hosted by Emmet Oliver, financial editor and journalist; and lecturer at UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business.

Episodes

S3 Ep16: Call in the Consultants

32m · Published 20 Jun 14:48

Academic Director for the MSc in Management Consultancy Kathy O’Reilly is a leader in work-integrated learning that brings students and companies together for real-world based projects. She discusses the key benefits of hiring management consultants including the value of a fresh set of eyes to bring about new ideas and efficiencies.

S3 Ep15: AI: Hype vs Reality

38m · Published 06 Jun 07:30

Founding Director of the UCD Natural Computing Research and Applications Group Professor Mike O’Neill looks inside the machine and subjects generative AI to a reality check to determine if it is a useful business tool or a job killer.

S3 Ep14: Irish banks blossom post Brexit

36m · Published 30 May 12:27

Fernando Vicario leads Bank of America Europe as CEO and is also the Country Executive for Ireland. He discusses Ireland’s bustling banking hub, as well as key priorities for the organisation including ESG and diversity and inclusion.

S3 Ep13: The Good Leadership Revolution

35m · Published 25 Apr 07:05

Joanne Hession, UCD Quinn and Smurfit School alumna, is the founder of Entrepreneurs Academy and more recently LIFT (Leading Ireland’s Future Together) which is the country's first and most inclusive social enterprise focused on elevating the standard of leadership. She discusses her work in the organisation and a national campaign to grow better leaders.

S3 Ep12: Job today, gone tomorrow

32m · Published 28 Mar 07:00

UCD Careers Network Manager Michael McDonnell discusses navigating today’s stormy jobs market, finding opportunities and how employers and graduates can find appeal to each other.

S3 Ep11: Can our psychological addiction to property be cured?

29m · Published 14 Mar 11:10

Associate Professor Paul Ryan discusses Ireland’s fatal attraction to property and his current research that psychoanalyses the country's relationship with land ownership and development.

S3 Ep10: Global food price hikes: Who’s to blame?

31m · Published 14 Feb 09:05

Season 3 Episode 10 - Global food price hikes: Who’s to blame?

Professor Don Bredin | Finance and Globalisation

Vice Principal for Internationalization and Global Engagement Professor Don Bredin discusses global price wars and who is stoking global food prices.

S3 Ep9: Problem Solvers: How mathematical techniques help leaders make better decisions

30m · Published 02 Feb 15:14

Assistant Professor Annunziata Esposito Amideo, Management Information Systems, UCD Quinn School of Business explains how using operational research and mathematical modelling can result in better outcomes in real-world scenarios, including business decisions, global challenges and reacting to natural disasters.

S3 Ep8: Failure: The hospitality industry fights back Assistant Professor Orla Byrne | Entrepreneurship and Strategy

35m · Published 13 Jan 14:41

17th January 2023. Focusing on the lived experience of entrepreneurship, Dr Orla Byrne discusses why entrepreneurship is good for society and how Ireland's hospitality sector can survive tough times. She also discusses her new initiative, AtThePass.ie, which is designed to support the current needs of hospitality, food and drink-related business owners.

S3 Ep7: Is polycrisis the word of the year? Looking back at the biggest business stories of 2022

39m · Published 20 Dec 08:00

Elaine Burke and Donal O'Donovan | Business Journalists

20th December 2022. Elaine Burke, editor of Silicon Republic, and Donal O’Donovan, Business Editor at the Irish Independent and Chairman of the Business Journalists Association of Ireland, look back over the leading business stories in 2022.

UCD Business Impact has 83 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 45:13:48. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 21st 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 28th, 2024 09:40.