The power of paradox: Dr. Wendy Smith at TEDxUD
Wendy Smith earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Alfred Lerner School of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware.
Wendy's research focuses on strategic paradoxes -- how leaders and senior teams manage commitments to contradictory agendas. She has explored how senior teams simultaneously explore new possibilities while exploiting existing competencies. She also explores how hybrid organizations, specifically social enterprises, manage social missions and financial goals simultaneously. Her research has been published in journals such as Academy of Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Organization Science, Management Science and Long Range Planning.
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This is a great introduction to paradox. Dr. Smith answers the powerful questions re: what a paradox is, why they’re important, and how to begin using them in your life. She is one of the few teachers who can combine the rigors of academia AND the power of the practical. She manages paradox as she teaches it. (I’ve been teaching/researching paradox for two decades and always learn so much from Dr. Smith’s approach.) Brilliant. Keep up the great work Wendy. Thanks for your insights, Dave Jensen.
Great talk Dr. Smith!
Great talk Wendy!!
This is great talk! Go Blue Hens!
Really interesting talk Professor Smith! These ideas will be helpful for my career when I graduate, but I really appreciate that I can also apply them in my personal life right now.
I would alter those 3 points as follows: 1) Pluralism 2) Proximal & Distal Effects 3) Multilevel/Dynamic Identity
Interesting!
You rock!
tb Ted talks are a vibe.
11:43 At motion and at rest simultaneously.
Let's play a drinking game: drink when u hear a 😷 cough
No choice is still a choice.
Paradox? Orwell called it doublethink in 1984...
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Underrated comment.
In my opinion, it was very showy. She over did it. The topic could have been a lot shorter. It is an interesting topic that was made out to be too over done with platitudes. I would focus less on doing a perfect delivery and be authentic with your style.