Business Presentations

Advertising: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Dante Pirouz — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:12:08 PST

In today's consumer-driven culture, it seems the only place you can go to avoid advertising is... to sleep! This talk by Dante Pirouz, professor at Western's Richard Ivey School of Business, will explore how advertising and marketing affects our brains in both surprisingly useful and detrimental ways based on the latest research by consumer psychologists.

Five Seconds at a Time

Denis Shackel — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:34:25 PDT

Description from YouTube: "Denis Shackel shares his raw, powerful and life-altering experience with the TEDxUWO audience -- an experience that took the life of his beloved brother-in-law and nearly his own as well. Stranded alone after a tragic climbing accident with temperatures plunging to -30 degrees Celsius, Shackel first broke the night into five thousand five-second intervals. He decided to deal with only one interval at a time. Then, stepping back to see the bigger picture, he relied on vision, intuition, and faith to keep him alive. Shackel emerged from this harrowing experience having cemented his belief that the principles fundamental to leadership - breaking a problem into smaller parts - are also key to tackling any challenge."

Business Leadership in the 21st Century

Carol Stephenson — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:14:47 PST

What are the current leadership challenges and what does the future hold? Carol Stephenson, Dean of Western's Richard Ivey School of Business, will discuss findings from the School's ground-breaking research on leadership failures and successes relating to the recent financial crisis and why character, competencies, and especially commitment, are critical for the leaders of today and tomorrow.