Coaching Lessons Executives Share When the Spotlight is Off: What it Means for Your Journey
Otago MBA lecturer Gregor Schmalz discusses essential leadership lessons from global executives, gathered during this time of intense change and uncertainty. Today, senior executives face massive employee disengagement, imposter syndrome, and multiple critical issues throughout their day. In this session, Schmalz breaks down the core implications, key insights, and actionable steps for your own career.
Voice of the Sea Ice: Antarctica’s heartbeat
Each year a massive patch of ocean around Antarctica freezes and then melts again come summer – Antarctica’s heartbeat. In winter, the ice effectively more than doubles the size of this already massive continent, and it plays a huge role in controlling our planet’s climate. Listen to Dr Inga Smith and Antonia Radlwimmer discuss their research on RNZ’s Our Changing World.
History of Poliamyelitis epidemics in New Zealand: “Lest we forget”
John-Claude Theis discusses the disease observed since antiquity and horrifying the public in the early 20th century: Polio. In this History of Medicine podcast, John-Claude discusses the history of poliomyelitis epidemics, early treatments, including the iron lung, orthopaedic management of patients with permanent paralysis, discovery of the vaccine, post-polio syndrome and current situation of poliomyelitis in the world.
The Red Seaweed of Otago Harbour
Join Marine Science alumna Namrata Chand on her PhD Autumn field work collecting seaweed samples to learn more about this 'underdog of the ocean', in RNZ’s “Our Changing World”.
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