Rotman Management

Published in January, May and September by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, Rotman Management explores themes of interest to leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs. Each issue features thought-provoking insights and problem-solving tools from leading global researchers and management practitioners. The magazine reflects Rotman’s role as a catalyst for transformative thinking that creates value for business and society.

Rotman Management • Spring 2022

The Art of Transformation

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP 101: AN INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN CHRISTOFFERSEN • The Dean of the Rotman School of Management shares insights on the skills required to lead a large enterprise and what lies ahead for the School.

Thought Leader Interview: Behnam Tabrizi • A world-renowned organizational transformation expert shares insights from his work with the likes of Intel, Amazon and President Barak Obama.

Welcome to the Biological Age • A great transformation of human life is underway that will soon determine everything from how we treat disease to how we nourish ourselves and fight climate change.

THE FUTURE OF FINANCE: A HISTORIC DISRUPTION TAKES HOLD • Imagine a financial framework that spreads financial democracy, increases inclusion, reduces consumer pain points and increases economic growth. DeFi has arrived.

THE TRUTH ABOUT COMPETITION • Proactively structuring corporate strategy from the front-line back will create opportunities for your business where they matter most.

The Digital Transformation of Leadership • Blurred boundaries, ‘context collapse’ and rising expectations around stakeholder engagement have converged, challenging leaders as never before.

HOW TO EVOLVE YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH BUSINESS DESIGN • For organizations to thrive, they must maintain close connections with their customers, understand emerging unmet needs and find effective ways to make lives better. In short, they must evolve.

Jobs-to-be-Done 2.0: A Framework for Customer Discovery • A focus on your customer and the job they are trying to get done makes needs discovery faster — and reliably leads to market success.

Creative Acts for Curious People • Embracing tools from the realm of design can enable you to powerfully shape interactions and environments for others to experience.

SIGNALS OF CHANGE: HOW TO EVOLVE FOR THE NEW GLOBAL REALITY • Six signals are essential to the future of organizations, presenting opportunities and incentives to embrace change and evolve.

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING • ‘Combinatorics’ problems expose the limits of classical computers and represent the potential for quantum computers to create value for organizations.

Human Resource Management For Humans • Marketing departments and governments the world over have been quick to embrace behavioural interventions. Human resource management could be the next frontier to successfully harness and embed behavioural insights into its operations.

SEIZING NEW VALUE POOLS IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD • The keys to resilience and longevity beyond a crisis often lie in embracing the new value pools created by that crisis.

Q&A • The conversation around racism at work continues. Here, an expert in the field shares his latest insights.

Q&A • How do high achievers thrive throughout life? An expert explains.

How to Reinvent Yourself

Q&A • A leader with first-hand experience describes the delusions that hold WOC back in life and work.

The Way of The Unicorn: From Start-Up to Scale-Up

Is It Time for a Future-Self Intervention?

Q&A • An anthropologist/innovation expert describes the power of ethnographic...