Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd trying to start a public discussion about the dominance of Murdoch’s News Corp & its deleterious effects on democracy theguardian.com/media/2020/oct…

"The paradox of the Fordist era for Western countries is that it symbolizes the historic conversion of oppressive factory work into an unequalled period of shared prosperity and economic democracy."bostonreview.net/class-inequali…

A great piece based on a new intellectual history of Fordism in the interwar period which I am now certain to read. bostonreview.net/class-inequali…

Fully agree with Dr Kevin Tennent that when we teach management theories we should explore with students the historical contexts in which those ideas arose. His new paper just published online in JMH. emerald.com/insight/conten…

an open letter signed by business school professors calling on business leaders to “speak out against the threat Trump poses to our country” businessprofessorsofamerica.com

God knows I’ve learned the hard way that argument and logic are futile. As an academic, that realisation is not only frustrating, but can feel like personal rejection. Tensions quickly rise.

Still one of the best videos on the internet 😭 Vote!! Obama surprises VP, Joe Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom youtu.be/d3UCW_AV93M via YouTube

For all of you who like to avoid Amazon and support independent bookshops!! This sounds excellent! theguardian.com/books/2020/nov…

Mistake or early #Brexit? It’s just a vinyl! ~ £30! 🤷🏻‍♀️😤 Royal Mail

Utterly damning and quite frankly horrifying, but also brilliantly insightful, as always. On zombie politics, American autocracy, and so, so much to mourn. Democracy’s Afterlife | by Fintan O’Toole | The New York Review of Books nybooks.com/articles/2020/…

Decency prevails.

Great piece on how privatization undermines state legitimacy and democratic authority through an erosion of the official-private separation. Cant wait to read The Privatized State by Chiara Cordelli bostonreview.net/politics-philo…

Had a dream last night in which a family friend suggested she had an ‘in’ for a prestigious research post but upon meeting me suggested I take a job making soft-serve ice creams at Wendy’s. Woke up cry-laughing, but really, wtf is up with my brain.

#Academia

Survived. Just. After this utterly gruelling semester of online teaching I’m excited to dust off my research come Jan. Til then, out of office, egg nog, and sleep.

Between the border delays and the slow vaccine rollout, a new wave of anti-‘bureaucracy’ (read: red tape) rhetoric is all over this morning’s papers. Of course nothing to do with utterly shambolic political leadership and flailing policy-making. Never. 🙄😤

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🙌👊🙏 Only academics can run universities effectively timeshighereducation.com/features/only-… via Times Higher Education

My former (PhD) academic department is hiring a new Head - Department of Organization (IOA) Copenhagen Business School - still amongst the most vibrant OS/OT departments in the world, IMHO

Very excited to share that I'll be joining Times Higher Education 'University of the Year' Northumbria Uni in 2023 as Assistant Professor in Leadership and HRM! I've fallen in love w/ Newcastle over the past year and can't wait to work with new colleagues & students in this vibrant city!