Experience Q Talks: Live! Fall 2021

Two Quinlan professors and a Baumhart Scholars MBA student gave inspiring 15-minute talks at the November 2021 installment of Q Talks: Live!, a semiannual event featuring unique insights and ideas.

A sold-out in-person crowd gathered at The Robey in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood for the conversation, which was moderated by Interim Dean Maciek Nowak. The presentations were:

• Katie Alexander, Assistant Professor of Management
  Challenging the Status Quo: The Impact of Insubordination in the Workplace
• April Lane Schuster, Senior Lecturer, Entrepreneurship
  Back to Normal or Something Else: How Innovation Can Help Us Build a Better World
• Myla Skinner (MBA ’22)
  The Great Resignation: An Opportunity for Realignment

Experience the event through video, photos, and social media below.

Watch the presentations

Katie Alexander
Challenging the Status Quo: The Impact of Insubordination in the Workplace

Katie Alexander examined the power of perspective and what visionary leaders can do to empower followers to challenge the status quo to build more sustainable and equitable workplaces.

April Lane Schuster
Back to Normal or Something Else: How Innovation Can Help Us Build a Better World

April Lane Schuster explored how now is the time to harness the power of entrepreneurship and innovation to rebuild the world for the better.

Myla Skinner
The Great Resignation: An Opportunity for Realignment

Myla Skinner discussed today's critical moment for organizations and employees to reset on what one another will give and get from their relationship. The Great Realignment of organizations and employees will require leaders to examine their internal cultures to determine and be transparent about who they seek to be to and for their employees.

Event photos

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Social media

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