The Ethos Forum Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Ethos Forum Podcast
This podcast is produced by Ethos Consulting based in Australia. Mark Douglas interviews prominent leaders in research and higher education. Discover unique insights into the specific issues faced by leaders in research and higher education.
Professor Sakkie Pretorius discusses how to identify and support researchers with the potential to become influential research leaders.
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Professor Sakkie Pretorius discusses clear strategies successful in building a culture of industry engagement within a university.
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In this episode Professor Sakkie Pretorius discusses practical suggestions for leading researchers and building successful interdisciplinary research teams.
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Professor Paul Gough discusses how a commitment to the living of values can make a substantial impact to the day-to-day decisions and behaviours across the organisation. He uses examples to illustrate his views.
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Professor Paul Gough, a senior leader in higher education, with a background in fine art and history, discusses how to curate you leadership career within universities. He peppers this discussion with highly illustrative metaphors that make this podcast memorable.
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In this episode Professor Peter Klinken discusses to conflict between continuing to grow a personal research career and taking an institutional leadership role. He also talks about the generosity of spirit necessary for this transition and strategies research leaders need to manage the fragile financial foundations on which many research concentrations are built.
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Professor Peter Klinken explains why he moved from a sceptic to a convert for strategic planning when managing a research group. He goes onto explain the importance of being open minded to think beyond the confines of your research question, for the research leaders to connect effectively with the community, with Government and with other stakeholders. Research Leaders, he says are in the ‘people business’!
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Professor Sally McArthur examines the measurement of research output in an environment focused on research impact. She also looks at the establishment of a research culture characterised by true inter disciplinary engagement that is seeking of real problems that require complex solutions.
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Professor Sally McArthur introduces the concept of ‘entrepreneurial research’ and how this may challenge the traditional nature of undertaking a PhD. Sally explains the process and the exciting opportunities for graduates in industry.
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Professor Sally McArthur explores the various dimensions of research impact and questions the isolating nature of the PhD process.
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Listen to Professor Derek Richard explain his commitment to developing people skills, along-side research skills. Hear his innovative approach to developing virtual start-up companies, more common in Europe than in Australia. Derek further explains the drivers for the evolution of researchers and academics to respond to an emerging future where industry problems will take a stronger role in setting the research agenda.
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Professor Derek Richard leads a medical science based research group, but the way he has structured his research team has lessons that can be applied across disciplines. Hear how he has developed a strong sense of team and developed a team progression that builds leadership skills that sits independent of the university structure.
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Sakkie Pretorius, in this interview, reflects on the work of Howard Florey and the importance of a balance between fundamental and applied research. He also explains, in colourful terms, the nuance implicit in interdisciplinary research.
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Hilary Winchester discusses the essential logistics and landmines of an Academic Board and the Australian regulatory environment around Academic Governance.
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Professor Caroline McMillen explores the elements that make-up a strong and efficient Academic Board valued by the Executive and academic colleagues.
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Research leaders are now expected to have a ‘super-power’; they need to foresee the future emerging from the external environment relevant to their research. But that is not all, they then need to determine with their team, in what ways they will respond to these events. Those reaching new heights are moving beyond inter-disciplinary responses to the driving of new convergences. Listen to find out more.
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In this episode Professor Caroline McMillen discusses the concept of ‘scalable excellence’. It has now become a strategic imperative for research leaders to move beyond advancing the thinking in their discipline to scaling up the impacts of this excellence way beyond the university.
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The senior researchers that so many younger academics look to for ‘people leadership’ and ‘career leadership’ are often inadequate to the task. This lack of appropriate support may cause many research careers to flat line. For these senior researchers to move from being a ‘leading researcher’ to a ‘research leader’ requires a suit of skills often not developed in universities. Unfortunately, less experienced researchers are particularly vulnerable to poor leadership; find out why this is so.
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The path from passionate researcher to a leader in the research environment is not always obvious or straight forward. “Your research career will be over if you accept this leadership role” is often heard. But what is the nuance behind this simple and sometimes inaccurate statement?
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