About Digestible Academia - A BlueSky Thinking Podcast
Digestible Academia bridges the gap between academic research and practical application.
We explore some of the most thought-provoking pieces published on BlueSky Thinking, taking a deeper dive into how academic research can be applied in the real world, making the complex theories relevant to the everyday challenges faced by businesses.
Your hosts Chloë and Kerry are joined by experts from the academic and business world as well as members of the BlueSky team.
Expert Voices - What is the environmental cost of AI?
Welcome to Digestible Academia, the podcast where we break down complex academic research into something more digestible.
In this episode, we dive into an important and increasingly relevant topic – the environmental cost of AI.
We're joined by Dr. Albert Plugge, Professor of ESG Transformation & Digital Innovation at Nyenrode Business University, where he leads the lecture series on Digital Business Ecosystems. Describing himself as a 'hybrid' in the field, Dr. Plugge blends academic research with hands-on consulting expertise. In his role at KPMG, he supports companies in operationalising digital strategies, helping them respond to fast-changing markets.
We ask Dr Plugge how companies should be using AI with sustainability in mind, are some AI services more environmentally friendly than others, and what is the actual cost of saying please and thank you to ChatGPT?
29 Apr 2025
Research Reflections - Did Katy Perry really need to go to space?
Welcome to Digestible Academia, a BlueSky Thinking podcast where we break down complex academic research into something more digestible.
Join us as we explore the fascinating intersection of business, sustainability, and consumer behaviour. In this episode, we'll examine the environmental impact of space tourism through the lens of Katy Perry's controversial 11-minute Blue Origin flight, uncover how powerful CEOs with the right incentives could lead global emissions reductions, and investigate why consumers are surprisingly forgiving of flawed eco-friendly products.
We'll also delve into Gen Z's growing influence on corporate sustainability practices and how business schools are shaping the future of sustainable business through groundbreaking research and frameworks that separate genuine impact from misleading ESG claims.
Here are the articles we discussed in this episode:
https://bluesky-thinking.com/why-jeff-bezos-should-never-have-sent-katy-perry-to-space-according-to-research/
https://bluesky-thinking.com/does-corporate-sustainability-need-a-gen-z-glow-up/
https://bluesky-thinking.com/consumers-are-more-forgiving-if-faulty-products-are-
green/
https://bluesky-thinking.com/5-key-ways-business-school-research-is-pushing-the-sustainability-agenda-research-round-up/
1 Apr 2025
Expert Voices – What will it take for women to be heard in the workplace?
Welcome to Digestible Academia, a BlueSky Thinking podcast where we break down complex academic research into something more digestible.
In this episode, in recognition of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month in the UK we’re continuing our exploration into diversity, equality and inclusion.
This week, we are joined by Jackie Ford, a Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies at Durham University Business School. Jackie’s research covers leadership, gender and organisation theory, exploring working lives, the impact of DEI, and the under-representation of women as leaders.
We asked Jackie why, after many years of board quotas and other pro-women efforts, women still do not hold equal footing in the majority of workplaces, and how companies can navigate this.
More on this can be found at: https://bluesky-thinking.com/are-your-diversity-and-inclusion-initiatives-excluding-your-staff/ with a further write-up exploring Jackie’s work to come on BlueSky Thinking later this month – watch this space.
18 Mar 2025
Research Reflections - DEI cuts: is it all John's fault?
Welcome to Digestible Academia, a BlueSky Thinking podcast where we break down complex academic research into something more digestible.
Join us as we dive into the world of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) in the workplace. In this episode, we’ll explore why female CEOs are often more debt-averse than their male counterparts, uncover the impact of gender bias in hiring decisions, and discuss how unconscious biases lead to a disproportionate number of ‘Johns’ in the workplace.
Here are the articles we discussed in this episode:
https://bluesky-thinking.com/why-female-ceos-are-the-future/
https://bluesky-thinking.com/gender-bias-stops-women-from-taking-charge/
https://bluesky-thinking.com/major-economic-crises-make-gender-diversity-in-leadership-difficult/
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/intersectional-peer-effects-work-effect-white-coworkers-black-womens-careers
4 Mar 2025
Expert Voices - Should we stop talking about generations?
Welcome to Digestible Academia, a BlueSky Thinking podcast where we break down complex academic research into something more digestible.
This week, we are joined by Patrick Vestner, a PhD Candidate at the University of Cologne, and an expert in age diversity in digital collaboration. We discuss how to collaborate more effectively in the workplace and why it might not actually be beneficial to define groups of people by their generation.
More on this can be found at: https://bluesky-thinking.com/gen-z-vs-millennials-is-thinking-in-terms-of-generations-problematic/
18 Feb 2025
Research Reflections - How to be a better colleague
Welcome to Digestible Academia, a BlueSky Thinking podcast where we break down complex academic research into something more digestible.
This week we will be discussing collaboration. We’ll be talking about how to encourage intergenerational collaboration, whether face-to-face meetings are ever needed, and how to effectively solve business conflict.
In this episode we are joined by special guest, Georgina Tierney, a Senior Account Executive at BlueSky Education.
For more information, here are the articles we discussed in this episode:
https://bluesky-thinking.com/how-can-we-encourage-intergenerational-collaboration/
https://bluesky-thinking.com/can-we-all-turn-our-cameras-on-please-are-face-to-face-meetings-ever-really-needed/
https://bluesky-thinking.com/how-to-effectively-solve-business-conflict/
4 Feb 2025
Expert voices - How to share bad news as a manager
Welcome to Digestible Academia, a BlueSky Thinking podcast where we break down complex academic research into something more digestible.
This week, we are joined by Marjo-Riitta Diehl, Associate Professor of Management Studies at Aalto University School of Business, to discuss how managers can best deliver bad news.
Here is the article we discussed in this episode:
https://bluesky-thinking.com/got-bad-news-experts-reveal-how-to-break-it-to-your-employees/
21 Jan 2025
Research Reflections - How to be a Better Leader in 2025
Welcome back to Digestible Academia, a BlueSky Thinking podcast where we break down complex academic research into something more digestible.
This month, with the inauguration, everyone’s talking about leadership.
In our first episode of 2025 we’ll be discussing three articles recently published on bluesky-thinking.com, including how to break bad news, how businesses should create an environment not suited to narcissists, and how to create an inclusive, supportive environment for your leaders.
This episode we are joined by special guest, Jamie Hose, an Account Manager at BlueSky Education.
For more information, here are the articles we discussed in this episode:
https://bluesky-thinking.com/creating-environments-where-every-employee-has-the-opportunity-to-succeed/
https://bluesky-thinking.com/bluesky-bookshelf-meets-susanne-braun/
https://bluesky-thinking.com/got-bad-news-experts-reveal-how-to-break-it-to-your-employees/
17 Dec 2024
Research Reflections - Consumerism
BlueSky Thinking's Georgina Tierney and ESSEC Business School's Raoul Kübler explore the nuances of consumerism, revealing the psychological and economic forces driving our spending habits.
10 Dec 2024
Digestible Academia Rankings Special
Industry experts Chloë Lane and Kerry Ruffle join Matt Symonds, QS Quacquarelli Symonds' S, to dissect business school rankings and reveal the most authoritative insights.
26 Nov 2024
Research Reflections - Wellbeing
Jonny Stone, a Senior Account Manager at BlueSky Education, joins us to break down the latest wellbeing research, exploring how Instagram can positively impact mental health, avoiding burnout, and the challenges of working from home with neuroticism.
12 Nov 2024
Research Reflections - How Does Food Impact Experiences
Digestible Academia is the BlueSky Thinking podcast where we break down complex academic research into something a bit more digestible. This week we're talking food.
More specifically: why watching sports on TV could make you eat more; why food descriptions can change what you order at a restaurant; and why you might want to avoid popcorn when you’re next at the cinema.
We’re joined by two special guests this week: Alexandre Lopez, an Account Manager at BlueSky Education, and Dr Anne-Kathrin Klesse, Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), who shares her insights on why the presence of food serves as a distraction and takes our mental focus away from enjoyable events. For more information, here are the articles we discussed in this episode: https://bluesky-thinking.com/yes-popcorn-really-does-ruin-your-movie-experience-heres-why/https://bluesky-thinking.com/why-watching-the-olympics-could-make-you-eat-more/https://bluesky-thinking.com/why-multisensory-menus-are-a-win-win-for-restaurants-and-customers/
29 Oct 2024
Research Reflections - Diving into the US Election
Welcome to Digestible Academia: the BlueSky Thinking podcast where we break down complex academic research into something a bit more… digestible.
This week we will be discussing the US election – taking a deep dive into some of the most interesting research that has recently come out about the US election, and asking ‘what makes a good leader?’
We’re joined by two special guests this week: Peter Remon, an account director at BlueSky Education who tells us all about his recent trip to the US, and Dr Thorsten Martin, a finance professor at Frankfurt School who shares his expertise about tariffs and the likely impact of the election on the US economy under Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris.
For more information, here are the articles we discussed in this episode:
https://bluesky-thinking.com/trump-or-harris-heres-5-things-research-tells-us-to-expect-from-the-winning-side/
https://bluesky-thinking.com/what-makes-an-ideal-leader-well-it-changes/
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