Talking About Organizations Podcast

About Talking About Organizations Podcast

Talking About Organizations is a conversational podcast where we talk about one book, journal article or idea per episode and try to understand it, its purpose and its impact. By joining us as we collectively tackle classic readings on organization theory, management science, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, organizational learning, culture, climate, leadership, public administration, and so many more! Subscribe to our feed and begin Talking About Organizations as we take on great management thinkers of past and present!

Publisher

Talking About Organizations

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Oct 2015

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

32 of 366 episodes have a transcript.

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   6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   E139: Disruptive Technology and the War of the Currents (Part 2)

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name, Credential] about how disruptive technologies create organizational uncertainty, drawing parallels between historical industry shifts and the War of the Currents.

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   29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   139: Disruptive Technology and the War of the Currents (Part 1)

   Host [Host Name] interviews historian [Guest Name] about the historical competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over electrical power standards.

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   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   139: Disruptive Technology and the War of the Currents

   Host [Host Name] interviews historian [Guest Name] about the dramatic battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over AC and DC electricity standards.

Inside a recent episode

E139: Disruptive Technology and the War of the Currents (Part 2)

Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Yeah, I liked this article because I totally get the punctuated equilibrium angle that once you have a stable standard, that there does tend to be very strong institutionalization of that standard over a period of time, and it really takes something extraordinary to unseat it. Now, the War of the Currents was kind of like that battle in microcosm, because DC, initially because of the initial demonstration and that it was potentially going to become the de facto standard on the basis of that demonstration, the window between that and the The switch over to AC was much, much shorter than one would ordinarily see in a disruptive technology taking over as the standard. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

32 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100

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Quality

91

Social presence

90

YouTube

64

Engagement

92

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