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June 15, 202622 min

Agentic engineering solves the vibe coding problem in workplaces

Vibe coding, the process of using AI models to write code for you, first emerged in 2025. It has since sparked fierce discussion about the future of software development. Are software engineers now redundant? Can CEOs now vibe code their way to new markets, without an official product development team? Will the next big app come from someone who has never written their own line of code? Lakshya Agarwal is a forward-deployment engineer at an AI company called Tavily. He’s also an experienced vibe coder. He believes in the power of vibe coding, but not without vigorous human oversight and accountability. That’s why he advocates for agentic engineering, the practice of safely using vibe coding in development pipelines. In today’s interview, he tells us what that could look like in your organization.Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosts this episode. More info about Lakshya.  // MORE FROM DELVEWhen gamers become part of the AI supply chainAnother workday in the metaverseThe ways your data is lying to you  // STAY IN TOUCHLinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw)Instagram (https://bit.ly/3ZXbxVz)Facebook (https://bit.ly/3ZrNsWR)Email (delve@mcgill.ca)Website (delve.mcgill.ca)// CREDITS Delve is the official thought leadership publication of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosted, produced, and edited this episode. Professor Saku Mantere is Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all of our original music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

June 2, 202624 min

Cutting middle managers won't improve patient care

Read this episode’s companion article at delve.mcgill.ca!Behind every successful hospital visit is a network of middle managers who made it possible. But their responsibilities often overlap with others in the organization, which makes them prime targets for cuts during times of austerity.But for Prof. Giovanni Radelli and Andrea D’addario, job overlap can be a feature rather than a bug. This is what we saw in a recent study by Radaelli and his co-authors, which documents the experiences of quality managers across 12 Italian hospitals.What do we lose when we reduce middle management? What function do they serve in the delivery of care? How does job overlap actually help them better contribute to the organization?In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, we explore all of these questions and more.Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosts this episode.Professor Giovanni Radaelli is an Assistant Professor (Reader) at the Warwick School of Business. Andrea D’addario is a McGill alumna and health leadership consultant in Canada’s rural North.Read Professor Radaelli’s study in the Journal of Management Studies: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joms.70020 // MORE FROM DELVEHealthcare innovation requires courage and slackPutting the ‘care’ back in healthcareLessons in healthcare management from emerging economies // STAY IN TOUCHLinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw)Instagram (https://bit.ly/3ZXbxVz)Facebook (https://bit.ly/3ZrNsWR)Email (delve@mcgill.ca)Website (delve.mcgill.ca) // CREDITSDelve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. This episode of the podcast was produced, hosted, and edited by Eric Dicaire. Professor Saku Mantere is McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

April 21, 202625 min

Another workday in the metaverse

Subscribe to Delve at delve.mcgill.ca! These days, AI is the hot new piece of tech on the block. But that doesn’t mean metaverses have disappeared. Immersive, virtual realities are being used to train pilots and surgeons. Management students are taking virtual field trips to factories around the world. And one day, communicating in VR may be as common as taking a Zoom call.If that happens, what does that mean for how we work? What happens when we present ourselves through customized avatars, rather than a true image of ourselves? Can VR help facilitate more personal, meaningful connections between coworkers? Or will it just be a new way to monitor workers and absorb them into the surveillance economy?Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, discusses with Professor Emma Vaast. The conversation begins with a simple question: Why should we care about metaverses right now? They discuss the potential use cases of immersive platforms, what it could mean for how we work, and what the future holds for metaverse development.Read Professor Vaast’s paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963868725000538 // MORE FROM DELVEAre digital tech workers coding themselves out of existence?How conflict made cryptoShould users be moderators?For AI to shape radiology, policymakers must act // STAY IN TOUCHLinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw)Instagram (https://bit.ly/3ZXbxVz)Facebook (https://bit.ly/3ZrNsWR)Email (delve@mcgill.ca)Website (delve.mcgill.ca) // CREDITSDelve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. This episode of the podcast was produced, hosted, and edited by Eric Dicaire. Professor Saku Mantere is McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

March 31, 202621 min

The ways your data is lying to you

Subscribe to the Delve newsletter for weekly management insights from McGill University.These days, even grocery chains are data companies, as much as they are food retailers. But in the push towards data-driven decision making, how do we know we’re actually using our data correctly?This week, we’re talking to Najib Mozahem. He’s an assistant professor of information systems at McGill University and a data scientist at Air Canada. He gives us the rundown on how data can be misleading and what you can do to pull the best information possible. Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosts this episode. // MORE FROM DELVEA little financial data is a dangerous thingPrice tells a story about your productHow managers can restore faith in humanity// STAY IN TOUCHLinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw) Instagram (https://bit.ly/3ZXbxVz) Facebook (https://bit.ly/3ZrNsWR) Email (delve@mcgill.ca) Website (delve.mcgill.ca) // CREDITSThis episode of the podcast was produced, hosted, and edited by Eric Dicaire. Professor Saku Mantere is McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music.#Management #Data #Analytics #ThoughtLeadership #Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

March 24, 202624 min

AI will make supply chains both lean and resilient

Follow us on LinkedIn at @McGillDelve! How can supply chains react to a chaotic world? When traditional supply chain models fail, what’s left for us to try? Can we trust AI to help navigate the uncertainty?Chris Tang, professor emeritus in supply chain management at UCLA, believes AI can make supply chains both lean and resilient. Mehmet Gumus, Professor of Operations Management at McGill University, asks him how.Indeed, global disruptions have exposed weaknesses in traditional supply chain models. Lean networks are too vulnerable to disruptions. Redundant ones are more resilient, but can no longer keep up with the pace and scale of change. So where do we go from here?They begin their conversation with an overview of the current challenges facing supply chains and the limits of lean and resilient models. Then they explore how AI might help navigate this uncertainty. And finally, they discuss the role of human decision-makers in supply chains orchestrated through AI.Professor Mehmet Gumus hosts this episode. // RELATED CONTENTSupply chain food waste is a ‘people’ problemThe humanitarian side of ops managementCreating a green economy is not plug-and-play // STAY IN TOUCHLinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw)Instagram (https://bit.ly/3ZXbxVz)Facebook (https://bit.ly/3ZrNsWR)Email (delve@mcgill.ca)Website (delve.mcgill.ca) // ABOUTDelve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Eric Dicaire is Delve’s managing editor. Professor Saku Mantere is Delve’s editor-in-chief. This episode was produced and edited by Eric Dicaire, and hosted by Mehmet Gumus. // CHAPTERS00:00 – Lean vs. Resilient Supply Chains 03:06 – Balancing Customer Needs with Back-End Operations 05:36 – How AI and Hyper-Digitization Are Transforming Supply Chain 09:00 – What Should SMEs Do to Catch the AI Wave? 11:05 – Will AI Replace Supply Chain Jobs? 18:45 – How Should We Teach Supply Chain in the Age of AI? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

March 10, 202623 min

Putting the 'care' back in healthcare

Follow Delve on LinkedIn! @McGillDelveThe last time you saw a doctor, did you feel cared for? Or did you feel depleted?Your answer is about more than customer service satisfaction. It can actually have important impacts on your health.This week, Dr Anoop Kumar joins Professor Saku Mantere on the McGill Delve podcast. Dr Kumar is an emergency physician, and he highlights an important blind spot in healthcare. Physicians often neglect to see patients as whole, emotionally complex people – and leave them feeling uncared for as a result. And more than that, in failing to see wholeness, they close the door on treatments that can promote healing far beyond the doctor’s office.In this conversation, Dr Kumar and Professor Mantere talk about what it means to treat the whole patient, why it’s so rare in healthcare, and why we should re-orient healthcare towards wholeness.                                                                                                         // RELATED CONTENTHealthcare innovation requires courage and slackLessons in healthcare management from emerging economiesMedical records without borders // STAY IN TOUCHLinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw)Instagram (https://bit.ly/3ZXbxVz)Facebook (https://bit.ly/3ZrNsWR)Email (delve@mcgill.ca)Website (delve.mcgill.ca) // ABOUTDelve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Eric Dicaire is Delve’s managing editor. Professor Saku Mantere is Delve’s editor-in-chief and hosted this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

February 24, 202621 min

Creating a green economy is not plug-and-play

Follow McGill Delve on LinkedIn! @McGillDelve (https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw)To fully take advantage of green technologies, many systems may have to change. And that’s not a bad thing. Green technologies open new possibilities for global production systems—and they could quickly make our current systems look outdated.This week on the McGill Delve podcast, Professors Michael Raynor (Ivey Business School) and Sanjith Gopalakrishnan (McGill University) make the case for disruptive innovation in our systems. They talk about climate change through the lens of disruption, why “scale” shouldn’t be the only metric for innovation, and how climate-friendly production systems are achievable with less compromise than you might think.Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosts this episode. // RELATED CONTENTThe End of Oil, with Professors Ryan Kellogg (University of Chicago) and Javad Nasiry (McGill University).Sustainable fast fashion is a three-body problem, with Professor Mehmet Gumus (McGill University) // STAY IN TOUCHLinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3TiUFVw)Instagram (https://bit.ly/3ZXbxVz)Facebook (https://bit.ly/3ZrNsWR)Email (delve@mcgill.ca)Website (delve.mcgill.ca) // ABOUTDelve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Eric Dicaire is Delve’s managing editor. Professor Saku Mantere is Delve’s editor-in-chief. This episode was produced and hosted by Eric Dicaire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

February 10, 202627 min

Community organizations are an antidote to systemic racism

We hear a lot about systemic racism. But what does systemic anti-racism look like?This week, we’re talking to an expert about how to build anti-racist public organizations.Alicia Boatswain-Kyte is a social worker and Assistant Professor of Social Work at McGill University. She has published several studies about Black people’s experiences with healthcare, youth services, the justice system, and more. She explains why these institutions often fall short of meeting the needs of Black people. She also challenges us to think differently about how to deliver public services.The secret, as she explains, is to empower communities – and to let go of racial capitalism.Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosts this episode. In this conversation we talk about the Black experience when interfacing with public organizations, why public institutions can be so reluctant to change, and the difference between organizing through community and organizing through capitalism.  // MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEThe Equity Myth. 2017. F. Henry et al. (https://www.ubcpress.ca/the-equity-myth)Resilience Amidst Adversity: Experiences of Black Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2017. A. Boatswain-Kyte et al. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/388388368_Resilience_Amidst_Adversity_Experiences_of_Black_Older_Adults_During_the_COVID-19_Pandemic)A critical examination of youth service trajectories: Black children’s transition from child welfare to youth justice (2024). A. Boatswain-Kyte et al. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740923006072)Managing with anarchism. 2025. Delve (https://delve.mcgill.ca/listen/anarchism-housing-and-the-radical-imaginary/) // STAY IN TOUCHhttps://bit.ly/3TiUFVw - LinkedIn, @mcgilldelvehttps://bit.ly/3Hyt6oI - YouTube, @McGillDelvehttps://bit.ly/3ZXbxVz - Instagram, McGillDelvehttps://bit.ly/3ZrNsWR - Facebook, DelveMcGillEmail us: delve@mcgill.cadelve.mcgill.ca // ABOUTDelve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosts this episode. Professor Saku Mantere is Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

January 27, 202623 min

Beware the inequities of ‘neutral’ management practices

Follow us on LinkedIn! / (https://www.linkedin.com/company/mcgilldelve/)How do men and women react differently to management? Why do some management practices contribute to gender inequity, even if they’re applied equally across all workers? What can managers do to better support workers of all identities, while maintaining productivity and quality of work?Roman Galperin, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at McGill University, explores the evidence.Galperin recently published a study examining how men and women respond to increased monitoring and incentives from their managers. His findings show that, even when applied equally to all workers, some management tactics can further entrench gender inequities. He explains why.Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosts this episode.// KEEP LEARNINGRead Professor Galperin’s full study in Organization Science / (https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/orsc.2023.17754)Visit our website to change how you think about management / (https://delve.mcgill.ca)// CREDITSThis episode of the podcast was produced, hosted, and edited by Eric Dicaire. Professor Saku Mantere is McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief and produced all the original music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

January 13, 202626 min

Theatre was the original thinking machine

As the world navigates the impacts of AI, we’re returning to the oldest thinking machine of all: the theatre.Managers everywhere are using AI to reimagine human-made systems, such as healthcare, supply chains, and finance. But today’s podcast guests remind us that art still has much to teach us – and we better not forget it.Laurette Dubé is a Professor Emerita in Consumer Psychology at McGill University. Paul Yachnin is a Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies, also at McGill University. They call on managers and leaders to engage with the arts to solve complex problems and keep humanity at the centre of their work.  In today’s podcast, we’re doing exactly that. With host Eric Dicaire, Professors Dubé and Yachnin turn to Shakespeare’s Macbeth for lessons on how to change the world. What does Macbeth’s history of violence teach us about healing trauma? How is the murder of King Duncan connected to the manosphere? What does Macbeth’s story teach us about morality and the pursuit of power?This podcast is a preview of the upcoming event, “Thinking Inside Macbeth,” happening on January 28, 2026. Details are here.Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosts this episode. STAY IN TOUCH WITH UShttps://bit.ly/3TiUFVw - LinkedIn, @mcgilldelvehttps://bit.ly/3Hyt6oI - YouTube, @McGillDelvehttps://bit.ly/3ZXbxVz - Instagram, McGillDelvehttps://bit.ly/3ZrNsWR - Facebook, DelveMcGillEmail us: delve@mcgill.cadelve.mcgill.ca ABOUT MCGILL DELVEMcGill Delve is the official thought leadership platform of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Eric Dicaire is Delve’s managing editor and produced and edited this episode. Saku Mantere is McGill Delve’s editor-in-chief. Visit our website at delve.mcgill.ca #management #highered #thoughtleadership #theatre #shakespeare #AI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.