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🧠 Designing Smarter Organizations: AI, Algorithms & the Future of Work with Phanish Puranam, Professor of Strategy and Organizational Design at INSEAD

April 09, 2025 • IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub • Season 9 • Episode 15

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How do we make organizations not just run — but run intelligently?

In this episode of Making Data Simple, we welcome Phanish Puranam, Professor of Strategy and Organizational Design at INSEAD, to explore the intersection of AI, organizational science, and intelligent design. From tools and teammates to blockchain and the metaverse, Phanish walks us through the evolving relationship between humans, algorithms, and the systems we build.

We dive into real-world use cases, research-backed insights, and surprising pitfalls — plus a contrarian take on why bad ideas might be the key to better innovation.

⏱️ Chapters

01:50 – Meet Phanish Puranam
03:36 – Organizational Design
08:39 – Where is Org Design Today
12:41 – A Research Example
15:59 – Technologies as Tools & Teammates
17:54 – A Real Use Case Example
20:30 – The Metaverse, Eliminate Bad Ideas Fast
21:28 – Pitfalls
23:30 – Use Case Deep Dive
30:06 – The Power Structure

🔗 Connect with Phanish Puranam

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/phanishpuranam
INSEAD Profile: insead.edu/faculty/phanish-puranam

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