Wicked Problems, Attitudes on Health, Athletic Performance
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Wicked Problems, Attitudes on Health, Athletic Performance

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 5, Episode 295

  • Dec 10, 2016 5:00 pm

Solving the World's Wicked Problems Dr. Stephan Manning is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the co-founder of Organization and Social Change Research Group, an organization specializes in research around issues at the intersection of business and society. As economies and problems become more globalized, the answers and solutions to these changes become more complicated and unclear.  In policy research, these problems are termed, “wicked.”  Problems such as droughts, terrorism, and the refugee crisis demand our immediate attention, but there is no central authority to organize relief efforts.  Dr. manning offers us a different way to solve the world’s “wicked problems”. Listen to this interview here: https://goo.gl/BLVq30 Effects of Attitude on Health Dr. Ron Hager is an Associate Professor of Exercise Sciences in the College of Life Sciences at Brigham Young University. His area is expertise is Chronic Disease Prevention. Dr. Ron with some ideas on attitude effects our health. Listen to this interview here: https://goo.gl/nCJzXY We Are Nowhere Close to the Limits of Athletic Performance Dr. Stephen Hsu is the vice president for research and a professor of theoretical physics at Michigan State University. His interest range from theoretical physics and cosmology to computer science and biology. He has written about the future of human intelligence and the advance of artificial intelligence.  During the Rio Summer 2016 Olympics, athletes such as Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Simone Biles, and Katey Laedecky pushed the limits of athleticism in an amazing display strength, power, and grace.  As race times get faster and faster, and routines get more complicated and stunning, we need to ask the question: Are we near the limits of athletic performance? Dr. Stephen Shoe share his thoughts. Listen to this interview here:  https://goo.gl/wNiHed