When it comes to thinking about climate change and renewable energy, many people try to make as many environmentally friendly decisions as possible. With Earth Day coming up, what changes can you make? Researchers, like our guest, are considering how decisions are made–and if the process people use to make a decision can be influenced to select a more environmentally friendly decision about a product or service.

Choosing an environmentally friendly electric plan is one way of helping keep the Earth green. But what if people select a convenient default choice rather than exploring a more environmentally friendly (and possibly cheaper) option?

Crystal Reeck, assistant professor of marketing and associate director of the Center for Applied Research in Decision Making, tells listeners about the three different ways people make decisions. We'll learn if there is a way to change a person's decision mode—and ultimately impact the choice that they make.

Find out more details at www.fox.temple.edu/catalyst.

Key Links

• Crystal Reeck, assistant professor, Fox School of Business
• Center for Applied Research in Decision Making
• Center for Sustainable Communities
• Knowledge Hub: A nudge in the right direction
• Knowledge Hub: What happens when interventions fail
• "How we decide shapes what we choose: decision modes track consumer decisions that help decarbonize electricity generation" published in Theory and Decision (2022)

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Jodi Detjen, DBA '21, associate professor of practice and academic director of the MBA program at Suffolk University, shares her findings on the barriers to women's leadership acquisition.

Sherry Williams, DBA '19 and chief risk officer at Amalgamated Bank, shares how people choose a financial service provider and how that choice can help close the financial inclusion gap.

Finally, Maggie Jordan, DBA '18, vice president of marketing operations at MNG Health and founder and CEO of LAIR Entertainment, shares her insights into what people's approaches to video game character design mean for the metaverse.

Find out more details at www.fox.temple.edu/catalyst.

Key Links

• • Jodi Detjen, DBA '21,
  • Sherry Williams, DBA '19, CPA

• Maggie Jordan, DBA '18

• Fox Executive DBA Program

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Healthcare is changing, and not just because of the pandemic. For years, there has been a growing trend of consumerism in healthcare.

As patients become more likely to visit urgent care than an ER, and big retail giants are poised to offer primary care alongside frozen pizza and sweatpants, the business of healthcare is heading towards a big transformation.

In this episode of Catalyst, Kevin Mahoney, MBA '15, DBA '18 and CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, shares his view of how hospitals are changing. He sheds light on how consumerism is affecting the patient experience, what it means for the cost of healthcare and where the future might lead.

Find out more details at www.fox.temple.edu/catalyst.

Key Links

• Learn more about Kevin Mahoney
• Kevin B. Mahoney Named CEO of University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Penn's Kevin Mahoney is rethinking the future of health care for all of us
• The Rise of Medical Consumerism, Self-triage and the Impact on the Healthcare Delivery System
• Fox Executive DBA Program

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