TudoRama
TudoRama explores the nature and practice of creativity in the arts, sciences, politics and above all in everyday life. Tudor Rickards is Emeritus Professor of Creativity and Organizational Change at the University of Manchester. Tudor studied chemistry and radiation chemistry at The University of Wales at Cardiff. Following post-doctoral research at New York Medical College, he returned to the UK to work in technical management before joining Manchester Business School. He has published numerous books and articles on creativity, sporting management and leadership, as well as fictional works involving the mythical University of Urmston. He has been influential in the de...
Mourinho Matters: A study in charismatic leadership
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In my book Mourinho Matters I take Jose Mourinho as a case example of a charismatic leader.
I will draw on the account as described in the book. I have selected an exerpt of the occasions when I was embarrassingly misunderstood by two other charismatic leaders, Pat Riley of Miami Heat, and sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United.
A product in a bottle. How to turn ideas into new products
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My topic for today is developing a plan for successful innovation.
The subject is one which continues to attract attention, and books continue to be published offering various approaches some with more outrageous claims than others.
I want to describe one approach which worked for many and varied organisations mainly in the United Kingdom. I believe it can be applied to today’s fast-changing world, in which so many activities are being influenced through IT products and practices
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David Atherton is a scholarly contributor to X He explains that he has became increasingly disillusioned with his reach on X, and decided to write about stuff he likes
.You can follow David on X , where he publishes as @DaveAtherton20.
In a recent post, he selects as his topic, English idioms. In it, he describes the origin of the terms: one for the Road, being on the wagon, pulling your leg, and money for old rope.
There is a grim humour about his selected topic as you will no...
Leaders we Deserve: Making Sense of Donald Trump
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In this podcast, I’m taking the approach which I found useful in introducing graduate level workshops on creativity and leadership.
I would invite the Group to share their understanding of a current leadership issue and then discussing it through the perspective of leadership challenges provided by it.
So that’s where I want to go with this podcast. I’m assuming that listeners to this podcast are taking place in a discussion about leadership dilemmas which confront individuals, corporations and in this case even countries.
The discussion would...
Keith, the eco Goat
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The adventures of Keith have attracted a faithful following on X.
His biographer Sama Holle has chronicled the adventures of a range of eco-friendly animals on a farm, but I am only reporting on a day in the life of Keith as summarised on X.
I have added a short poem in honour of Keith and his eco
friendly farm friends.
Things you didn't know about St David's day
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As a long-time exile from Wales, I have to confess that my grasp of the language is pretty bad. So much so that I struggle even to follow the commentary in Welsh of rugby games on SC4.
At the present time, this might be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
However, I am aware of Saint David’s Day falling on March 1 if only because of fading schoolboy memories.
At risk of demonstrating this I’ll have a go, with help from a pronunciation guide, to demonstrate that I onl...
Politics in England's Green and pleasant land ...
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Overnight, a sensational political event. A resurgent Green Party wins a by-election in a close contest against the right wing Reform party and against the Government, the traditional party of the Left in England...
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Reflections on the difficulties experienced in revising the acknowledgements section for the fourth edition of a textbook.
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Why Nigel Farage Recruits Tories
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Dr Russ Jackson is one of the deepest thinkers currently posting on social media. This is an abridged podcast version with some interventions by myself of a post on X this week.
It examines an interview by Nigel Farage with the BBC‘s Nick Robinson.
Dr Jackson points out that the leader of the Reform party has to deal with an awkward fact. He had declared the Conservative Party “dead” (and not to be trusted). Yet pa...
Breaking News! Keir Starmer is still Prime Minister
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The political news in the United Kingdom this week has been dominated by sensational stories about the imminent humiliation and resignation of Keir Starmer.
Various explanations were offered often justified by evidence of his shocking incompetence and implications of his duplicity...
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This can be seen as a follow-up to my recent podcast on the developing political crisis facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
The story a week ago was posed as an exercise in the dilemma confronting Keir Starmer as he considered the appointment of Mendelson as Ambassador to the United States
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1945222/episodes/18634941-keir-starmer-s-political-crisis-a-dilemma-of-leadership.mp3?download=true
A week later, the story has moved on considerably…
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I’ve prepared this podcast in the form that makes it suitable for studying as an example of a leadership dilemma.
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A nearly honest account of how I set about decluttering my life, starting with my sitting room sofa...
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I hesitate to explain my approach to teaching Chess. It is a fact universally recognised among close friends that I am not the strongest Chess player on Buzzsprout. Indeed, I am not the strongest Chess player in my circle of friends.
Nevertheless, I have found myself introducing the game to pre teenage members of my tennis club.
I find it a quite rewarding experience. Maybe it has been possible for me to draw on many years working with post-graduate business students…
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The free ocean effect was generated by prescriptive text as a title for my next podcast. Returning to the original note, I was puzzled at first.
Because nothing I was working on dealt with a free ocean effect.
But when I retraced the note I had made I realised that the prescriptive text had translated something quite out of context from its original intention.
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I look at a widely-held belief that you may need a hundred ideas for every successful one that you find ...
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These are the lyrics I wrote recently to be turned into music. The history is quite interesting, and maybe I’ll make a podcast about it origins, if it becomes a hit.
Stop the singing
Stop the people having fun
With music they are bringing.
Stop them basking in the sun
Stop all the singing
The Grinch has crept back into town
And with him fear he’s brin...
ChatGBT and its creation of poetry
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I asked ChatGPT to produce a poem for me. My plan was to investigate the difference between a poem produced through the use of AI and produced in the traditional fashion with a human as primary producer of a creative work.
Something missing from the Coffee Shop
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A message for a missing member ...
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One powerful description of tyrants can be found in Aristotle’s hugely influential book on politics. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they have been appearing on the Internet as if the thoughts of an ancient philosopher might have relevance to modern times…
Bust
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Bust trial
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A personal memo about an idea leading to the creation of a set of lyrics for later application as a song.
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On Jan 3 22026, Donald Trump announced the successful abduction of President Maduro in a military operation in Venezuela.
To consider the fast moving story, it is useful to look back at the key features of Donald Trump's first Presidency, and the turbulent year of his second term in office.
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Spoken by Tudor Rickards based on a music-making project directed by Jonathan Levitt and supported by myself and Stephen Tranter, as regular contributors as lyricists.
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How I wrote the words to a song based on the tune hummed by Columbo in his great series about the eponymous homicide detective.
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trial 24 Dec 2025
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An account of minor road accident and the process of resolving the problem...
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I take a look at the BBC's glossy sports' celebration as one of its Xmas highlights.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio continues to follow President Trump's crusade to rid American of the curse of Wokeness...
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Being an account of a fragment of parchment excavated in an archeological dig near to the modern city of Athens
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This is a real life story with aspects of a 'who done it' which invites leaders to create their own endings.
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This book review is of Dear England by Gareth Southgate, former England Football Manager,
written and spoken by Tudor Rickards.
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In which the intrepid members of my fantasy chess club visit the mythical headquarters of our opponents, the Eccles chess club...
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Hi, folks
Just a trial to confirm all our efforts in producing a Tara backstory have started bearing fruit.
Thanks t all involved
Tudor
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trial October 20235
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An account of how ideas for new products are developed in theory and in practice.
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An examination of commemoration of Armistice Day in the UK.
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I introduce the background to my growing interest in the way AI systems can produce ('create') music.
Further podcasts are planned...
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