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 development of creativity-related projects in Europe, including the European Association for Creativity and Innovation (EACI), and was co-founder (with Susan Moger) of the journal Creativity and Innovation Management. He is also author of detective stories centred around the fictional University of Urmston, and a nearby chess club which houses a top-secret government surveillance operation. His recent switch to podcasting reaches out to a wider general audience interested in current affairs, and the processes of creativity previously described in his lectures, blogposts, and textbooks.
Episodes
520 episodes
Consciousness revisited. Book Review of Being you, by Anil Seth
Seth, Anil. Being you: A new science of consciousness. Penguin, 2021.The nature of human creativity has been increasingly recognised as a route to understanding artificial intelligence, and the mimicry of human behaviours by the emergin...
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Wit and Wisdom, April 2025
We continue the era of American liberation from exploitation by the rest of the world. I will try to squeeze other news and perhaps some with a little wit and wisdom …The story so far. President Trump’s announcement of his plan to MAGA ...
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The Nipper-nipping Chess Robot
The headlines are striking. ‘Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven year old opponent’The vicious act of nipper nipping took place in a demonstration event in Moscow. It seems that the robot had been programmed in turn-taki...
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Defining a woman
Defining a woman. The legal case challenging the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the equality legislation (2010)April 17 2025The case was brought by Women For Scotland, a gender critical organisation, against ministers of the Scottis...
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Why Donald Trump is being compared with Chairman Mao
No, it’s not because they both wrote a book. Over a billion copies of Mao’s little red book is believed to have been printed. The Art of the Deal has reached a puny million copies. It’s because President Trump’s leadership is increasin...
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Fungus the Bogeyman's tennis bag. How decluttering changed my life
Confession. I am referring to my own sad case, having eventually accepted that my aging tennis bag was in serious need of restoration to some minimum level of acceptability on the hygiene front. Yes, a weekly sequence of spills from wa...
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Irish Humour. The skull of Brian Baru
A joke attributed to the great Irish comedian and raconteur,Dave Allen.The joke has been related many times and I was reminded of it recently on the website Quora in an entry by Roland Wyvern of Brighton in England.
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Wit and Wisdom March-April 2025
Wish I could have found more on other news items, but what became known as Signalgate had peak billing as March drew to a close, and Donald Trump’s tariff tantrums then pushed itheir way to dominate the highlights. @AcynReporte...
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Controligarchs by Seamus Bruner. Book Review by Tudor Rickards
Controligarchs by Seamus Bruner. Book Review by Tudor RickardsReviewer’s warning: The book presents a perspective which other commentators have described as promoting conspiracy theories.<...
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Donald Trump Coup
Donald Trump Coup. Sensational News revealed in a leaked Signal messageDeadline April 1st 2025Donald Trump was captured in a successful coup overnight. The news was revealed in a leaked Signal message. The instigators h...
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Conspiracy theories. The assassination of President Kennedy
Conspiracy theories. The assassination of President KennedyIn March 2025, a a bizarre example of a conspiracy theory occurred as the voluminous records of the assassination of President Kennedy were released for public scrutiny.A...
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More than meets the eye...why there's hope for the NHS
This is a story which started with the editing of a textbook about leadership and is turning into a case study of the dilemma of leadership in the national health service...
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So much symbolism as Teuchel faces his first match as England football manager
England’s football team has a new manager, Thomas Teuchel. According to the British football pundits, the role is one the hardest in the world in which an incumbent can succeed. This in part is an indisputable measure of a national team’s succe...
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Wit and wisdom March 2025
Wit and Wisdom March 2025The news continues to be dominated by Trumpet calls from the West (Wing). Are we yet at peak Trump?@HagwithAttitudeForgot to tell you of my great achievement yesterday!!! I man...
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Chess Masters: The Endgame. A review
BBC 2 attempts to do for chess what Like Littler is doing for darts, generate mass interest in a niche sport.I watch with mixed emotions, having turned down an invitation to take part mainly out of cowardice. So watch out for a version of n...
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The Glorious Victory of the B team adds a Footnote to Chess History
The Glorious Victory of the B team adds a Footnote to Chess HistoryIt is well known in our league that East Cheadle Chess club B team also known as the east Chile buffaloes are prone to surprise their opponents, often scoring ...
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Wit and wisdom, Late February 2025
Wit and Wisdom, late February 2025Still heavily biased towards political posts. I tried and failed to find a wider set…MePMQs6 questions about a refugee permitted entry to the U.K. 2 questions about sorting out ...
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Sporting Dilemmas. The case of the Virtual Assistant Referee
Sporting Dilemmas. The Case of the Virtual Assistant Referee.Sporting progress has always been measured. The metrics may vary, but the prize goes to athlete or team considered to have carried out the best performance, be it speed, dista...
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The Trumposki Gambit. The most feared weapon in the world of hand to hand combat
The rarely-played Trumposki gambit has hit the headlines for its continued use by its devoted followers who believe it to be the greatest gambit of all time. The gambit was played in an acrimonious match in the opulent setting...
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How to save a lost game at chess
In our league match this week, the most interesting point about my game was how I managed to convert a completely lost position into a draw.I’m not sure how much is Chess skill and how much is a psychology applied to escape from defe...
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Mao to Xi. A tale of two leaders
Chinese leadership from Mao to Xi. A review of The Political Thought of Xi Jinping, by Tsang and Cheung.To understand the role played by Xi Jinping in shaping China’s future it is necessary to understand the revolutionary origins of the...
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Beyond mimicry: Can AI exhibit creativity?
The question was posed by a team of creativity researchers as the AI revolution of 2023-4 was in full swing. AI was setting new questions about the nature of work, and the capacity of computers to replace humans Ref Marr...
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Proposal for collaboration with CIM for contributions to the new edition of Dilemmas of Leadership
Invitation and call for ideas.CIM Community Meeting, March 2025As invited by the Editorial Board I have submitted an idea for consideration at the CIM Community Meeting, March 2025The Idea: Proposal for collaboration wit...
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