![]() It’s like putting your foot in the water. Early in my career, my ideas came from interacting with practitioners. Where do your ideas for articles come from? Let’s begin with the first question I’ve been asking pretty much everyone. Do read on as there is lots to learn from someone who has been sailing these rough waters for quite some time already! The whole time, I couldn’t help thinking: “Wow! That must be so hard for that person!” but also, “Wow! That is amazing feedback!” And I began to think that I could seriously use a mentor like that for my own work… When I did finally meet Royston, he proved to be gracious, super friendly and genuinely committed to helping students and newly minted PhDs (and others, I’m sure!) navigate the treacherous roads of academia, which is not something we can say about everyone we meet. There was no sugar coating here, but there was some astute, concrete and very practical advice about “where to from here” which was very much worth swallowing one’s ego for. ![]() But he was also crystal clear about what this person needed to do to get their paper at a level that would substantially improve its chances at getting published. It wasn’t until I was a post-doc that I got to see him give feedback to someone first hand. I had heard stories of him “tearing students apart” at conferences, and always wondered whether there was any truth to them. I had heard of Royston Greenwood long before I met him. School of Business, University of Alberta ![]()
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