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Professor Alain Pinsonneault named to SAQ Board of Directors

In January 2024, Prof. Alain Pinsonneault was appointed to a four-year term on the Board of Directors of the Societé des alcools du Québec (SAQ). The Distinguished James McGill Professor brings expertise in information technology management and business digitization to the SAQ, which sells beer, wine and spirits at more 400 locations throughout Quebec.

Published: 27 Feb 2024

Delve: Are Digital Tech Workers Coding Themselves Out of Existence? with Emmanuelle Vaast and Alain Pinsonneault

What if just doing your job causes you to lose your job? New technologies have constantly replaced old technologies for hundreds of years, but new digital technologies, namely artificial intelligence and other data-driven technologies, are doing more than replacing old tech—they’re replacing the people who create those technologies in the first place.

Published: 3 Jul 2023

Delve podcast: How Information Technology Can Drive Efficiency and Spark Creativity, with Alain Pinsonneault

What do Cirque du Soleil, American Airlines, and Canadian Tire have in common? They’ve all shifted their perspective on the value of Information Technology. On the Delve podcast, Desautels Faculty of Management Professor Alain Pinsonneault discusses how the overall mindset towards Information Technology’s value is changing, especially in times of broader turbulence like the COVID pandemic.

Published: 12 May 2022

Delve: Occupational Evolution or Extinction?

Despite being essential in organizations across sectors, data scientists wrestle with the implications of writing the code that will replace their own jobs.

Published: 20 Oct 2021

Aix-Marseille University awards honorary doctorate to Professor Alain Pinsonneault

In honour of his exceptional commitment to academic excellence, France’s Aix-Marseille University recently conferred the title of Doctor Honoris Causa upon Professor Alain Pinsonneault.

Published: 28 Jan 2021

McGill-HEC Montreal EMBA blends online and in-person learning

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the McGill-HEC Montreal EMBA program has introduced a bimodal learning style that allows students to choose between online courses and in-person instruction.

Published: 27 Jan 2021

Even standard IT can impact front-end innovation

When employees are motivated to master computer technologies like business analytics programs, point-of-sale systems, and knowledge management systems, creativity ensues.

Published: 13 Jan 2021

First-ever Henry Mintzberg PhD Teaching and Mentorship Award goes to Professor Alain Pinsonneault

Professor Alain Pinsonneault recently received the inaugural Henry Mintzberg PhD Teaching and Mentorship Award in recognition of his high-quality teaching and commitment to student progress. He was nominated for the honour by PhD students and alumni.

Published: 15 Oct 2019

Delve: Finding the Silver Lining of Workplace Interruptions

Can e-mail interruptions actually boost your productivity at work? New research from Prof Alain Pinsonneault says yes; the key is to be mindful and determine task relevance.

This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management.

Published: 7 Oct 2019

Why patients support each other in healthcare virtual support communities

Recent research co-authored by Professor Alain Pinsonneault examines the growing popularity of healthcare virtual support communities (HVSCs) as a means of complementing/supplementing face-to-face support.

The study’s findings reveal ways that virtual support community designers and healthcare organisations can optimize such platforms for effective social support exchanges.

Published: 7 Dec 2018

EMBA program celebrates a decade of impact

Ten years ago, leadership from the Desautels Faculty of Management and HEC Montréal took up the ambitious challenge of joining forces to launch the McGill-HEC Montreal EMBA program.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Take a look back on how the EMBA program has evolved and the strides made since its founding.

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Published: 18 Oct 2018

How to maximize innovation at work

Recent research co-authored by Professor Alain Pinsonneault has shown that giving people time and resources to pursue innovation projects can produce extraordinary outcomes — but only if organizations match their “slack strategy” to employee type.

Published: 7 May 2018

Reinvention is key for businesses in the digital age

With the rise of Information Technologies, leaders of large corporations are forced to reinvent both themselves and their organizations.

Desautels Professor Alain Pinsonneault comments on the broad appeal of digital platforms enabled by new technologies, the threat they pose to traditional businesses and how the later can adapt.

Published: 8 Mar 2018

Alain Pinsonneault: frequent little promotions work best for IT employee retention

It’s a vicious cycle: Companies cut back on promotions to try to minimize big salary loads, but more promotions keep employees around longer. According to a piece at incentiveandmotivation.com, the answer could be more frequent, but smaller, promotions.

Published: 15 Sep 2017

McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA offers yearly aboriginal scholarship

Every year, the McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA program offers a $50,000 scholarship for aboriginal managers. The first recipient of the scholarship was Mi’kmaq urban councillor Manon Jeanotte in 2014. Her EMBA experience prompted her to make a successful run for chief of the Gespeng Mik’maq Nation in 2015.

Published: 29 May 2017

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