Oscar Ybarra is passionate about finding the answers to questions--important questions--that impact our daily lives. As a professor of business administration at Gies, as well as the director of the Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society, Oscar has co-authored a new study on workplace well-being. The goal is to answer the question, "Are people flourishing or languishing at work?" And the results are...somewhat surprising.

Check out our previous episodes:

January 24, 2024 - Alumnus and longtime Gies supporter Tony Petullo
December 6, 2024 - Director, Health Care Research Initiative David Molitor
November 6, 2024 - Associate Dean for Equity Denise Lewin Loyd
August 21, 2024 – Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs Nehemiah Scott
April 18, 2024 – Dean Jeffrey R. Brown
August 16, 2023 – Gies Chief Disruption Officer Robert Brunner
July 5, 2023 – Gies alumnus and namesake Larry Gies
June 2, 2023 – Gies professor and travel expert Mark Wolters
Mar. 30, 2023 – Gies alumna and CTS Impact Founder Julie Scott
Dec.19, 2022 – Poets&Quants Founder John Byrne
Dec. 2, 2022 – Dean Emeritus Larry DeBrock on his long career, passion for teaching
Oct. 31, 2022 – Undergraduate admissions at Gies with Kelly Janssen
Sept. 14, 2022 – Executive Associate Dean Brooke Elliott on online education, gender barriers, and more
July 11, 2022 – iVenture Director Manu Edakara on entrepreneurship at Gies
May 26, 2022 – Gies professor Don Fullerton on environment and economy
May 4, 2022 – Secret Service agent turned iMBA student Lucy Chang Evans
March 28, 2022 – Accounting professor Nerissa Brown
Feb. 18, 2022 – Former Olympian Brock Kreitzburg
Feb. 8, 2022 – SAA Executive Director Jackie Price-Osafo
Nov. 19, 2021 – Marketing professor Tiffany White
Oct. 21, 2021 – Super Bowl champion Nick Allegretti
Sept. 8, 2021 – Dean Jeff Brown
Aug. 24, 2021 – Athletic Director Josh Whitman