Loyola’s Busch Lecture looks at play in the workplace
Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business will present the 2024 Busch Lecture: “Building Connection and Belonging at Work through Deliberate Play” on Friday, Nov. 1, at 3 p.m. The event will take place in McGuire Hall East in the Andrew White Student Center at Loyola.
Featured speaker Izzy Bilotta, Ph.D., ’18, head of learning and innovation at Deutser, will lead an interactive session focused on how engaging in deliberate play helps to foster inclusivity at work by promoting connection and feelings of belonging among employees.
Bilotta leads research, curriculum and tool development, and leadership and performance coaching at Deutser, a change management consultancy that tackles complex organizational, team, and leadership challenges via strategic, culture-driven, creative approaches. Her research centers on fostering belonging, enhancing performance and well-being, and developing effective leaders. She earned a doctorate and master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology at Rice University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Loyola.
Joining Bilotta will be Michael Tews, Ph.D., associate professor of hospitality management at Pennsylvania State University, who will help facilitate the session. Bilotta and Tews will also answer questions from the audience.
John Michel, Ph.D., associate professor of management at Loyola’s Sellinger School of Business, is the Busch Faculty Scholar hosting the Busch Lecture this year. The lecture is free and open to the public. To learn more and register, visit Loyola.edu/BuschLecture.
The Busch Lecture, supported by the Anheuser-Busch Foundation, aims to feature leaders in business who have led innovative and entrepreneurial initiatives and are of interest to the academic, business, and civic communities. The Anheuser-Busch Foundation also designates a Busch Scholar, a faculty member who conducts and publishes high-quality research in a business discipline.
Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management in Baltimore delivers an internationally recognized Jesuit business education. Recognized for its scholarship, ethical leadership, and tradition of excellence, the Sellinger School delivers a wide range of sought-after fields of study including eight undergraduate majors and 11 undergraduate minors as well as full-time, part-time, and fully online MBA and Master of Accounting programs.