Anand Bhardwaj
@anandwashere.bsky.social
Knowledge & Emerging Technologies | Healthcare Systems | Research Methods
PhD Management (ABD), McGill U.
PhD Ecology (2013), Emory U.
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PhD Management (ABD), McGill U.
PhD Ecology (2013), Emory U.
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Anand Bhardwaj
@anandwashere.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hello! I’m Anand, PhD student in management at McGill. I study knowledge & technology in organizations, primarily in healthcare settings. I’m interested in qualitative & computational research methods. I have a PhD in ecology/computational systems biology. Ex Accenture Applied Intelligence
Reflecting on recent experience with public sector bureaucrats and my latest field study:
Discretion is anathema to automation, even the fancy “AI” version. In other words, situated judgement is very costly to encode.
Safe: People who can productively bend the rules, and be recognized for it.
Discretion is anathema to automation, even the fancy “AI” version. In other words, situated judgement is very costly to encode.
Safe: People who can productively bend the rules, and be recognized for it.
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Reflecting on recent experience with public sector bureaucrats and my latest field study:
Discretion is anathema to automation, even the fancy “AI” version. In other words, situated judgement is very costly to encode.
Safe: People who can productively bend the rules, and be recognized for it.
Discretion is anathema to automation, even the fancy “AI” version. In other words, situated judgement is very costly to encode.
Safe: People who can productively bend the rules, and be recognized for it.
Why is it that the most fun part of the PhD (writing the monograph) happens at the same time as the least fun part (applying for a job)? One of life's little ironies.
October 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Why is it that the most fun part of the PhD (writing the monograph) happens at the same time as the least fun part (applying for a job)? One of life's little ironies.
Based on my preliminary understanding of internet culture, there’s basically no way to say two words and not refer to Benedict Cumberbatch. Pneumatic Cauliflower.
August 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Based on my preliminary understanding of internet culture, there’s basically no way to say two words and not refer to Benedict Cumberbatch. Pneumatic Cauliflower.
RIP, prince of darkness.
July 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
RIP, prince of darkness.
“Did it do a good job?”
The chatGPT (or equivalent) user who can answer that question, can do the job without chatGPT.
The chatGPT (or equivalent) user who can answer that question, can do the job without chatGPT.
July 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Did it do a good job?”
The chatGPT (or equivalent) user who can answer that question, can do the job without chatGPT.
The chatGPT (or equivalent) user who can answer that question, can do the job without chatGPT.
A cautionary tale about genAI sycophancy. Treat it like a hotshot analyst. Especially one that produces exactly what you want, in record time. Impressive, no doubt, but requiring considerable oversight and real quality checks.
This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
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July 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A cautionary tale about genAI sycophancy. Treat it like a hotshot analyst. Especially one that produces exactly what you want, in record time. Impressive, no doubt, but requiring considerable oversight and real quality checks.
Just got an R1 with minor revisions on a qual field study manuscript.
I’m sure there are things that feel better than this but I can’t for the life of me imagine what.
I’m sure there are things that feel better than this but I can’t for the life of me imagine what.
May 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Just got an R1 with minor revisions on a qual field study manuscript.
I’m sure there are things that feel better than this but I can’t for the life of me imagine what.
I’m sure there are things that feel better than this but I can’t for the life of me imagine what.
A professor on my floor introduced me to her colleague as an “ethnographer of technology” yesterday.
Still riding that high.
Still riding that high.
April 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A professor on my floor introduced me to her colleague as an “ethnographer of technology” yesterday.
Still riding that high.
Still riding that high.
So I sure picked an *interesting* year to go on the job market.
April 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
So I sure picked an *interesting* year to go on the job market.
On my mind these days:
Is there a meaningful distinction between:
Computationally entangled interpretive research (e.g. using an LLM to interpret data)
vs.
Interpretive data science (e.g implementing and interpreting an LDA topic model).
#researchmethods
1/2
Is there a meaningful distinction between:
Computationally entangled interpretive research (e.g. using an LLM to interpret data)
vs.
Interpretive data science (e.g implementing and interpreting an LDA topic model).
#researchmethods
1/2
February 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
On my mind these days:
Is there a meaningful distinction between:
Computationally entangled interpretive research (e.g. using an LLM to interpret data)
vs.
Interpretive data science (e.g implementing and interpreting an LDA topic model).
#researchmethods
1/2
Is there a meaningful distinction between:
Computationally entangled interpretive research (e.g. using an LLM to interpret data)
vs.
Interpretive data science (e.g implementing and interpreting an LDA topic model).
#researchmethods
1/2
Editing combines my loves of academic reading and organizing. In the midst of assigning reviewers for ASAC'25.
Best day ever.
#mgmtsky #academicsky
Best day ever.
#mgmtsky #academicsky
February 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Editing combines my loves of academic reading and organizing. In the midst of assigning reviewers for ASAC'25.
Best day ever.
#mgmtsky #academicsky
Best day ever.
#mgmtsky #academicsky
Hello Folks,
The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2025 will be held in beautiful Montreal!
Submissions are open!
amcis2025.aisconferences.org/submissions/
(1/4)
The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2025 will be held in beautiful Montreal!
Submissions are open!
amcis2025.aisconferences.org/submissions/
(1/4)
January 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hello Folks,
The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2025 will be held in beautiful Montreal!
Submissions are open!
amcis2025.aisconferences.org/submissions/
(1/4)
The Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2025 will be held in beautiful Montreal!
Submissions are open!
amcis2025.aisconferences.org/submissions/
(1/4)
Bonjour à tous!
On a cold winter day like today, nothing beats getting lost in your thoughts and tapping away at a manuscript, with a steaming drink within arms reach.
Contribute to The Spark of Innovation at ASAC'25: asac.ca/callforpapers2025
#mgmtsky #TIM #technology #innovation
On a cold winter day like today, nothing beats getting lost in your thoughts and tapping away at a manuscript, with a steaming drink within arms reach.
Contribute to The Spark of Innovation at ASAC'25: asac.ca/callforpapers2025
#mgmtsky #TIM #technology #innovation
January 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Bonjour à tous!
On a cold winter day like today, nothing beats getting lost in your thoughts and tapping away at a manuscript, with a steaming drink within arms reach.
Contribute to The Spark of Innovation at ASAC'25: asac.ca/callforpapers2025
#mgmtsky #TIM #technology #innovation
On a cold winter day like today, nothing beats getting lost in your thoughts and tapping away at a manuscript, with a steaming drink within arms reach.
Contribute to The Spark of Innovation at ASAC'25: asac.ca/callforpapers2025
#mgmtsky #TIM #technology #innovation
Happy 2025!!! May your pubs be plentiful, your teaching enjoyable and well-rated, and your supervisors realistic !! #Phd #Academicsky
January 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy 2025!!! May your pubs be plentiful, your teaching enjoyable and well-rated, and your supervisors realistic !! #Phd #Academicsky
The 2025 Americas Conference for Information Systems (AMCIS) call for papers is out: bit.ly/amcis2025cfp
@mayurjoshi.bsky.social and I are organizing a mini-track:
Working with AI: How AI shapes and is being shaped by routines, practices, and expertise of domain and technical experts
@mayurjoshi.bsky.social and I are organizing a mini-track:
Working with AI: How AI shapes and is being shaped by routines, practices, and expertise of domain and technical experts
December 3, 2024 at 3:29 PM
The 2025 Americas Conference for Information Systems (AMCIS) call for papers is out: bit.ly/amcis2025cfp
@mayurjoshi.bsky.social and I are organizing a mini-track:
Working with AI: How AI shapes and is being shaped by routines, practices, and expertise of domain and technical experts
@mayurjoshi.bsky.social and I are organizing a mini-track:
Working with AI: How AI shapes and is being shaped by routines, practices, and expertise of domain and technical experts
I’m here to preach the gospel of Microsoft excel as an excellent #caqdas option for #qualitative coding. Data validation drop downs for schema coding + pivot tables are killer features.
Do you use or teach a #qualitative software? The IASSIST qualitative data interest group is developing a workshop series on technology for #qualitativeresearch.
ℹ️ Read more and apply by 12/6/2024.
forms.gle/8JM2bLL6L5Q7...
ℹ️ Read more and apply by 12/6/2024.
forms.gle/8JM2bLL6L5Q7...
Call for Qualitative Data Analysis Tool Workshops
The IASSIST Qualitative Social Science & Humanities Data Interest Group (QSSHDIG) seeks presenters for a series of workshops on software for qualitative data analysis in the Spring 2025 semester and b...
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November 28, 2024 at 2:51 PM
I’m here to preach the gospel of Microsoft excel as an excellent #caqdas option for #qualitative coding. Data validation drop downs for schema coding + pivot tables are killer features.
Contribute to “the spark of innovation” at the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) division of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) 2025 conference: asac.ca/callforpaper... (Feb 1 2025 deadline)
Draw inspiration from representations of a few "research conversations":
Draw inspiration from representations of a few "research conversations":
November 27, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Contribute to “the spark of innovation” at the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) division of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) 2025 conference: asac.ca/callforpaper... (Feb 1 2025 deadline)
Draw inspiration from representations of a few "research conversations":
Draw inspiration from representations of a few "research conversations":
Bonjour à tousky!
The 2025 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference will be held in May 2025 in Waterloo, Ontario!
Contribute to “the spark of innovation” at the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) division.
asac.ca/callforpaper...
The 2025 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference will be held in May 2025 in Waterloo, Ontario!
Contribute to “the spark of innovation” at the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) division.
asac.ca/callforpaper...
ASAC 2025 Call for Papers
May 17 to 19, 2025 | Waterloo, OntarioOnline sessions May 13/14 Submission deadline: February 1, 2025 at midnight eastern time. Learn more about ASAC. Whether it’s through a conversation abou…
asac.ca
November 18, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Bonjour à tousky!
The 2025 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference will be held in May 2025 in Waterloo, Ontario!
Contribute to “the spark of innovation” at the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) division.
asac.ca/callforpaper...
The 2025 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual conference will be held in May 2025 in Waterloo, Ontario!
Contribute to “the spark of innovation” at the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) division.
asac.ca/callforpaper...
Hey #Mgmtsky what is a "research conversation"? Is it about the topic, or about who participates?
I made an interactive notebook for you to explore this question, based on ~30,000 21st century mgmt resarch abstracts, and text and network methods.
Read. Or find your tribe? bit.ly/mgmtconvos
I made an interactive notebook for you to explore this question, based on ~30,000 21st century mgmt resarch abstracts, and text and network methods.
Read. Or find your tribe? bit.ly/mgmtconvos
November 14, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Hey #Mgmtsky what is a "research conversation"? Is it about the topic, or about who participates?
I made an interactive notebook for you to explore this question, based on ~30,000 21st century mgmt resarch abstracts, and text and network methods.
Read. Or find your tribe? bit.ly/mgmtconvos
I made an interactive notebook for you to explore this question, based on ~30,000 21st century mgmt resarch abstracts, and text and network methods.
Read. Or find your tribe? bit.ly/mgmtconvos
Hello! I’m Anand, PhD student in management at McGill. I study knowledge & technology in organizations, primarily in healthcare settings. I’m interested in qualitative & computational research methods. I have a PhD in ecology/computational systems biology. Ex Accenture Applied Intelligence
November 13, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Hello! I’m Anand, PhD student in management at McGill. I study knowledge & technology in organizations, primarily in healthcare settings. I’m interested in qualitative & computational research methods. I have a PhD in ecology/computational systems biology. Ex Accenture Applied Intelligence
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) Entangling local knowledge and emerging tech development in healthcare
2) An "appeal to authority" based ontology of research
1) Entangling local knowledge and emerging tech development in healthcare
2) An "appeal to authority" based ontology of research
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) Legal developments in irish IP.
2) cheese and onion crisps should have the same legal protection as champagne
1) Legal developments in irish IP.
2) cheese and onion crisps should have the same legal protection as champagne
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) non binary as methodology
2) when someone is lonely it's assumed to be their fault, but social privilege plays a huge part
1) non binary as methodology
2) when someone is lonely it's assumed to be their fault, but social privilege plays a huge part
November 13, 2024 at 6:08 PM
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) Entangling local knowledge and emerging tech development in healthcare
2) An "appeal to authority" based ontology of research
1) Entangling local knowledge and emerging tech development in healthcare
2) An "appeal to authority" based ontology of research
An NLP analysis of everything Elon Musk tweeted until he bought twitter, implemented in R.
Suggests three shifts in his language patterns: 2010-2016: The Engineer, 2016-2018: The Entrepreneur, 2018-2022: The Shitposter.
More computationally-entangled qualitative analyses at anandb.net/code.
Suggests three shifts in his language patterns: 2010-2016: The Engineer, 2016-2018: The Entrepreneur, 2018-2022: The Shitposter.
More computationally-entangled qualitative analyses at anandb.net/code.
November 13, 2024 at 3:18 PM
An NLP analysis of everything Elon Musk tweeted until he bought twitter, implemented in R.
Suggests three shifts in his language patterns: 2010-2016: The Engineer, 2016-2018: The Entrepreneur, 2018-2022: The Shitposter.
More computationally-entangled qualitative analyses at anandb.net/code.
Suggests three shifts in his language patterns: 2010-2016: The Engineer, 2016-2018: The Entrepreneur, 2018-2022: The Shitposter.
More computationally-entangled qualitative analyses at anandb.net/code.
Quod erat demonstrandum.
November 13, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Quod erat demonstrandum.