Hungarian-born Tilcsik is an assistant professor of strategic management at the Rotman School of Management and a faculty fellow at the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship. His research explores the organizational aspects of work, employment, and occupations.

What book are you currently reading?

The Childhood of Jesus by JM Coetzee, and The Doctors’ Plague by Sherwin Nuland

How do you describe what you do?  

I study how organizations work, and how work happens in organizations. These days I'm mostly focusing on how we can prevent organizational meltdowns and how we can better manage diversity . . .