The Decision-Making Studio Podcast

In this episode of the All Things Risk podcast, we have the pleasure of speaking with  Bryce Hoffman , the founding partner and president of Red Team Thinking . Bryce is our first guest since launching the Decision-Making Studio (and we will be producing episodes more frequently) and I cannot think of a more appropriate guest. Bryce Hoffman is best-selling author and an expert in the field of 'red...

This episode's guest is Chris Hess . Chris happens to be a friend of mine from way back in my high school days. He, like me, has created an international career. And he is also based in the UK. I invited him to be a guest on the show because his professional experience and expertise is very interesting, and right up the street of this show's themes. Chris is a partner with Hesmur , a boutique cons...

In this episode, we look at decision-making in the world of deep sea diving, a topic that provides us with so many transferable lessons to other domains. It is also a very fun conversation. My guest is  Gareth Lock . Gareth is the founder of The Human Diver , an organisation that improves the effectiveness of diving skills through specific human factors training. Gareth has had a long career as a...

The Inbetweenisode makes a return! This one is based on this article -  https://medium.com/@bcattaneo/when-do-you-cross-the-rubicon-a-useful-technique-to-frame-decisions-e4fcdf6e9da3   Like what you heard? Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts:  http://apple.co/1PjLmK Subscribe on Stitcher:  http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-things-risk/the-all-things-risk-podcast Subscrib...

In this episode, I have the honour of welcoming  Grant Purdy to the show. Grant, for those of you who may not have heard of him, has a 40+ year career in helping decision-makers make great decisions. This has involved enabling great conversations, and providing sufficient certainty to decision-makers in the achievement of their intended outcomes. Grant is also considered one of the 'founders' of t...

Today, we talk about thriving on disruption. My guest is  Roger Spitz . Roger is the President of Techisential , an organisation focused on climate and foresight strategy which works with the leadership teams of some of the world's most prominent organisations. He is also the Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute , and education platform that teaches us how we can thrive on disruption. He spen...

Today, we have a fabulous conversation with Christian Hunt who is making his third appearance on the show. This time he joins me to talk about his excellent new book  Humanising Rules – Bringing Behavioural Science to Ethics and Compliance . The book is all about using practical techniques 'that work with – rather than against – the grain of natural human decision-making' in designing and implemen...

Today, we spend some time in the world of marketing talking about how people make choices – and how behavioural science and AI can help us make better choices. My guest is Jen Clinehens . Jen is all about making business more human and is the founder of Choice Hacking, a consultancy that approaches customer experiences with a combination of behavioural science and psychology as well as cutting-edg...

Today, we talk about how big things get done. A 'big thing' can mean a large infrastructure project, an IT project at work, or something in your personal life like a home renovation, a big adventure, or an event you're organising. The sad truth is, the vast majority – in fact, almost – big projects end up over budget, delayed, and they don't provide the planned benefits. This is something well-res...

In this episode,    we dive into the world of geopolitical risk analysis – and in so doing, we also look at Russia and its conflict with Ukraine. On top of this, in looking at geopolitical risk, we are also be default considering decision-making under circumstances of extreme uncertainty and ambiguity. So, this is a conversation that offers numerous useful lessons applicable to all types of decisi...

Today, I am delighted to bring you my conversation with former Premier League footballer and now performance psychologist  Paul McVeigh . Paul played professionally for the likes of Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur and internationally for Northern Ireland. He competed with some of the sport's best players and has taken this experience and developed his own methodology to performance psychology w...

This episode is all about misinformation, which seems like it is everywhere – it's almost like a virus. In fact, as you will hear in this fascinating conversation, that's exactly how misinformation behaves. My guest is  Dr. Sander Van Der Linden who is a Professor of Social Psychology in Society and Director of the Social Decision-Making Lab at the University of Cambridge. He has been described as...

Today, we discuss some risks to ourselves – more specifically, stress and burnout. My guest is Sarah Waylett . Sarah is a self-described recovering perfectionist and over-achiever. She spent many years in the world of high-performance management consulting. This eventually took a toll on her both physically and mentally. Ultimately, she decided to understand her perfectionist tendencies. This led...

This is Part 2 of 2 of our conversation with Sarah Davis , the first woman to have paddled the Nile from its source in Rwanda to the sea off the coast of Egypt, a 6,500+ km journey that took six months. If you have not done so, we encourage you to listen to Part 1 first, which you can find here or wherever you get your podcasts. In Part 2, Sarah covers the second half of her journey which includes...

We have a fabulous conversation here in two parts – this is Part One. Our guest is Sarah Davis , the first woman to have paddled the Nile from its source in Rwanda to the sea off the coast of Egypt, a 6,500+ km journey that took six months. During this time, Sarah dealt with angry hippos, the threat of kidnap, white water rapids, and parasites, and she and her team even got arrested at one point....

Today's conversation is with someone you may have come across via a term she coined. That term is 'gray rhino' and that person is Michele Wucker . Michele is a strategic advisor and a best-selling author. The term 'gray rhino' is one she came up with to take a fresh look at how we respond to the obvious, probable and most impactful risks we face. Her book, THE GRAY RHINO: How to Recognize and Act...

This episode is about something with which our society has a very unhealthy relationship: quitting. The advice of the legendarily successful is often boiled down to this: stick to things, don't quit. But that advice is very wrong. Annie Duke makes her third appearance on the podcast to tell us that quitting is far from a vice. Contrary to popular belief, winners quit a lot. That's how they win. If...

I am delighted to welcome Alison Taylor back to the show. Alison works on challenges at the intersection of corporate integrity, risk, and responsibility. She is the Executive Director at Ethical Systems, a collaboration between leading academics working on behavioural science, organisational psychology, and systems thinking. She is also an adjunct professor at the NYU Stern School of Business. Sh...

Today's conversation is all about things going badly wrong. We cover this by talking about situations that feature in the plots of action movies. My guest is Mark Harris . Mark is a crisis management and crisis communications expert with decades of experience working at the forefront of these areas. Mark has worked on over 150 incidents of kidnapping, extortion, and hostage-taking around the world...

This episode is all about our 'built environment'. In other words, infrastructure – our roads, bridges, water system, and digital infrastructure. After listening to this one, it's more than likely that you will never think about this topic in the same way again. Think about when our roads and bridges were built. Who was in the room (often decades ago) making the decisions? What did they know? How...

Nathan and Susannah Furr are the co-authors of a phenomenal book that is firmly in the wheelhouse of our show. It's called The Upside of Uncertainty – A Guide to Finding Possibility in the Unknown . It's been described as a "science-backed guide for navigating and thriving through uncertainty," and it's a book that is well overdue given the circumstances in which we find ourselves. I am reminded o...

I am delighted to share today's conversation with you because not only is it fascinating, but it also deals with one of our favourite topics – decision-making. My guest is Cheryl Einhorn , founder of Decisive, a decision sciences company that trains people and teams in complex problem-solving and decision-making skills using a method that she created. The method, called AREA , is something Cheryl...

Today's conversation is another look at inclusion – and more specifically, the gap between what is being said and what is being done. If we think about the amount of time we are hearing about diversity and the proliferation of programmes in this space, we might thing that there is a lot of progress being made. The reality however, is very different – on the whole, diversity efforts are moving at a...

One of the things we love on this show (and as human beings for th at matter – I think), is adventure. I think that's because adventures are one of the best ways we have to embrace uncertainty. They involve not being quite sure of the outcomes of something we may be trying to do, or what we will encounter along the way. Adventure also necessarily involves risk – and that is a good thing. And of co...

Today, we talk about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. I welcome to the show Cynthia Owyoung . Cynthia is the vice president of inclusion, equity and belonging at Robinhood. She is also the founder of Breaking Glass Forums where she develops strategies to accelerate an increase in more diverse and inclusive organisations. She has worked on these types of initiatives for over twenty years...