The Decision-Making Studio Podcast

At the time of writing and editing this episode, the United Kingdom was a few days away from crashing out of the European Union without a deal on its future relationship with the EU – something that would be economically catastrophic. If you are in the UK and whether you voted Remain like I did, or voted Leave in the Brexit referendum, I think the vast majority of us can agree that the UK's politi...

Have you ever hid behind anything – perhaps something that held you back? Are you still hiding behind something – is it paralysing you? I want you to meet Nadia Finer . Our conversation with Nadia in the latest episode of the podcast is both fun and powerful. It is about not hiding, and becoming bigger and stronger than you think you could be. Nadia is one of the UK's foremost business coaches and...

  Today, we talk China and how it is attempting to create a world in its own image. My guest is Daniel Wagner , someone we have had on the show quite regularly. Daniel is an author, speaker and expert on country risk – he is the founder and CEO of his firm Country Risk Solutions . Daniel is also a prolific writer and his latest book – China Vision: China's Crusade to Create a World in its Own Imag...

Today, I get to share a conversation with one of my favourite people – ultra endurance athlete, adventurer, speaker, coach and author Luke Tyburski . This is Luke's second appearance on All Things Risk. If you listened way back to episode 9, you know that Like completed a crazy adventure called the Ultimate Triathlon. This involved swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar, cycling along the coast o...

Some thoughts on uncertainty and that special moment when you know you will meet and overcome a tough challenge. That, and my upcoming 46 km run, The46in219 .  Show notes: My 46 km birthday run - https://the46in219.carrd.co/   David Goggins - https://davidgoggins.com/   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Like what you heard? Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on iTunes:  http://apple.co/1PjLm...

Today, we talk about something we all feel - fear. Unfortunately, it is accurate to say that there is a lot fear in the world. It is equally accurate to say that we rarely acknowledge our fears openly. This creates unrealised potential, division, and paralysis. If only there was a better way to approach fear. Meet Hilary Gallo . Hilary is an author, speaker, and enabler. His latest book Fear Hack...

This is our now 3rd annual "best of" episode – some of my and your favourite clips from the podcast over the past year. Let me be honest with you – this is probably the most difficult episode to put together. That's because not only is it a lot of work, it is brutally difficult to leave stuff out. The method is highly unscientific. In putting this together, I was reminded of this scene from the fi...

Our final episode of 2018 is a look back at how some of the year's "big picture" risks played out and a look ahead at 2019 in geopolitics, technology, the economy and society. My guest is Daniel Wagner , who I have had the pleasure of having on the show half a dozen times now. We did an episode in the same format at this time last year and it was fun and interesting, so thought we should do it aga...

Today, we take a little trip to a place called "Moneyland". Moneyland is a virtual place – but it is also very real. In fact, it is the third richest "country" in the world. Moneyland is the title of the Times of London's Business Book of the Year , written by our guest Oliver Bullough . Oliver is an award-winning investigative journalist. He previously wrote two non-fiction books on Russia's hist...

I try to find words and concepts that encapsulate my guests, what they are about, and what we cover in each episode. In thinking about this one, the word that kept coming back to me was "mindset". My guest is ultra endurance athlete Chris Solarz . Chris has set nine world records, including the total combined time for marathons on all seven continents, number of stairs climbed in 12 days, fastest...

This one is a conversation about personal risk-taking, "skin in the game", democracy, values, geopolitics and much more. It is a conversation that resonates based on what is happening across much of the world – particularly the rise of populism and authoritarians like Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, and the entrenchment of old hands like Vladimir Putin and Turkey's R...

It's great to be back with another episode! This one is about quite a few things, but if I had to define it with one word, it would be fear, and what happens when we take on our fears in the face of uncertainty. My guest is Deepak Shukla . Deepak is many things – CEO of Pearl Lemon SEO , an award-winning Search Engine Optimisation company, an ultra endurance athlete, a rapper, and many other thing...

This one is all about travel. Without question, travel is awesome. We can and should explore this amazing world and all that it has to offer. However, we need to travel safely and intelligently. And, for certain types of travel, we need to build some foundations so we can push the envelope. That's what we get into today with Lloyd Figgins . Lloyd is a travel risk expert, adventurer, author and spe...

Some thoughts on what it means, and how, to make decisions "like a human being". Show notes: Bruce Lee's 1971 interview with Pierre Berton; Ruth Chang's TED talk on how to make hard choices ; The microbiome its links to neurobehaviours ; Cardiovascular exercise and the brain ; The benefits of meditation ; Headspace App ; Calm App ; Our podcast episode with Adam Connors on networking ; Our podcast...

This conversation is absolutely fascinating. In fact, it blew me away. My guest for this episode is science, nature, and travel writer David Quammen . David's books have included The Song of the Dodo , The Reluctant Mr. Darwin which chronicles' Charles Darwin's reluctance to publish his On the Origin of Species, Spillover which later informed shorter books Ebola and The Chimp and the River: How AI...

Browse through anything about Artificial Intelligence and machine learning and chances are, you will run into two types of articles: First, you will find all the thought pieces by the likes of the Big 4 accountancy firms, major consultancies, the World Economic Forum and others that discuss all the opportunities that AI provides. Second, you will find very technical articles for the "techies" that...

As a podcast host, you are not supposed to have favourite episodes – but you still do. This is one of those. I have the pleasure today of bringing you my conversation with Annie Duke . Annie is a decision scientist and former professional poker player. In fact, for two decades, she was one of the best in the world. In 2004, she beat a field of 234 players to win her first World Series of Poker (WS...

Today, we talk fraud. If we think about some of the most prominent frauds in recent history – from the Bernie Madoff scandal, the LIBOR case or the collapse of Enron, they all seem to have a number of complexities to them. However, as you will hear, all fraud follows a simple logic. That logic is based on trust .  My guest is Dan Davies. Dan is a former regulatory economist with the Bank of Englan...

Today, it's all about creativity, design, marketing and careers. That, and authenticity, a now over-used word. In the past, we've talked about "inauthentic authenticity" – the appearance of authenticity to create some type of one-sided sales or marketing benefit. This is a practice that one sees regularly online which can create risks and unintended consequences – for all sides in the equation. We...

Today, it's all about communication. That, and mountaineering – because these two things are so intertwined. Well, they will seem to be once you listen to my conversation with our guest Chuck Garcia. Chuck is an executive coach, professor at the Graduate School of Engineering at Columbia University, and a speaker. He worked for many years at Bloomberg – and started before it became the giant finan...

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We have released this episode right in the middle of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. You might love football (and you may call it "soccer"). You might revel in Lionel Messi's unbelievable skills or Cristiano Ronaldo's athleticism (even though both are now gone from the tournament). Perhaps you play the game. Perhaps your children do. Maybe you support your local club side, one of the big European te...

We often think of outcomes as binary – either they happen, or they don't. Think about something you want to happen – this could be a career, relationship or personal goal. Now imagine that at some point in the future, you will learn about the outcome of that objective. You get to that future point, and the outcome is a "no". Now imagine that you can do something about that – but that this requires...

This is a wonderful conversation under the banner of "resilience". My guest is Stephanie Harris . Stephanie is an author and a self growth and progress coach . She is a South African based in New Zealand and specialises in supporting those experiencing grief – that could be grief caused by the death of a loved one, friend or pet – but it also could be caused by a major setback. Stephanie book Deat...

In our previous episode with Justin Recla on cryptocurrencies , we mentioned that we were going to broaden out the conversation on finance, the global economy, technology and how all of that is changing us. This is exactly what we do in this episode – and then some. My guest is Keith Furst . Keith runs a firm called Data Derivatives , which focuses on implementing financial crime systems. He is an...