In this episode of The Decision Corner, Brooke sits down with Dr. Rachel Carey, chief scientist at Zinc. Zinc runs a venture-builder in London that is dedicated to supporting passionate entrepreneurs who are interested in launching ventures to solve the developed world’s most pressing challenges. Since 2017, Zinc has invested time and resources into projects as diverse and impactful as improving women’s mental health, increasing opportunities for people affected by globalization, and adding five high-quality years to later life. Dr. Carey leads a team of scientists on Zinc’s Research & Development team who work with entrepreneurs to narrow their problem focus, sift through research, network, experiment, and finally, build and test their solutions.

Having come from an academic background with a PhD in psychology, Dr. Carey has a wealth of knowledge about the differences between behavioral science academia and applied research, and is eager to share her experiences and ideas about how to bridge the two worlds. In today’s episode, she discusses these differences, as well as how behavioral science shows up in the world of entrepreneurship, and the need for certain elements of research culture - including public perception - to evolve. Some specific topics discussed include:

- The differences of applying and generating behavioral science in the academic versus startup worlds
- How these two worlds, particularly research and entrepreneurship, are bridged in practice
- How behavioral science projects and ventures are prioritized 
- The risks of entrepreneurship, and the privilege required to take those risks 
- Current public misconceptions regarding science and research, and how these misconceptions are shaped by a lack of public access and information
- The changing face of entrepreneurship, and the new potential garnered by including more diversity
- The trade-off between statistics and anecdotal evidence, and the motivating power of stories

Creating startups through empathy & behavioural research: Dr. Rachel Carey

In this episode of the Decision Corner, Brooke speaks with Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics. Paul is globally recognised for his work on the measurement of happiness, its causes and consequences, and its implications for public policy. His experience includes working with the British Office for National Statistics and the government's Behavioural Insights Team – also known as the 'nudge' unit. He is the author of two bestselling books, and has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles. In his conversation with Brooke, Paul discusses some of his most influential work on the topic of well-being and public policy. He gives his view on what’s needed to address some of the burning policy issues facing governments all around the world today.

Some of the topics discussed include:

Measuring well-being through a WELLBY - what it is, and how it can be used to help craft good policy.
Why the idea of a universal ‘perfect life’ is a myth, and how we need to find our individual balance of purpose and pleasure, based on our own experiences.
The difference between equity and equality. How inequality can be fair in some instances, but too much inequality is unjust, and the need for a general consensus around that point.
An appeal for diversity in policymaking - how policy makers are generally from a specific age group or demographic, and why having a broader range of input into policies and decisions could help inspire greater public confidence.
The different lenses through which people of different cultures and demographics see the world, and the need to accept and include diverse perspectives.
The impossibility of certainty when it comes to policy making, taking the pandemic response as a real-time example. Why we should be wary of individuals who display blind certainty, and fail to accept uncertainty in decision-making.

From the perfect life we don’t have to the good life we could: Paul Dolan

In this episode of The Decision Lab podcast, Brooke is joined by Olivier Sibony, co-author of Noise, and experienced consultant and researcher focused on how to improve the quality of decision-making. He is currently a professor at HEC Paris, and Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School at Oxford University. This episode explores the three categories of noise, and how they can affect our decision making in ways that can be incredibly difficult to detect. Olivier draws on real-life examples to illustrate this and proposes several strategies to mitigate and avoid noise when making important decisions. Some topics we discuss include:
Biases versus noise: how they differ
How to conceptualize a judgment and judgment error
What the three different categories of noise look like, and how they can skew decision making
Why companies that depend on the judgments of many people should conduct a noise audit
Decision hygiene and preventative strategies to improve decision making
Practical steps that can be integrated into organizations to optimize judgments and reduce noise

Beyond Bias with Olivier Sibony

In this episode of The Decision Corner, Brooke speaks with Jordan Ellenberg, best-selling author and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Through his research and his books, which include How Not to be Wrong, and more recently, Shape, Jordan illustrates how abstract mathematical and geometric equations can be brought to life, and indeed used to address some of the major challenges facing the world today. In today's episode, Jordan and Brooke talk about:

- The different types of ‘games’ or problems that people and society in general face, and why they require different types of solutions.
- The interplay between human decision-making and AI or algorithmic approaches, and understanding which methods should take precedence in which situations.
- Gerrymandering, electoral system design and finding better ways to facilitate democracy.
- Understanding how AI can be an effective safeguard when we humans develop the rules of the game.

AlphaGO, Two Triangles, and your Political Intuitions Walk into a Bar with Jordan Ellenberg

In this episode of the Decision Corner, Brooke speaks with Jonathan Haidt, the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at the Stern School of Business NYU, and Alison Taylor, the executive director at Ethical Systems and also an adjunct professor at NYU. In today’s episode, they discuss the role of ethics and values in business, including the challenges associated with Generation Z, and the workplace culture changes that have been fuelled by the evolution of social media and increasing polarization in countries like the United States. They talk about the challenge of hearing from all members of the workforce, and not just the most polarized who are shouting the loudest. If you’re curious about whether businesses should remain politically neutral, have an interest in business ethics and the changing landscape of modern corporate leadership, this episode is for you!

Some of the topics discussed include:
- The challenges that come with leading a multi-generational and politically motivated workforce.
- Should businesses take a stance on social issues? Is neutrality a viable position?
- Business ethics as a way of conducting business, as opposed to being a safeguard against legal action or public outcry.
- Fostering a safe culture where employees feel comfortable expressing their opinions without fear of backlash from the public, or their co-workers.
- The role of behavioral science in business - beyond the marketing department.

Ethics for Aesthetics with Jonathan Haidt and Alison Taylor

In this episode of The Decision Corner, Brooke is joined by James Danckert, professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo and coauthor of Out Of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom, with the goal of understanding what try to avoid at all costs: boredom. They dive into the purpose of boredom and how we can make these dull moments important and meaningful.

This podcast covers a variety of exciting topics, including: 
- Why boredom is so important for finding meaning in your life
- How the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ can help you get you focused
- What Chris Hadfield, farming, and the myth of “only boring people get bored” all have in common
- Why COVID-19 has made us more bored than ever before
- How the “Dark Room Problem” means our brains can’t operate as predictive machines
- Why you should sometimes binge watch Keeping Up With the Kardashians

The Fun in Boredom with James Danckert

In this episode of the podcast, Brooke is joined by Roger Martin, an experienced strategy advisor, former Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and co-author of Creating Great Choices. Together, the two explore business models and how we can make great choices when faced with incongruity. Supported with real-world examples, the discussion addresses how we should move forward when we don’t get the outcomes we hoped for.

Some specific topics include:

Our disinclination toward compromise and how to get around making “either/or” decisions
Bob Young and his company Red Hat, who took two unappealing choices and built a superior model amidst the free software movement
The ladder of inference that leads us to focus on monoliths
How the Toronto International Film Festival overcame the power of monoliths and became the most important film festival in the world
The three steps for integrative thinking, an alternative to accepting polarized situations
How Roger transformed the Rotman School of Management into one of the highest-ranked business schools in research
How people can work toward integrative thinking through their everyday choices

Creating Great Choices with Roger Martin

In this episode of the podcast, Brooke is joined by David Rand, professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. Together, the two explore David’s research on misinformation, trying to understand why people believe fake news, why it is spread in the first place, and what people can do about it. Brooke and David also discuss real-life applications of strategies to prevent misinformation, especially as it pertains to social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and news outlets.

Specific topics include:
- The categories of fake news, including blatant falsehoods, hyperpartisan news, and health misinformation
- The roles that bots, algorithms, and humans play in the dissemination of fake news
- How algorithms fail to analyze why people pay attention to certain information
- The tension between our preferences and our limited cognitive abilities
- How our beliefs can be tied to our social identities
- How media platforms can do create healthier ecosystems for information processing
- Platforms’ imperative to be proactive, rather than playing catch up with misinformation
- And does controlling the spread of misinformation infringe on the freedom of speech?

The Human Error Behind Fake News with David Rand

UCL Professor of Behavioral Science Dr Lasana Harris joins Brooke for this episode of the podcast. In a fascinating discussion that questions the ‘unconscious’ nature of what most psychologists would refer to as unconscious bias, Dr Harris draws from research in the fields of neuroscience and social psychology to help explain why human beings experience bias, how it manifests in our behaviour, and what we can do to overcome it, beyond ‘box-checking’ debias training.

Some of the things discussed include…

- The neuroscience behind the origins of our bias. Hint: it relates to our natural ‘fight or flight’ response.
- Why we are often aware of our own bias, but tend to attribute it to the wrong factors.
- Debiasing - why most bias trainings provided by organisations are done to fulfill legal obligations or improve corporate image, and how they can be improved.
- Embracing our individual responsibility to educate ourselves around bias while acknowledging that systemic change is required to address the environmental factors that fuel it.
- The ‘statue debate’ and whether cancel culture is erasing potential lessons from the past, or a sign of progress in the direction of a more inclusive society.

Confronting our (Un)conscious Bias with Dr Lasana Harris

In this episode of the podcast, Brooke is joined by Dr. Onye Nnorom, president of the Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario and an experienced physician who helps people understand how factors of racism impact marginalized groups, especially in the context of health. Also known as “Dr. O” on her podcast “Race, Health, and Happiness,” the two discuss racialized communities’ experiences with the health system, vaccines, strategies to build trust, and optimism for the future. Supported with important real-world examples of systemic shortcomings and effective ways to increase trust within Black communities, the conversation explores COVID-19 through a much-needed racialized lens.

Some specific topics include:

- Drivers behind low vaccine uptake rates within Black communities in Canada
- The importance of lived experience and intergenerational wisdom
- The history of Black communities being exploited by public health systems
- The need for open discussions around vaccine distrust, rather than forcing uptake
- Acknowledging the true marginalization that occurs, rather than labeling it a “sense of marginalization”
- Integrating cultural humility into all levels of the healthcare system
- The three stages of vaccine rollout and how they’ve been experienced by Black communities in Canada
- Culturally safe training for healthcare workers and institutions
- Barriers that prevent respect for, and acknowledgment of, racialized intergenerational wisdom from the dominant culture
- Strategies to increase Black communities’ trust in the public health system
- How to navigate difficult discussions on vaccine hesitancy
- The “early adopters” and “slow yes” responses to vaccines

Health Equity for Black Communities with Dr. Onye Nnorom

In this episode of The Decision Corner, Brooke speaks with Jean-Nicolas Reyt, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour at McGill University in the Desautels Faculty of Management. Jean-Nicolas’ research focuses on the meaning employees attach to their work and workplaces. In their discussion, Brooke and Jean-Nicolas discuss the rationale for a shift from Scientific Method approaches to management, in the context of increased remote working driven by the pandemic, as well as a greater demand for work flexibility from high-value employees. Some of the topics discussed include:

- Organizations’ reliance on management models developed for factory, conveyor-belt workers, and why these don’t serve advanced Western economies.
- The need for more accurate measures of performance, based on output rather than impression management.
- Strategies that managers can implement to build trust and confidence in their teams. 
- The role of leadership in establishing a common sense of meaning and purpose.
- How organisational culture helps bridge the physical and motivational gap between individuals and the collective.

Management in the WFH World with Jean-Nicolas Reyt

In this episode of the Decision Corner, Brooke speaks with Dilip Soman, Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Science & Economics, University of Toronto Professor and Director of the Behavioural Economics in Action Research (BEAR) Centre at Rotman School of Management. Together they explore the translation of behavioral science theory into practice, common intervention pitfalls, and the types of strategies organizations and individuals can implement to make their interventions more robust and ultimately, more successful. Some of the topics discussed include:

- Why ‘shopping at the nudge store’ doesn’t always lead to the best outcomes, and how practitioners should consider the unique ‘seemingly irrelevant factors’ that exist in their particular context.
- The ladder of evidence - adopting a variety of approaches to intervention testing, that isn’t just another randomized controlled trial.
- Moving beyond statistical averages and considering the larger picture.
- Why a house listed for $1 will likely get a much higher sale price than the predetermined asking price.
- Organizational and psychological barriers to intervention testing and experimentation.
- How individuals can catalyse change in their organizations, and overcome some of the human biases that impede on the ‘discipline of testing’.

Bringing Behavioral Science into the Real World with Dilip Soman

In this episode of the podcast, Brooke speaks to Sonia Kang, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Chief Scientist at the Behavioural Economics in Action Research Center at Rotman School of Management, and Canada Research Chair in Identity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Their conversation addresses some of the major diversity and inclusion pain points that job candidates, employees, and employers encounter throughout the HR cycle, from recruitment to onboarding and training. Sonia shares fascinating insights from her research, and offers practical advice for organizations seeking to improve the processes they use to attract talent, and ensure their employees feel as though they belong and are valued in their workplace.
Some of the things discussed include:
• Recruitment barriers, from gender stereotypes to biased application systems.
• Zooming out to the wider picture when searching for the right candidates, and how hiring in sets can help identify the best people for your existing teams.
• Making employees feel like they belong through onboarding co-creation.
• The use of defaults to encourage promotion competition.
• Practical steps organizations can immediately take to address gaps in their inclusion and diversity strategies.

Why your HR practices might not be as inclusive as you think with Sonia Kang

In this episode of the Decision Corner, Brooke speaks with Antonio Damasio - David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience at the University of Southern California and author of Feeling and Knowing: Making Minds Conscious.

Some of the topics discussed include:

- Why feelings are integral to our understanding of consciousness.
- The evolutionary origins of our nervous systems and eventually, our ability to have and regulate our feelings.
- How feelings have been overlooked in scientific explanations of consciousness, and why a paradigm shift is important.
- Challenges and opportunities around AI - how can we make robots have feelings?
- The importance of understanding the unique way human consciousness developed, and what it can teach us about our future selves, as well as our technological developments.

From feeling to knowing with Antonio Damasio

In this week’s episode, Brooke speaks to Ruth Schmidt, Associate Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute of Design, and expert in all things related to behavioral design and its application to organizational strategy. Their conversation looks at the evolution of choice architecture to a deeply human-centered evaluation of organizational systems and processes, and how it’s impacting behavioral change strategies, and ultimately, organizational success. Some of the things discussed include:

- How insights from behavioral science and behavioral design can be used to complement each other in addressing organizational challenges, despite their differences in approach.
- Balancing evidence of something working in the past, with evidence that something else may work in the future.
- How behavioral design can improve strategy - moving from choice architecture to choice infrastructure.
- Behavioral design and innovation. Having a true understanding of why you’re trying to innovate and aligning your systems, culture, and incentives with that ambition.
- The role of leadership, and why behavioral interventions need to be driven both from the top-down and the bottom-up.

Designing blueprints for behavior change with Ruth Schmidt

In this episode of the Decision Corner, Brooke speaks with Yoel Inbar - professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and expert in how the feeling of disgust influences human judgment and decision-making. Together they define what it really means to feel a sense of disgust and its evolutionary purpose as a means of preventing risk or harm (like stopping us from eating rotten food!). On the flip-side, we hear about the negative consequences of disgust and why it can lead to biased or flawed judgements.

Some of the things discussed include:
- What is disgust and what purpose does it serve from a biological or evolutionary perspective?
- Why justifying our disgust with moral reasoning, i.e. “It disgusts me so it must be wrong!” can be troublesome.
- Descriptive versus normative beliefs, and how disgust affects both in different ways.
- Does disgust affect people differently, and do some people get more ‘grossed out’ by things than others?
- Strategies to acknowledge our disgust, and allow us to question whether it’s serving us effectively or not.

Disgusting decision-making with Yoel Inbar

In this episode, Brooke is joined by Katie Rice, Lead Knowledge Analyst at BCG. Together, they discuss the how behavioral science can be applied to change management. In a time of serious global and organizational change, effective behavioral interventions can help prepare a company’s culture for this changing world, as well as manifest leadership's visions more efficiently. What are these interventions and how do they work?
Topics discussed include:
• Why most organizations are “swimming against the current” when it comes to behavioral change
• Why we should “budget” behavioral change within our organizations… and the dangerous results if we don’t
• The strengths and limitations of communication techniques when translating your message into action
• Simple PowerPoint nudges that increase behavioral transformation by 11%
• How a technique from Weight Watchers is being used to improve industry leaders’ behaviors
• Is behavioral science just strategy in disguise? Or vice-versa?
• The hidden connections between an organization's purpose and creating behavioral change

Nudging organizational visions into reality with Katie Rice

In this episode of The Decision Corner podcast, Brooke is joined by David Moscrop, political theorist and writer for the Washington Post and Maclean’s Magazine. Moscrop’s expertise lies in political decision-making and democratic deliberation. This conversation details important points from his first book, Too Dumb for Democracy? Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones. Some of the topics discussed include:

- The issues with democracy in the 21st century
- How politicians have become increasingly shameless
- How shaming can be used as a tool to restore power to the people
- The soft and hard guardrails that should direct behavior 
- What happens when voters feel left behind by elites

Why shaming is one of democracy’s most powerful tools with David Moscrop

In this episode of the podcast, Brooke is joined by Neil Lewis Jr., behavioral scientist and assistant professor of communication and social behavior at Cornell University. Drawing from his research, as well as his vast experience advising organizations, Neil offers fascinating insights into how employees and managers can drive more equitable outcomes in their organizations, and why it makes good business sense to do so. 
Some of the things discussed include…
•  The persistence of so-called ‘invisible segregation’ in society and steps we can take to recognise it.
•  The ways organizations typically go about debiasing, and how they can be more effective.
•  The importance of employee buy-in, incentive alignment and the structure of organizational processes to support the pursuit of equitable outcomes.
•  Common challenges in diversity strategies and ways to overcome them.
•  How to address inequality in your organization and why it makes good commercial sense to do so.

The cognitive illusion of debias training with Neil Lewis Jr.

In this episode, Brooke speaks with Elizabeth Linos, Michelle Schwartz Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School at UC Berkeley. Drawing from her many years’ experience at the intersection of behavioral science and public policy, Elizabeth shares her insights around how the field has developed and what the future holds for behavioral researchers and policymakers interested in changing human behavior for social purposes. Some of the things discussed include:
• How low-cost or light-touch nudges sparked an interest in behavioral science amongst policymakers in the early days, and why we need to think further down the funnel to achieve the exact outcomes we desire.
• Instances where behavioral science can make a real impact, as well as times we need to be ‘real’ about how much it can really affect policy outcomes.
• Why the real challenge for behavioral scientists and practitioners is in persuading policymakers to adopt a holistic, experimentation approach to behavioral challenges, as opposed to ‘quick-win’ solutions.
• The case for a people-centered approach to behavioral policy design and why it’s important that researchers pay special attention to the experiences of frontline workers and not just the raw data.
• Immediate steps that policymakers and behavioral scientists can take in pursuing meaningful projects that address public policy challenges.

Creating people-centered behavioral public policy with Elizabeth Linos

In this episode of The Decision Corner, Brooke is joined for the second time by Roger Martin, one the the world’s leading business minds, the former dean of the Rotman School of Business, and the author of the newly released book A New Way to Think: Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness. This time around, the two discuss how mental models guide business decisions, and how we can restructure failing mental models to improve ourselves, our teams, and our organizations. 
Topics discussed include: 
• When you should give up on your mental models - and when to keep pushing at it
• Why writing down your decision making process is vital - and the dangerous behaviors that occur if you don’t
• The simple, but powerful “if-then” model
• How socializing strategy can help us scale over decision-making hurdles
• Why you should make the most skeptical person in the room in charge of test design
• How to overcome disappointing decisions - and why they are so important to make

Mental models for business decisions with Roger Martin

In this episode of the podcast, Brooke speaks with Clare Flynn Levy - CEO and Founder of Essentia Analytics, a company that uses behavioral data analytics to help professional investors make more skilled investment decisions. Drawing from her own experience as a fund manager, Clare shares her insights into the types of biases that influence investment decision making and the evolution of behavioural interventions that seek to address them. Some of the things discussed include:
- How investors can identify patterns in their decision-making and understand where things might be going wrong.
- Exit-timing and the role of loss aversion.
- The endowment effect, fear of missing out and other common behavioural patterns.
- How Clare and her team work to automate the questions investors should be asking themselves before each important decision. 
- Strategies that investors can adopt to overcome the behavioural biases that might be hindering their performance.

The behavioral biases behind our investments with Clare Flynn Levy

In this episode of the podcast, Brooke chats with Julia Galef - co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality and host of the podcast 'Rationally Speaking'. They discuss the topic or Julia's book, 'The Scout Mindset' which looks at the underlying motivations that guide our beliefs and behaviors. Some of the things covered include…
- Scout versus soldier mindset - how they differ and why we rely on both, depending on the situation.
- The downsides of soldier mindset and why our tendency to defend our beliefs no matter what can get us into trouble.
- The benefits of adopting an evidence-based mindset and being open to things that challenge our beliefs, aka 'drawing the map in pencil'.
- Practical ways we can embrace a scout mindset in our personal and professional lives.

Soldiers and Scouts with Julia Galef

In this episode of the podcast, Brooke chats with Britt Wray - author of Generation Dread and a Human and Planetary Health Fellow at Stanford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Britt talks about her work around eco-anxiety, the reasons and extent to which different people feel it, and the tools people can deploy to harness it and achieve positive, climate-friendly outcomes.

Some of the topics discussed include:
- The drivers of eco-anxiety, media hysteria, and the evolutionary experience of an existential threat.
- Why do some communities experience higher levels of eco-anxiety than others?
- The role of time perception and present bias in eco-anxiety, and why it can be compared to Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- Why climate change is a unique ever-evolving challenge for us to contend with psychologically.
- Tools to help us acknowledge and accept eco-anxiety as being real and valid, and move beyond a state of anxiety-induced paralysis.

Keeping Cool in the Face of Eco-Anxiety with Britt Wray

In this episode of The Decision Corner, Brooke is joined by Grace Lordan, an associate professor of Behavioral Science at LSE and author of Think Big, Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want. Together they discuss the importance of narratives in the workplace, and how the stories that we tell can improve opportunities, diversity, and well-being within organizations. 

This podcast covers a variety of topics, including:
- How marginalized communities can wield behavioral science to shatter glass ceilings
- Why having a growth mindset often falls short - and how talking to three people can fix it 
- A numerical strategy to prevent likeability from biasing your hiring decisions
- The paradox of cronyism in the workplace
- How to defeat the “cascade effect” that causes toxic meeting environments

The stories we tell at work with Grace Lordan

In this episode of The Decision Corner, Brooke discusses disagreement with Julia Minson, an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and former lecturer at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Her research explores the psychology behind disagreement and collaboration — why we often suck at turning the former into the latter, and how we can be better. Brooke and Julia dissect the thought processes that often fuel our discussions, how discussions turn into arguments (particularly, unproductive ones), and the reasons we can’t seem to figure out why. Julia gives us practical interventions, applicable on a personal level, that can help us avoid the feared Thanksgiving dinner screaming match and other conversations like it.

Specific topics include:
- Advocacy v.s. Inquiry mindset
- Why being a know-it-all is a problematic blindspot
- How to effectively signal open-mindedness
- Active listening: body language and verbal acknowledgement
- Cognitive misconceptions about our counterpart’s open-mindedness
- Scopes, baselines, and defaults
- The role of asking questions, and how to ask them with genuine curiosity
- Conversational receptiveness, intentional vocabulary, and the HEAR technique

How to Argue with Julia Minson

In today’s episode of The Decision Corner, we are joined by Cass Sunstein, the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University. Professor Sunstein is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. He is a prolific writer, who has written over 40 books, and hundreds of articles, including the international bestseller and essential introduction to behavioral science, Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler, 2008).

How Fun Might Move the World: Cass Sunstein

In today’s episode, we are joined by Julian Jamison, a professor of Economics at the University of Exeter and an affiliate at the Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and Jameel Abdul Latif Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). Prior to this, Julian spent 9 years in the public sector working for the United States government as Section Chief of the Decision-making and Behavioral Studies group and as a Behavioral Economist for the Global INsights Initiative at the World Bank (now known as the Mind, Behavior and Development Unit, or eMBeD).

The Psychological Cost of Nudging: Julian Jamison

Sarah has almost 10 years of experience developing chain strategies and digital patient engagement and adherence, lifestyle change, global and public health, and positive organizational psychology. She has worked and partnered with clients and organizations such as Ogilvy, Bupa, Oxitec, GlaxoSmithKline, the Bartlett School of Architecture, and the UK Department for International Development. In her areas of subject matter expertise are behavioral economics and cognitive and affective science. Sarah is especially interested in how our effective experiences, for example, moods, emotions, feelings of empowerment influence cognitive processes, biases, and behaviors. Sarah holds a Master of Science Degree in Marketing from University College Dublin and a Master of Science and Social Cognition from UCL. She currently works as the Lead Inventor for ?WhatIf! Innovation.

The Science Of Healthcare Engagement: Sarah O’Farrell

In today’s episode, we are joined by Chief Executive of the Behavioral Insights Team (BIT), David Halpern. He has led the team since its inception in 2010 and was the founding director of the Institute for Government. Between 2001 and 2007, David held tenure at Cambridge and held posts at Oxford and Harvard. He has written several books and papers on areas relating to behavioral insights and wellbeing, including Social Capital (2005), the Hidden Wealth of Nations (2010), Inside the Nudge Unit (2015). David is also co-author of the MINDSPACE report.

Machine Learning And Personalized Interventions: David Halpern

Since the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 has changed virtually everything about our lives, from how we work to how we care for one another, and even how we spend our time and money. Behavioral science is keeping up. In this episode of The Decision Corner, we sit down with British psychologist and behavioral science advisor Susan Michie to tear apart some of the most complex causes and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Michie shows us how increased public engagement in behavioral science and health research can help us imagine a post-COVID world that is more equitable, environmental, and convenient than the one we left behind. Read more about her research, including the development of the behavior change wheel, here.

Some topics discussed include
The operation of British scientific advisory group in emergencies (SAGE)
The gap between scientific research and public policy—are governments really “following the science?”
How a psychological look at problem framing can help change the way we talk about the pandemic
Contributors to the pandemic, including weakening global ties and environmental degradation
The need for increased public engagement in behavioral science research
How behavioral science can inform a better future

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