Ep. 246 - Kevin Evers - On the Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift
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This episode is a fun one – and covers a topic we most certainly have not covered before: the strategic decision-making of Taylor Swift, the most famous pop singer in the world. Taylor Swift may recognised as a pop star, but as you'll hear, her decision-making is pure punk rock. My guest today is , who wrote as a senior editor at The Harvard Business Review and the author of . Kevin breaks down exactly why Taylor has been able to scale her success, why she's been able to reinvent herself time and again, and how she's been able to both manage disruption and be a...
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Ep. 245: Michael Posner: On "Conscience Incorporated"
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Today, we tackle some big-picture questions about the role of business in society when it comes to protecting human rights and democracy. And of course, this is very topical. I am honour to welcome to the show. Michael is the director of the . He is a human rights lawyer, and he was Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour under the Obama administration. He is the author of a new book, , which, given the state of things in the world and the United States, is pretty timely and important. Michael covers a ton of ground here, from the primacy of shareholder...
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Ep. 244: Mark Fabian - On "Beyond Happy"
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Today, we talk about happiness. Is happiness a choice? Is it a skill? Is it a set of practices? Is it all those things? What's the difference between happiness and fulfilment or well-being? I am thrilled to welcome to the show. Mark is a professor of public policy at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. He was previously a Fulbright scholar. He studies well-being from an interdisciplinary lens. Mark is also the author of a fabulous new book called . So, we talk all about that in this episode, including what happiness is, the foundations of happiness, success and its hidden...
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Ep. 243: Geoff Marlow - On "Future Fit" Organisational Cultures
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Today, we delve into the world of organizations and what my guest calls a “future-fit” organisational culture. My guest is and he has over three decades of experience around the world helping organisations create these future-fit cultures. That term caught my attention because around here, we're interested in the future and uncertainty. For part of his career, Geoff spent time on the leadership team of the , which included the legendary - a renowned or was a renowned management guru and , a scenario thinker who was the head of Shell's strategic planning group. ...
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Ep. 242: Isobel O'Connell - A Sustainability Professional's Perspective on Business and Society
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What can we learn about business and society from a seasoned sustainability practitioner? Plenty! Meet . Isobel has a couple of decades of experience in areas related to the environment, social issues - particularly local community consultation across the globe, human rights and related areas. She's now an advisor, and a board member, and was named one of the top global 50 women in sustainability. In this episode, she shares several insights and perspectives from her broad career in these areas. We get into a variety of stories, the different landscapes and definitions out there for...
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Ep. 241: John Morrison - On A Just Climate Transition
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This episode is about thinking differently around climate change, and it will help you think about this topic much more expansively. My guest is , who is the CEO of the which is a global “think and do tank” with consultative status at the United Nations. John serves on a number of boards and advisory councils, and he is the author of a new book called . And John posits that if we try to solve the climate crisis in isolation from tackling other challenges, particularly social challenges around how local communities and workers feel about a transition to a net zero world, we won't solve...
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Ep. 240: Dan Davies - On "The Unaccountability Machine"
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Why is it seemingly so difficult to find a human to speak to when having an issue with your bank or mobile phone company? And if you do, why do they sound like robots and/or aren’t empowered to make a decision that will solve your problem? More broadly and worryingly, why is it nearly impossible to hold an individual accountable for decisions that led to a major societal or organisational calamity like the Global Financial Crisis, or the UK’s Post Office Scandal? Something is going on, and today, we're going to talk about it. My guest is author , and we are talking about his latest...
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Ep 239: Roger Spitz - On How To Disrupt With Impact
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Today, I welcome back to the show. Roger is a futurist, author, and president of which is a strategy consultancy. He's also the chair of , which is a global education hub. For the purposes of this episode, however, he is the author of a new book, , which is all about helping to guide us through uncertainty and unpredictability. Roger was in London at the end of last year and we met up and recorded this fabulous episode in an external studio. We covered lots of ground with this chat, including what Roger means by “disruption 3.0”, uncertainty, AI, some of the shortcomings of our...
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Inbetweenisode: Uncertainty, Beautiful Uncertainty
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This “inbetweenisode” is based on the latest edition of our newsletter. It’s all about uncertainty. After two and a half decades of working with decision-making under uncertainty, I have come to the following conclusion: uncertainty is about emotion. Show notes: Our latest newsletter: Scenario planning guide: _ _ _ _ _ Like what you heard? Learn more about The Decision-Making Studio: Subscribe to our podcast:
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Ep. 238: Daniel Wagner on Geopolitics in 2025
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For the past few years, I've had on the show at about this time of year to give a look ahead at the state of the world from a geopolitical perspective. We do that again as 2024 comes to a close and 2025 is just a few days away. Daniel is my co-author of . He is the CEO of and knows quite a bit about geopolitics. This is a conversation that I hope gets you to be perhaps a bit more curious about the state of the world. It is concerning out there, and we don't shy away from that. But with understanding comes a better ability to act. _ _ _ _ _ _ Like what you heard? Learn more about The...
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Today, we talk about fraud and human behaviour. And my guest is Marta Cadavid. Marta describes herself as a “fraud fighter.” She's worked in anti-fraud roles for many years. And her interest, as you'll hear, started in her native Colombia. And she's now a partner in a very interesting firm called No Fraud, which uses prediction models to anticipate criminal behaviour. Yes, you heard that right, to anticipate criminal behaviour. So there's lots to discuss here.
Marta also hosts her own podcast called “Fraude al Desnudo”, or “Naked Fraud”. And we get into lots of interesting stuff in this episode, including the role of decision-making environments in fraud and financial crime, monitoring employee behaviour, and some of the intricacies of that using AI, bias in AI, eye, cultural and behavioural factors, the cost of fraud, sexual harassment, and much more. I do have my questions on this as you'll hear. I am sure you will find this one contains lots of food for thought. Marta is very insightful.
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