Paul Craven & Gerald Ashley on Context, Consequences & Changeability

What determines the price of an item or service? How can we price things so that people want to buy them but also so that we feel it’s fair? Whether (like me) you’re in business and have to sell, or y...

8 Tammi 202459min

What drives the choices we make, and how can we influence the choices that others make?On this episode, I’m speaking to an expert in human decision-making. Richard Shotton is a behavioural science pra...

31 Joulu 20231h

How can we manage people who are doing creative work? On the one hand, letting someone do what they want feels incredibly risky. On the other hand, creativity requires a degree of freedom, experimenta...

16 Joulu 20231h 6min

Why do we sometimes make bad decisions in relation to money and what can we do about it? My guest, Vishal George, is a Behavioural Scientist who has recently published a book called ‘Money Mindsets: S...

4 Joulu 20231h 4min

What do you think of when you hear the word 'error'? It's highly likely you'll think of it negatively as a defect. The obvious way to manage defects, particularly in safety-critical industries, is to ...

27 Marras 20231h 11min

What are museums, and what purpose do they serve? As a regular museum-goer — both when I’m travelling and also at home when I need distraction or creative inspiration — I’m always intrigued, both by w...

20 Marras 20231h 7min

What is it like to grow up in a country that no longer exists? That's the challenge faced by my guest Katja Hoyer. She grew up in the GDR, the German Democratic Republic. Or as most of us think of it,...

12 Marras 20231h 12min

What is the Monday Revolution, and why do we need it?On this episode, I'm speaking to someone who used to run a company that grabbed a lot of my attention during my teenage and younger years. That com...

31 Loka 20231h 9min