Dr Magda Osman on Behavioural Interventions that Fail
What can we learn from Behavioural Interventions that fail? That's what my guest on this episode, Dr Magda Osman set out to discover in some recent research. We often hear about 'nudges' that work we...
4 Dec 20201h 2min
Rabbi Yonason Goldson on a Rabbi's View of Ethics
What can we learn from religion about ethics? After all, religions have had rules about what people should and shouldn't be doing since well before the advent of Compliance & Ethics functions. And t...
1 Dec 202058min
Tom Burgis on Kleptopia - how dirty money is conquering the world
What are kleptocracies and how do they operate? How is dirty money laundered and why is it increasingly a global problem? These are the questions, my guest on this episode, Tom Burgis, sets out to a...
27 Nov 202054min
Dr Benny Cheung on Nudging Honesty
How can we get people to be more honest? That's what my guest on this episode, Dr Benny Cheung, set out to discover. He was commissioned to do so research for the UK's Insurance Fraud Bureau and ran s...
23 Nov 20201h 6min
Paul Donovan on Prejudice & why it is so pernicious
What is prejudice, why does it exist and why is it such a bad thing? That's what Economist Paul Donovan seeks to answer in his new book Profit & Prejudice. He explores it from an economic perspectiv...
20 Nov 202052min
Stefan Gaillard on the importance of Trial & Error
Why is it so hard for us to admit mistakes? That's what my guest Stefan Gaillard & I explore in this episode. Stefan is the Editor of The Journal of Trial & Error, a project that seeks to promote the...
18 Nov 20201h 1min
Stuart Tootal & Greg Davies on the lessons for business from military decision-making
What can the military teach business? Much as companies often talk about 'wars' (most obviously when it comes to talent) and 'battles' (usually for market share), it's not obvious that the two have mu...
14 Nov 202055min
John Sutherland on mitigating Board Level Human Risk
If you were looking for a sector that had lots of examples of Human Risk, then you'd probably pick banking? And if you were trying to understand why some of the senior people within banking hadn't be...
7 Nov 202058min
