Episode #25: Interview with Simon Henderson

Date: 1/29/2021 Show Description: Simon Henderson is an independent deception consultant working in the UK and the US.  His career has involved researching, teaching, and consulting on deception, counter-deception, information operations and cyber operations within a variety of government, military, and law enforcement organisations.  He is passionate about novel and pro-social applications of these fields. Learn more about Simon’s work: Deception by Design Evaluationof the counter fake-news game, Harmony Square Immersive theatre company, Punchdrunk Learn more about NDM: NaturalisticDecisionMaking.org Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Where to find hosts Brian Moon and Laura Militello: Brian’s website Brian’s LinkedIn Brian’s Twitter Laura’s website Laura’s LinkedIn Laura’s Twitter Timestamps: Simon’s early path to a career in deception [1:15] First exposure to NDM [5:54] Proposing to apply magic and deception skills to military [20:59] The technique of misdirection in deception [24:42] Nuances of using deception on experts [32:31] One question that could determine if someone is a magician [41:51] Differences between observing and performing magic [47:58] Outlook for the next 15 years and details about Simon’s blog and book [51:48] Two truths and a lie [1:02:55]