The Myth of Deep Beliefs: Leading in a World of Improvisation with Nick Chater

What if your mind isn’t a warehouse of beliefs, but a live improvisation happening moment to moment? In this episode of Humanity at Scale, host Bruce Temkin speaks with Nick Chater, Professor of Behavioral Science at Warwick Business School, about why human preferences are constructed on the fly, and what that means for leadership. Drawing on ideas from The Mind Is Flat, Chater challenges fixed models of motivation, engagement, and culture. The conversation reframes leadership as direction-setting rather than belief-installation, explains why surveys reveal context, not truth, and shows how shared norms outperform rigid rules. A sharp, liberating rethink of how humans and organizations actually work.