When “Safe Spaces” Aren’t Safe: Nika Kabiri on Psychological Safety and Speaking Up

Co-author of the book Money off the Table: Decision Science and the Secret to Smarter Investing. Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake67 (go there to enter to win a free signed copy of her book) My guest for Episode #67 is Nika Kabiri, who describes herself as a “forward thinking, science-loving entrepreneur, author, public speaker, teacher, and researcher.” She's a decision scientist, who has her firm Kabiri Consulting, is on the faculty at the University of Washington Department of Communication, and is co-author of the book Money off the Table: Decision Science and the Secret to Smarter Investing. Nika has a PhD in sociology and, while she earned the JD degree, she's not an “attorney” (that was my mistake in the episode — oops!!). She has over twenty years of experience studying how people make decisions in a variety of contexts, from business to politics to relationships, and she's an active writer with a lot of great insights to share. You can also find her at YourNextDecision.com. Questions and topics include: What do mistakes even mean? Was law school a mistake? What’s your favorite mistake? Was it a mistake in thinking that the “Safe space” at work was really safe? But she was TOLD it was! How does a decision scientist decide whether she should speak up or not? Minimizing regret vs. maximizing possibility of good outcomes Helpful to delay a decision when you can? Forecasting the probability of outcome.. can’t predict the future… but we're craving certainty Broader themes on misinformation… what do you trust? Stories? Data? As people decide should they wear masks? Should they get vaccinated? You’ve written about solutions to conspiracy theories… what can individuals do, what must society do? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/favorite-mistake/support