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The Decision-Making Studio Podcast — 250 episodes
Ep. 248: James Geary - On "The World in a Phrase", the Power of Aphorisms
E. 247: Adam Kahane - On Everyday Habits For Transforming Systems
Ep. 246 - Kevin Evers - On the Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift
Ep. 245: Michael Posner: On "Conscience Incorporated"
Ep. 244: Mark Fabian - On "Beyond Happy"
Ep. 243: Geoff Marlow - On "Future Fit" Organisational Cultures
Ep. 242: Isobel O'Connell - A Sustainability Professional's Perspective on Business and Society
Ep. 241: John Morrison - On A Just Climate Transition
Ep. 240: Dan Davies - On "The Unaccountability Machine"
Ep 239: Roger Spitz - On How To Disrupt With Impact
Inbetweenisode: Uncertainty, Beautiful Uncertainty
Ep. 238: Daniel Wagner on Geopolitics in 2025
Ep. 237: Dr. Eva van den Broek and Tim den Heijer - On "The Housefly Effect"
Ep. 236: Chris Darwin - On How Charles Darwin Thought and Made Decisions
Ep. 235: Charles Hecker - On "Zero Sum - The Arc of International Business in Russia"
Ep. 234: Dr. Gary Klein - On Lessons in Naturalistic Decision-Making
Ep. 233: The Decision Clinic with Ben Cattaneo and Dr. Melina Moleskis
Ep. 232: Dr. Dan Dworkis - On The Emergency Mind
Ep. 231: Prof. Joel Pearson - On The Science of When and How to Use Our Intuition
Ep. 230: Marischa van Zantvoort and Alasdair Philip - Leading with Impact (and more) Part 2/2
Ep. 229 : Marischa van Zantvoort and Alasdair Philip - On Leading with Impact (and more) Part 1/2
Ep. 228: Dave Snowden - On How to Make Sense of an Uncertain World
Ep. 227: Jonny Miller - On Nervous System Mastery and Decision-Making
Ep. 226: Paul Orlando - Why Now? How to Harness the Power of Great Timing
Inbetweenisode: Risk - We're Breaking Up
Ep. 225: Alex Edmans - On "May Contain Lies"
Ep. 224: Michael Hartley: On Decision-Making, Human Factors, Data, Culture and more
Ep. 223: Monique Borst - On Leadership, Emotional Mastery, Time, and More
Ep. 222: Marta Cadavid - On "No Fraud"
Ep. 221: Melina Moleskis - On Meta Decisions, and more
Ep. 220: Fraser Battye - Part Two of Two: On Uncertainty, Options, Creativity Cognitive Biases and more
Ep. 219: Fraser Battye - Part One of Two: On Decision-Making, Creativity, Leadership, and More
Ep. 218: Nuno Reis, PhD - On Uncertainty, The Dangers of Probability Dogma, and more
Ep. 217: Nuala Walsh - On How to "Tune In" to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World
Ep. 216: Alison Taylor: On "Higher Ground" - How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
Ep. 215: Paula Reid - On Cycling Across Ukraine
Ep. 214: Laura Fox - On "Canary Risk"
Ep. 213: Colin Pereira - Decision-Making in International Journalism in High-Risk Environments
Ep. 212: Daniel Wagner - On The China Epiphany
Ep. 211: Daniel Wagner - Living in China Under Zero Covid
Ep. 210: Garry Honey - On Leadership and Navigating Uncertainty
Ep. 209: Ben Cattaneo and Daniel Wagner: Decision-Making in the Poycrisis Era
Ep. 208: Constance Dierickx - The 'Decision Doctor®' on 'Meta Leadership'
Ep. 207: Merlin Tuttle - On Misguided Fear of Bats and Their Conservation
Ep. 206: Roger Miles - On Culture, Leadership, Performative Risk Management and more
Ep. 205: Derek Leatherdale: On Demystifying Geopolitical Risk
Ep. 204: Sabrina Segal - On Tolerable Risk in the Humanitarian and International Development 'Third' Sectors
Decision Reactions Ep. 2 - Take the Money and Run
Ep. 203: Rupert Evill - On Bootstrapping Ethics, Making Risk Relevant, and the Dark Arts of Investigation
Decision Reactions - Ep. 1: An Unfair Game
Ep. 202: Bryce Hoffman - On Red Team Thinking
Ep. 201: Chris Hess - On Expertise, Battle Scars, Business, and More
Ep. 200: Gareth Lock - Decision-Making and Human Factors in Deep Sea Diving
Inbetweenisode 19 - When Do you Cross the Rubicon? A Useful Technique for Framing Decisions
Ep. 199: Grant Purdy - On Deciding and Why We Need to Drop 'Risk Management'
Ep. 198: Roger Spitz - How to Thrive on Disruption
Ep. 197: Christian Hunt - On Humanising Rules
Ep. 196: Jen Clinehens - On Choice Hacking
Ep. 195: Bent Flyvbjerg - On How Big Things Get Done
Ep. 194: Carlo Gallo - On Russia-Ukraine and What We Can Learn From Geopolitical Risk Analysis
Ep. 193: Paul McVeigh - What Elite Footballers Can Teach Us About High Performance
Ep. 192: Sander Van Der Linden - Why Misinformation is a Virus, and How to Build Immunity
Ep. 191: Sarah Waylett - On Burnout and Breaking the Stress Cycle
Ep. 190: Sarah Davis - Paddling the Nile, Part 2 of 2
Ep. 189: Sarah Davis - Paddling the Nile, Part 1 of 2
Ep. 188: Michele Wucker: You Are What You Risk
Ep. 187: Annie Duke - On "Quit," The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
Ep. 186: Alison Taylor - On the Myths, Misconceptions and Problems With ESG
Ep. 185: Mark Harris - On What Kidnaps and Other Acute Crises Can Teach Us
Ep. 184: Daniel Armanios - The Future of Infrastructure
Ep. 183: Nathan and Susannah Furr - On the Upside of Uncertainty
Ep. 182: Cheryl Einhorn - How to Become a Better Decision-Maker and Problem-Solver
Ep. 181: Suzy Levy - Mind the Inclusion Gap
Ep. 180: Oscar Scafidi - Kayaking the Mangoky
Ep. 179: Cynthia Owyoung - How to Build an Organisation Where All are Welcome
Ep. 178: Benj Gallander - Contrarian Investing, Curiosity, and Going Against the Herd
Ep. 177: John List - On How and Why Things Scale, the Power of "Quitting" and More
Ep. 176: Susan Eisenhower - On Decision-Making, Russia-Ukraine and How Ike Led
Ep. 175: Robert Earl Stewart - The Running-Shaped Hole
Ep. 174: Paula Reid - On Adventure Psychology
Ep. 173: Minal Bopaiah - On Equity, Designing Organisations Where All Can Thrive
Ep. 172: Eva Holland - Adventures in the Science of Fear
Ep. 171: Thatcher Wine - On Monotasking
Ep. 170: "The Best" of 2021
Ep. 169: Stan Lui - The White Hat Guys, Bringing Cool Creativity to Compliance
Ep. 168: Dante Disparte - On Risk and the Future of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and Digital Finance
Ep. 167: Ethan Lou - "Once a Bitcoin Miner"
Ep. 166: David Richman - "Cycle of Lives", Cancer, Death, Living, and Cycling
Ep. 165: Richard Fenning - Risk Tales from the Edges of Globalisation
Ep. 164: Dr. Gleb Tsipursky - Cognitive Biases and Returning to the Office
Ep. 163: Tony Blauer - "Know Fear," not "No Fear"
Ep. 162: Steve Adelman - The Return of (Safe and Secure) Live Events
Ep. 161: Lauren Yee - How to Cultivate Curiosity
Ep. 160: Jason Linett - Demystifying Hypnosis to Change Behaviours
Ep. 159: Jen Ables - Creativity as an Anchor During Uncertainty
Ep. 158: Nick Bradley - Purpose and Mindset in Business and Life
Ep. 157: Annie Duke - How to Decide
Ep. 156: Rory Douglas - Wealth, Purpose and Why Success is "Found in a Pile of Mistakes"
Ep. 155: Steve LeClair - Embracing Uncertainty
Ep. 154: Jeff Harry - Why and How to Rediscover Play
Ep. 153: "The Best" of 2020
Ep. 152 : Daniel Wagner - "Reflecting Forward" on the Big Picture in 2021
Ep. 151: Robert FitzPatrick - How "Ponzinomics" Explains the Big Lie Behind Multi-Level Marketing
Ep. 150: Jonny Miller - Emotional Resilience in Leadership
Ep. 149: Lan and Harlan Cao - Family in Six Tones
Ep. 148: Paul Orlando - On Unintended Consequences
Ep. 147: Daniel Wagner - Biden Wins! What Now? What's Next?
Ep. 146: Toby Kent - Reflections from Australia's First Chief Resilience Officer
Ep. 145 - Chris Lampitt - Purpose, Wellness and an Effort to Help the NHS
Ep. 144: Saray Khumalo - Decision-Making, Diversity and Mount Everest
Ep. 143: Steven Hassan - On Mind Control and the Cult of Trump
Ep. 142: Daniel Wagner - The Chinese Vortex
Ep. 141 - Dr. Todd Boyd - The Notorious PhD on Race, Sport and Popular Culture
Ep. 140: Jamie Woodhouse - On Sentientism, Science, and A Bit of Blade Runner
Ep. 139: John Perkins - Fear, Change, and Touching the Jaguar
Ep. 138: Covid19 Update III with Daniel Wagner
Ep. 137: Patrick McKeown - On Breath, Resilience and the Oxygen Advantage
Ep. 136: Dr. Jason Selk: How to Train Mental Toughness
Ep. 135: Mike Clark: Uncertainty and Mental Performance
Ep. 134: Julian Cattaneo - Reflections on an Immigrant Experience
Ep. 133: Chris Sparks - Poker, Mental Training and Performance
Ep. 132: Covid19 Update II with Daniel Wagner
Ep. 131: Georgie Nightingall - How to Have Deep, Meaningful Conversations
Ep. 130: "All Things Human Risk" - A Special Cross-cast With Christian Hunt
Ep. 129: Covid-19 Special with Daniel Wagner
Ep. 128: Dr. Richard Harris - Inside the Thai Cave Rescue
Ep. 127: Alec Torelli - Risk in High Stakes Poker and Beyond
Ep. 126: Gleb Tsipursky - Never Go With Your Gut
Ep. 125: Frans Johansson - How Diversity Drives Innovation
Ep. 124: Daniel Wagner - The America-China Divide
Ep. 123: The "Best of" 2019 Part Two of Two
Ep. 122 - The "Best of" 2019, Part One
Ep. 121: Lloyd Figgins - A Row Across the Atlantic Ocean
Ep. 120: Allison Schrager - Risk in Brothels, Big Wave Surfing, the Paparazzi and more
Ep. 119: Daniel Wagner - Checking in on the State of the World
Ep. 118: StJohn Deakins - It's Time for CitizenMe
Ep. 117: Paul-Olivier Dehaye - Lifting the Lid on Cambridge Analytica / Facebook, Helping Us Take Control of Our Digital Identities
Inbetweenisode 18: Open Plan Offices Suck - And What to do If You Have to Work in One
Ep. 116: Alex Sidorenko - Get Risk Aware
Ep. 115: Christian Hunt - How to Understand Human Risk
Ep. 114: Tikiri Herath - Rebel Divas, Writing, Books and how to Risk Manage the Hell Out of Your Fears
Ep. 113: Jeremy Gilley - Can We Have Peace One Day?
Ep. 112: Nicole Davis - An Olympian Mindset to Uncertainty
Ep. 111: Alastair Humphreys - Alastair's Midsummer Morning
Ep. 110: Nancy Roberts - Diversity and Data, Because It's 2019!
Ep. 109 : Alex Hutchinson - Endure: the Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Ep. 108: Katie-Jane L'Herpiniere - How to Develop an Adventurous Mindset
Ep. 107: Anna Glover and Bryan Huneycutt - Uncertainty and Risk in Live Performances
Ep. 106: Usman and Adeela Omar - Curiosity, Culture, Travel and TriPakistan
Ep. 105: Sam Wilkin - History Repeating: Why Populists Rise and Governments Fall
Ep. 104: Ed Dowding - It's Time (for our Democracies and Institutions) to Get With the Times
Ep. 103: Nadia Finer - Little Voice, Big Business, and a Bit of Boxing
Ep. 102: Daniel Wagner - China Vision
Ep. 101: Luke Tyburski - Chasing Extreme
Inbetweenisode 17: Uncertainty, Overcoming Challenges and a 46 km Run
Ep. 100: Hilary Gallo: Hack Your Fear
Ep. 99 - The "Best of" 2018
Ep. 98: Daniel Wagner - The Big Risk Picture in 2018 and 2019
Ep 97: Oliver Bullough - Moneyland - How to Take the World Back from Kleptocrats
Ep. 96: Chris Solarz - Running, Ultra Endurance and Mindset
Ep. 95: Gary Alejano - Values and Risk-Taking in Public Life
Ep. 94: Deepak Shukla: Rap, Tax, Life, Love, Entrepreneurship and Facing Fears
Ep. 93: Lloyd Figgins - Travel Survival to Push Boundaries
In-betweenisode 16: Decide Like a Human Being
Ep. 92: David Quammen - The Tangled Tree
Ep. 91: Daniel Wagner and Keith Furst - AI Supremacy
Ep. 90: Annie Duke - Thinking in Bets
Ep. 89: Dan Davies - Lying for Money
Ep. 88: Michael MidKnight - Creativity and Design in Careers and Beyond
Ep. 87: Chuck Garcia - Communicating and Mountain Climbing
Inbetweenisode 15: What Am I Reading?
Ep. 86: Ken Bensinger - "Red Card", FIFA, and the Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game
Ep. 85: Matthew Del Negro - Perseverance and "10,000 Nos"
Ep. 84: Stephanie Harris - How Death Expands Us
Ep. 83: Keith Furst - From Philosophy to Finance, and a lot in between
Ep. 82: Justin Recla - Navigating the Cryptocurrency Wild West
Ep. 81: Adam Connors - Rediscover the Lost Art of Networking
Ep. 80: Howard Bareham - Entrepreneurism, Advertising, the Media, and a Packet of Polos
Ep. 79: Srdja Popovic - How to Topple a Dictator
Ep. 78: Oscar Scafidi - Kayaking the Kwanza
Ep. 77: Kyrre Lien - Understanding the "Internet Warriors"
Ep. 76: Gleb Tsipursky - How to Seek Truth
Ep. 75: Paula McGuire - Adventures in Anxiety, and a Big, Mad Swim Around Britain
Ep. 74: Nathan Freier - How Warfare is Changing, and Why the US is "At Its Own Peril"
Ep. 73: Joshua Phillip - China, Tongs, Triads and Geopolitics
Ep. 72: Ji-Hyun Park and Michael Glendinning - Inside, and Escape From, North Korea
Ep. 71: Gary Noesner - Hostage Negotiations, and Why Listening is More Important Than You Realise
Ep. 70 - "The Best" of 2017
Ep. 69: Daniel Wagner - A Look Back at the Big Picture in 2017 and Forward to 2018
Ep. 68: The Extremes of Animal and Human Physiology
Ep. 67: Eldor Arbel - Security From the Inside Out
Ep. 66: Monika Sattler - Adventure Cycling and Listening to Your Heart
Ep. 65 : Mark Hannaford - Medicine and More at the Extremes
Ep. 64: Caspar Craven - Sailing Around the World With A Family
Ep. 63: Perry Marshall - Randomness and Evolution 2.0
Ep. 62: Tonya Recla - Play, Fear, and Super Powers
Ep. 61: Tim Davies - Decision-Making and Performance on Fighter Jets
Ep. 60: Linda Swindling - Negotiation and Why You Should "Ask Outrageously"
Ep. 59: Cathy O'Dowd - Decision-making and Risk on the World's Highest Mountains
Ep. 58 - Benjamin Chandelier - Conquering the Haute Route
Ep. 57: Daniel Wagner - Understanding "Virtual Terror"
Ep. 56: Laura Dal Farra - On Culture, Change, Martial Arts and Authenticity
Ep. 55: Ilan and Guy Ferdman - Why You Should Face Your Fears
Ep. 54: Michele Battle-Fisher: Transhumanism is Coming, Are We Ready?
Ep. 53: Alex Sidorenko - Making Great Decisions "With Risks in Mind"
Inbetweenisode 14 - The Power of "Maybe"
Ep. 52: Jacki Hill-Murphy - Recreating Journeys of Extraordinary Adventuresses
Ep. 51: John Perkins - From Economic Hit Man to Life Economy Champion
Ep. 50: Ru Wikmann - Purpose, Fitness, Philosophy, and Mindfulness
Ep. 49: Nancy Hartwell - Understanding and Combating Human Trafficking
Ep. 48: Kathy Gruver - Health, Stress and Resilience
Ep 47: Charles Cassidy - Evidence-Based Wisdom
Ep. 46: Neville Johnson - The Legendary John Wooden, Success, and Wisdom
Ep. 45: Gleb Tsipursky - How to Find Your Purpose Using Science
In-betweenisode 13: Introversion, Extroversion and Risk-Taking
Ep. 44: Erik Newton - Risk and Resilience in Love and Relationships
Ep. 43: Marc Stoiber - Authenticity, Future-Proofing and Brands in the Post Mad Men Era
Ep. 42 - Wilson Horrell - Lifting heavy, running long
Ep. 41: Tim Stanley - What Does Russia Want?
Ep. 40: Souleyman Bah - Sprinting, Tunnel Vision, and Perspective
In-betweenisode: Gut Feeling versus Critical Thinking
Ep. 39: Chris Ruggiero - Why You Should "Just Go"
Ep. 38: Tom Hardin - "Tipper X" on Ethics, Decisions, and Resilience
Ep. 37: André Goeritz - Venturing into the Unknown, and Setting World Records
Ep. 36: Ford Fischer - On Transhumanism
In-betweenisode - In Praise of Small Victories
Ep. 35: The "Best" of 2016 Part Two of Two - Risk Takers, Resilience and Randomness
Ep. 34: The "Best" of 2016, Part One of Two - "The Big Picture"
Ep. 33: Erica and Warren Pole - Endurance Sport, Nutrition and Entrepreneurship
Ep. 32 : John Lark - Context, Confirmation Bias, and Achieving What You What
Ep. 31: Sean Douglas - From Rock Bottom to Resilience Coach
Ep. 30: Nicholas McCarthy - One-handed Concert Pianist
Ep. 29: Ros Kirkland - Humanitarian Aid, Disaster Recovery and Conflict Response
Ep. 28: Kayt Sukel - The Art of Risk
Ep. 27: Jonathan Pritchard - Mind Reading, Magic, "Echo Time" vs "Real Time"
Ep. 26: Anke Herrmann - Going Through Walls, Embracing Uncertainty and Being Flamenco
Ep. 25: Mark Blyth - Austerity , Technocracies, Trumpism and More
Ep. 24: Taylor Zajonc- Shipwrecks, Expeditions and Survival
Ep. 23: Christine McNab - On The Art of Saving a Life
Ep. 22: Drew Taddia - From Professional Athlete to Wellness Warrior
Ep. 21: Tony Haile - On Polar Expeditions, Media in the Digital Age, and Just About Everything in Between
In-betweenisode - End of Summer, a Look Ahead to Autumn
Ep. 20 - Michele Battle-Fisher: Systems Thinking and Uncertainty, Public Health and Policy, and of course, Puffins
In-Betweenisode: Think Big, Start Small
Ep.19: Hari Kalymnios - Health, Leadership and Becoming "Super Human"
Ep 18: Laura Bingham - Cycling across South America - with no money
Inbetweenisode: Fifty Million Shades of Gray
Ep. 17: Daniel Wagner - Global Risk Agility and Decision-Making
Ep 16: Hayden Lee - Travel, Pure Uncertainty, and "Near Death" Stories
In-Betweenisode: On Brexit, and Responding to Greater Uncertainty and Volatility