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The Human Risk Podcast

People are often described as the largest asset in most organisations. They are also the biggest single cause of risk. This podcast explores the topic of "human risk", or "the risk of people doing things they shouldn"t or not doing things they should", and examines how behavioural science can help us mitigate it. It also looks at "human reward", or "how to get the most out of people". When we manage human risk, we often stifle human reward. Equally, when we unleash human reward, we often

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61:24

Dr Bettina Palazzo on Compliance Communication

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/05/28

What’s the most effective way to communicate rules and influence humans to comply with them? On the face of it, just telling people what to do seems like a sensible approach. But what about when those rules have a qualitative component, where people need to do things to a particular standard — for example, behave in an ethical manner — or where it’s not possible to monitor what they’re doing?In those cases, just telling people what to do is far less likely to work as we risk only finding out once

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66:57

Matt Ballantine on The Human Side of Technology

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/05/17

What happens when people meet technology? As Artificial Intelligence makes machines appear to be more human, what does that mean for the interactions we have with tech?On this episode, I’m speaking to Matt Ballantine. He has spent spent the past two decades helping organisations make sense of where people, communications and technology collide.In the past, Matt has worked in global technology, media and marketing organisations, including Microsoft, Imagination, Reuters and the BBC, focussed on a

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67:21

Kristina Stiles on Burn Prevention

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/05/05

Why did an advertisement for coffee prompt a nurse to contact the company to ask them to withdraw it? The answer is that the nurse in question has 20 years experience in burn care, and the advertisement — for the coffee chain Costa Coffee — showed a scene which, if replicated in real life, could cause serious injury.That nurse is called Kristina Stiles, and she’s my latest guest on the show. I saw her post and was intrigued. After a brief introductory discussion, I realised that not only was this an

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67:18

Jenny-Joy Kreindl on Leadership Communication

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/04/29

What’s the difference between a leader that communicates well and one that doesn’t?We’ve all seen examples of leaders who are terrible at communicating — whether it’s politicians that can’t find the right words or those nightmare bosses who fail to read the room. If you’ve watched any of the recent clips on social media of insensitive bosses communicating really badly, then this episode is your antidote.My guest is Jenny-Joy Kreindl. She’s the managing partner of Talent & Leadership Solutions, a

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63:35

Dr Kirsty Sedgman on Being Unreasonable

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/04/22

What do we mean when we say that someone is being unreasonable? On the face of it, the person we're describing has either broken a rule or a social norm. But what are we basing that on?My guest Dr Kirsty Sedgman is a Doctor of Audiences at the University of Bristol. That means she researches how audiences — for example, in the theatre — behave and respond to the performance they're watching.Her work investigates how people find value in cultural participation. How do they experience and respond to

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63:41

Professor Magda Osman on Misinformation

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/04/16

Why might seeking to ban misinformation, be a bad idea? On this episode, I’m returning to a subject I’ve looked at before, with a guest I’ve spoken to before!She’s Professor Magda Osman — if you’ve not heard her previous experiences, there are links below to those and her bio – and, as ever, she’s got some fascinating insights. The topic is Misinformation.On the face of it, trying to ban mis- or disinformation seems like a good idea. If we know something is likely to mislead people then, we should

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72:32

Dr Siegfried Hoenle on Positive Leadership

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/04/02

In times of uncertainty and change, what do we need from leaders? On this episode, I'm sepaking to Dr Siegfried Hoenle, a leadership expert whose approach to leadership is relentlessly positive.Siegfried believes that leaders need to deliver their mission through three 'P's: passion, purpose and partnership.In our discussion. Siegfried emphasizes the need for leaders to genuinely embody the values of their organization and create a community where people want to belong and flourish. He's no fan of

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63:11

Professor Magda Osman on Compliance, Coercion &...

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/03/24

What do Compliance, Coercion and Competence have to do with each other? They’re all subjects I talk about with my guest Professor Magda Osman who manages to weave all three topics together.Compliance is all about exploring the challenges of policymaking in the real world. It’s one thing looking at the theory of how things should be regulated and public policy should be designed, but another to look at the realities of putting it into practice. Coercion is looking at the topic of ‘free will’; do we

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49:22

Chris Houghton on Circularity

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/03/14

What is circularity, and why does it matter? As we seek to manage the climate emergency, companies are being challenged to play their part in being more sustainable. Which is where the concept of circularity comes in. This is the idea, in the context of sustainability, that a product is created with its own end-of-life taken into account.In other words; businesses take responsibility, not just for producing an item, but for what happens after it reaches the end of its useful life. Whether that’s an

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54:15

Nick Chatrath on AI & Leadership

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/03/03

As we enter the Age of Artificial Intelligence, what role will humans play? On this episode, I'm speaking to leadership expert and coach Nick Chatrath. He's a former colleague of mine and the author of a new book called 'Threshold: Leading In The Age of AI', which explores how leadership models will need to evolve in the AI Era in order to avoid humans feeling frustrated, unmotivated, and burnt out.In our discussion, we explore how AI taking over cognitive tasks will mean leaders need to develop new

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74:00

Peter Ramsey on Customer Experience (Part Two)

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/02/26

What makes for a good customer experience? In two special episodes of the Human Risk podcast, I’m speaking to CX experts who provide fascinating insights into what drives how we feel about the times when companies deliver really good or really bad service On this episode which is the second of the two, I speak with Peter Ramsey. He’s the Founder of Built for Mars, a company that undertakes UX research. He has spent 1000s of hours researching what makes for good and bad customer experience and has

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78:07

John Sills on Customer Experience (Part One)

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/02/26

What makes for a good customer experience? In two special episodes of the Human Risk podcast, I’m speaking to CX experts who provide fascinating insights into what drives how we feel about the times when companies deliver really good or really bad service.In two interviews that I’m releasing together, I’m speaking to experts in customer experience. They both have different approaches, but their work is aimed at the exactly the same objective; recognising when the experience is poor and identifying

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59:09

Dr Carol Kauffman on Leadership Under Pressure

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/02/19

How can leaders make good decisions when under pressure? My guest is leadership coach Dr Carol Kauffman. She is on the faculty at Harvard, where she is the Founder of the Institute of Coaching and is the co-author of a new book called ‘Real-Time Leadership: How to Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes are High’.With leaders increasingly having to take decisions quickly and under heavy scrutiny, getting things right is not always easy. On the face of it, leaders ought to be able to rely on

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27:34

Chat GPT-3 on AI & Human Risk

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/02/17

Are you curious about how AI and automation are changing the world of human risk? Do you wonder what the future of work might look like in a world where machines and humans are increasingly interconnected?Then you won't want to miss the latest episode of the Human Risk Podcast, where we welcome a very special guest: ChatGPT, an AI language model.In this episode, we dive deep into the world of AI and human risk, discussing the potential risks and benefits of this transformative technology, how to

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52:59

Dr Mike Martin on War & Politics

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/02/12

What can war and politics teach us about human risk? On this episode, I'm joined by a guest with insights into both fields. About MikeDr Mike Martin is a former British Army officer who's a senior visiting research fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, where he's interested in the evolutionary psychology of warfare and humans, internal conflict in societies and strategy formation.He’s had a fascinating career, having served with distinction in the British Army as a

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63:56

Dr Gordon Caldwell on Medical Bureaucracy

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/02/06

On this special episode of the show, I’m interviewing a doctor whose photograph went viral. In 2019, Doctor Gordon Caldwell, a retired Consultant Physician and Clinical Lead with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) had a photograph taken of himself lying next to a long line of forms. The photograph’s purpose was to highlight the amount of paperwork medical professionals need to fill in. Gordon is a tireless campaigner against bureaucracy, and he wanted to make the point that time spent filling in

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65:36

Marc Ross on Communication Strategy

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/02/04

My guest Marc Ross is aa senior geopolitical strategist and communications executive that helps companies and politicians get their message across. As you’ll hear on the show, Marc specializes in navigating today's interconnected business environment with geopolitical intelligence, strategic planning, economic diplomacy, and communications and has extensive experience with global Fortune 100 companies, trade associations, and national political campaigns in the US and UK. In our discussion, we

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63:01

Ray Blake on Dark Money

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/01/28

What can financial crime teach us about human risk? On this episode, I'm joined by Ray Blake, co-host of "The Dark Money Files," a podcast that examines how the banking system is used by organized crime and corrupt individuals to launder their ill-gotten gains.Since 2015, Ray and his co-host, Graham and Barrow, have been shedding light on the techniques used by criminals to perpetrate financial crime and what people working in banking can do to prevent it.In our discussion, we explore how Ray became

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65:04

Gabriella Braun on Human Risk At Work

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/01/21

What happens when we bring all of ourselves to work? That’s not something we do by choice. As my guest on this episode, Gabriella Braun, explains, we can’t leave part of ourselves at home when we go to work; we will naturally bring all that we are into the workplace.That concept explains the title of Gabriella’s book ‘All That We Are: Uncovering the Hidden Truths Behind Our Behaviour at Work’. It’s an astonishing collection of stories in which she shares insights from over twenty years of taking

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60:48

Professor Sander van der Linden on Misinformation

The Human Risk Podcast ·

2023/01/14

Why do people fall for misinformation, and what can we do to prevent it? On this episode, I’m speaking to Professor Sander van der Linden of Cambridge University. He’s the author of a new book called ‘Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity’. Sander is often referred to as Cambridge University’s Teacher against the Dark Arts. More formally, he’s the Professor of Social Psychology in Society in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the

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