Proper ding dong this week. I have a fabulously enjoyable back-and-forth with the brilliant Professor Rob Briner. At one stage Rob says: ‘If you tell someone – whose favourite thing is organisational culture – and you tell them it’s not a very useful idea – they don’t like it.’ Well, I felt seen. To be…
Sarah O’Connor is a journalist for the Financial Times who specialises in writing about work and the evolution of our jobs. Over the last year or so that has meant a lot of reflection about AI job displacement. In her new book, We Are Not Machines, Sarah reflects on how technological change is reshaping the…
Kate Murphy is the author a new book called Why We Click. It combines the very latest research into interpersonal synchrony – how we form bonds with others. It’s an intriguing read – at times compelling, at times challenging. I chatted to her to understand ‘the bad apple effect’ and her take on whether we…
What if your co-workers actually think you’re great? In this episode, Bruce sits down with Dr. Gillian Sandstrom, a psychology professor and author of Once Upon a Stranger, to unpack “the liking gap” – the proven psychological phenomenon that causes us to systematically underestimate how much people like us. Discover why this social anxiety holds…
A return interview with Dr Pippa Grange, a performance (“regenerative”) psychologist who has worked with the England men’s football team and who has earned the admiration of Brene Brown. I’m always excited to hear from the likes of Pippa, elite practioners who have earned the respect of the most respected high performers in the world….
I saw a post by Professor Rob Briner about the enigma of psychological safety, and in the replies it was discussed that in fact PS isn’t so much an enigma, there’s evidence that it is the output of group identity. It felt important to talk to Katrien Fransen about her work exploring this. This conversation…
Today’s conversation is with Professor Benjamin Laker, someone I’ve long admired for his cutting edge work on the evolution of culture. His article on Meeting Free Days is probably the piece of research I’ve shared the most in the last 5 years. Laker is Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, which is part of…
Daniel Coyle returns to reflect on what has changed since we last spoke. He’s moved attention to an examination of what contributes to us getting a fulfilling experience from work – and life. We talk attention, community and the way that great teams demonstrate ‘group flow’. We also delve into some research by Nick Epley…