Dr Grace Lordan on Thinking Big - how Behavioural Science can help us plan for the future

How can Behavioural Science help us to better plan for the future? That's the subject of a new book by Dr Grace Lordan, who is my guest on this episode. In Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want, she explores how Behavioural Science can get us closer to to the life we’d like to live.Whether you fantasise about changing industry, landing a big promotion, writing a screenplay, setting up your own company or starting your own podcast (a terrible idea by the way 😉) Think Big has some practical Behavioural Science infused ideas for how to go about it. In our discussion, we explore how she came to write the book and what she learned from writing it.For more on Thing Big 👀👉https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/315/315350/think-big/9780241420164.htmlGrace is the Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative, Director of the MSc in Behavioural Science and an Associate Professor in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. For more about her 👉https://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/People/Dr-Grace-LordanGrace previously appeared on the podcast in these episodes:Cognitive Diversity & Privilege 🎧 👉 https://www.podpage.com/the-human-risk-podcast/dr-grace-lordan-on-privilege-cognitive-diversity/Inclusion 🎧 👉 https://www.podpage.com/the-human-risk-podcast/dr-grace-lordan-on-inclusion/

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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 inadvertently increase human risk.