Episodes
Professor Camilla Andersen on Comicbook Contracts
Feb. 11, 2022
How can comic books reduce human risk? We've all seen airline safety cards that use imagery to communicate complex messages in a simple to understand way. So why couldn't we use that same logic for legal contracts? That's …
Dr Zoe Chance on Influence
Feb. 6, 2022
How can we become more influential? That’s a question that fascinates my guest on this episode, Dr Zoe Chance. She teaches a course on it at Yale and has just published a new book called Influence Is Your Superpower: The …
Gill Kernick on The Grenfell Tower Disaster — Part Two
Jan. 27, 2022
This episode is the second part of my discussion with Gill Kernick about the Grenfell Tower Disaster and the broader lessons we can draw from it. In the previous episode, Gill and I talked about Grenfell. I recommend li…
Gill Kernick on The Grenfell Tower Disaster — Part One
Jan. 21, 2022
What can we learn from the UK's largest residential fire since World War Two, in which 72 people died? The Grenfell Tower disaster happened in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, one of London's wealthiest areas. As a…
Nick Wallis on The Great Post Office Scandal
Jan. 15, 2022
How did the Post Office deliver one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history? My guest Nick Wallis, is a journalist and radio presenter who has written a book called The Great Post Office Scandal which ex…
Dr Sarah Tischer on Sustainable Compliance
Jan. 7, 2022
What does Sustainability have to do with Compliance? On this episode, I’m speaking to a Compliance innovator that has combined both. Dr Sarah Tischler is Head of Compliance for NKG, the world’s largest coffee trading comp…
Sebastian Boo on Kindness
Jan. 2, 2022
What is kindness and why does it matter? One of my New Year's resolutions for 2022 is to be kinder to others. So, in this episode, I'm learning more about what being kind means — spoiler alert, it doesn't mean always being…
Alex Chesterfield & Ali Goldsworthy on Depolarisation
Dec. 28, 2021
Why do we live in such a polarised world and what can we do to minimise the dynamic? On this episode, I’m joined by Alex Chesterfield and Ali Goldsworthy, two of the co-authors of a book called Poles Apart - Why People Tur…
Béatrice Otto on Fools
Dec. 19, 2021
What do fools have to do with managing human risk? On the face of it, they’re likely to be a driver, rather than a solution. But when we use the term to describe in the context of court jesters, then the answer might be ve…
Josh Berry on Comedy, Satire & Impressions — Part Two
Dec. 15, 2021
This episode is the second part of my discussion with comedian & impressionist Josh Berry. If you haven't yet listened to the first part, I recommend you do that, before listening to this. You'll find Part One here:...
Josh Berry on Comedy, Satire & Impressions — Part One
Dec. 10, 2021
What can comedy teach us about human decision-making? That’s something that my guest on this episode Josh Berry, knows all about. He’s a comedian, impressionist and satirist — though as you’ll hear on the episode, he’s not…
Christian Harris on Slips, Trips & Falls
Dec. 4, 2021
How can we prevent people from falling over and injuring themselves? What sounds like a simple challenge, is actually a major issue. In a normal year, over 300,000 people in the UK alone have to go going to hospital after sl…
Colin Pereira on reporting in fragile environments
Nov. 27, 2021
How can we manage risk and keep people safe in fragile environments? My guest Colin Pereira is Director at HP Risk Management, a consultancy that assists media organisations operating in challenging environments. Since the …
Mary Shirley on Women In Compliance
Nov. 21, 2021
How can diversity help make Compliance functions more effective? My guest, Mary Shirley is a compliance professional who has been working to promote women in compliance. She’s the co-host of The Great Women in Compliance p…
Pete Dyson on making transport more human
Nov. 10, 2021
How can we make transport more human? On this episode, I'm exploring the human risk dynamics of transport — both from the perspective of the traveller, but also from the perspective of those who run and design transport net…
Professor Ian McCarthy on the business of being counter-intuitive
Oct. 23, 2021
How can counter-intuitive thinking help us to make better business decisions? It’s something that Professor Ian McCarthy explores in his research. Ian has been on the show before, talking about his research Into workpla…
Dane McCarrick on Home Advantage
Oct. 16, 2021
What impact do crowds have on football ⚽️games? Is there such a thing as 'home advantage'? It's a question that is of interest to those of us who watch the sport, but also to non-sports fans because it helps us to understand…
Michael Walford-Williams on Ethical Hacking of Human Controls
Oct. 9, 2021
How can we assess the level of human risk we’re running in a control framework? Unlike technology, humans aren’t always reliable and how they behave under pressure may well be different to how they behave in normal situatio…
Professor Vanessa Bohns on Influence
Oct. 3, 2021
Why do we sometimes find ourselves feeling unable to influence other people? If you've ever found yourself thinking you're ineffective, invisible or inarticulate, then you're not alone. We've all experienced it. But what …
Taylor Edwards on Selling Compliance
Sept. 25, 2021
What can Compliance learn from Sales? On the face of it, they're very different things: sales is about persuading customers to buy a service or product, whereas Compliance is about telling employees what to do or not do. Ye…
Jean-Marc Le Tissier on Communities
Sept. 15, 2021
How can building a community help business? That's what my guest Jean-Marc Le Tissier helps me to understand on this episode. We're all familiar with the idea of a community, in terms of where we live, but how might it b…
Mark Bowden on communicating effectively in a virtual environment
Sept. 2, 2021
How can we communicate more effectively in a virtual environment? My guest Mark Bowden is a body language expert who is well known for advising senior business leaders, celebrities and politicians on how to present themsel…
Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir on Responses to Refugees
Aug. 22, 2021
What determines how we individually react to refugees? That’s the question that my guest on this episode, Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir, has explored in her PhD. Nihan is originally from Turkey and came to the UK to study at …
Alastair Thomson on Creative Accountancy
Aug. 16, 2021
What is Creative Accountancy? That's what I'm exploring on this episode. It's a term I've invented — a deliberate play on the term 'Creative Accounting' — to describe the approach which my guest Alastair Thomson adapts to h…