Naturalistic Decision Making Episode #25: Interview with Simon Henderson
Date: 1/29/2021
Show Description:
Simon Henderson is an independent deception consultant working in the UK and the US. His career has involved researching, teaching, and consulting on deception, counter-deception, information operations and cyber operations within a variety of government, military, and law enforcement organisations. He is passionate about novel and pro-social applications of these fields.
Learn more about Simon’s work:
Evaluationof the counter fake-news game, Harmony Square
Immersive theatre company, Punchdrunk
Learn more about NDM:
NaturalisticDecisionMaking.org
Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
Where to find hosts Brian Moon and Laura Militello:
Timestamps:
Simon’s early path to a career in deception [1:15]
First exposure to NDM [5:54]
Proposing to apply magic and deception skills to military [20:59]
The technique of misdirection in deception [24:42]
Nuances of using deception on experts [32:31]
One question that could determine if someone is a magician [41:51]
Differences between observing and performing magic [47:58]
Outlook for the next 15 years and details about Simon’s blog and book [51:48]
Two truths and a lie [1:02:55]