The Human Risk Podcast

How can Behavioural Science help with design? On this episode, I speak with Dr Amy Bucher who is the VP of Behavior Change Design at Mad*Pow, a purpose–driven strategic design agency in Boston She's the author of a new book called Engaged: Designing for Behavior Change 👉 https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/engaged-designing-for-behavior-change/Amy crafts engaging and motivating experiences that help people change behaviors that contribute to physical, mental, and financial health and well–being. This involves planning and conducting research and translating insights into strategy and requirements for products and end–to–end experiences spanning digital and real–world components. Previously, Amy worked on behavior change products in–house at CVS Health, Johnson & Johnson, and HealthMedia, and has prior healthcare industry agency experience working for Big Communica¬tions on an innovation team. Amy received her A.B. from Harvard University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Amy tweets at @amybphd and when she's not spending her writing energy on a book, blogs at amybphd.com.In our discussion, we explore how she got into BeSci and her thoughts on how we can change people's behavior.

On this, the 50th episode of the podcast, I'm speaking with Professor Charles Spence who heads the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at Oxford University. He is interested in how people perceive the world around them. In particular, how our brains manage to process the information from each of our different senses (such as smell, taste, sight, hearing, and touch) to form the extraordinarily rich multisensory experiences that fill our daily lives. In our discussion, we explore how the way our food and drink is presented to us, impacts the way it tastes. I first learned of Charles' work while reading this research on wine (https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-020-00225-6) and we explore this in our discussion.We also touch on a range of other fascinating issues.This episode is most definitely best enjoyed with a glass of wine in hand.For more on the Crossmodal Laboratory and its research, visit their website: https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/research/crossmodal-research-laboratory

On this episode, I speak with Dr. Nick Hobson of The Behaviorist. Not only does he hold a PhD in Behavioral Science, but he's also the host of a wonderful podcast. In our discussion, we explore (to paraphrase the name of his podcast) a load of BS.Nick's website - https://www.behaviorist.biz/His podcast - https://www.behaviorist.biz/bspodcast

On this episode, I speak with Melina Palmer, host of The Brainy Business podcast.Melina uses Behavioural Science to help everyone from global corporations to entrepreneurs understand the psychology of why people buy, unlocking the secrets of small changes that make a big difference via her podcast, public speaking, and column on Inc.com. She specialises in messaging, branding, advertisements, pricing and products that are more “brain-friendly".The Brainy Business Website - https://www.thebrainybusiness.comThe Brainy Business Podcast - https://thebrainybusiness.com/podcast/Melina's articles on Inc.com - https://www.inc.com/author/melina-palmer

On this episode, I speak with Florentin Blanc who is a Senior Policy Analyst at the OECD. In his work, he explores the effectiveness of regulation. Recently he has been looking at how different countries have responded to COVID-19 and in our discussion, we look at what has worked well and what hasn't. Not only is this of interest to each of us as citizens, but it is also helpful from a Human Risk perspective, as we can learn from what works (and doesn't) in this context and look to deploy the findings in other contexts.You can read two of Florentin's most recent papers on this here: https://oecdonthelevel.com/2020/05/12/enforcing-social-distancing-assessing-what-works-and-what-doesnt/https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=131_131923-jisarlbai9&title=Regulatory-Quality-and-COVID-19-Managing-the-Risk-sand-Supporting-the-Recovery

This episode is a cross-cast of Episode 10 of the Breaking The Fever Podcast.It features JS Nelson, Associate Professor of Law at Villanova University, Pennsylvania who speaks about her work on surveillance, management culture, and compliance. The workplace has seen a striking acceleration of surveillance-led management over the past several years, and the pandemic has given these efforts more momentum. Nelson described why surveillance can often be counterproductive to effective organizational culture, human agency, and human rights, defending the imperative to resist unnecessary surveillance.My thanks to Jerome Tagger & Alison Taylor, the hosts of Breaking The Fever for allowing me to share this episode with you.To subscribe to Breaking The Fever, search for Breaking The Fever on your podcast platform of choice or visit the podcast website: https://www.spreaker.com/show/breaking-the-fever For more on the webinars, join the LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12383430/You can also follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/breaking_fever

In this episode I speak to Dr. Grace Lordan who is an Associate Professor in behavioural science at the London School of Economics. She is an economist by background, and her research is focused on understanding why some individuals succeed over others because of factors beyond their control. In this regard, she has expertise on the effects of unconscious bias, discrimination and technology changes. Grace is also interested in using the techniques of behavioural science to design interventions for firms to promote good conduct, diversity and inclusion and curb biases that creep into high stakes decision making.For more on Inclusion In The City - http://www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?id=4852And for the report on Virtual Inclusion - http://www.lse.ac.uk/PBS/Research/tii/virtual-inclusion-in-the-city

What can a comedian, travel writer and hidden camera TV star teach us about human risk? A lot. On this episode, I speak to comedian and travel writer Dom Joly to gain his insights. We explore the psychology of hidden camera television, the behavioural aspects of travelling and look at the dynamics of satire in the current environment.You can find more information about Dom and his work on his website www.domjoly.tv and do follow him on Twitter (https://twitter.com/domjoly) & Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/realdomjoly). Details of his Trigger Happy TV watchalong are shared on his social media feeds. On the show we refer to:- Trigger Happy TV (https://domjoly.tv/dvd/).- Dom's books including The Dark Tourist & The Hezbollah Hiking Club (https://domjoly.tv/books/)- His Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Ed4tzUWK1XtvDHT4n9C8D?si=F0HURGKQQ1mBPYsXp3y6UwWe also mention Matt Lucas' rendition of a speech by UK PM Boris Johnson (https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-matt-lucas-video-mocking-boris-johnsons-speech-to-the-nation-goes-viral-11986438) and Sarah Cooper who does something similar for Donald Trump (https://twitter.com/sarahcpr)

On this episode, I speak with Behavioural Science (BeSci) guru and Advertising expert Rory Sutherland. He's the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and the founder of its BeSci practice. He's also a prolific thought-leader on the subject. It might seem surprising to have an Ad Man talking about Compliance, but as you'll discover, he's got some highly relevant (and entertaining) insights!On the podcast, we mention:Nudgestock, the Ogilvy BeSci festival on 12th June - www.nudgestock.co.ukRory's book 'Alchemy' - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/110/1108430/alchemy/9780753556504.htmlYou can see his TED Talks here: https://www.ted.com/speakers/rory_sutherland?language=en

On this episode, I speak with Professor Benjamin van Rooij who specialises in exploring the impact Laws have on Human Behaviour. He's recently been doing some research into the impact of COVID regulations in a number of jurisdictions. We discuss what he's discovered thus far and what he thinks the future of Compliance under COVID could look like. He also highlights the factors that determine whether or not people are compliant and what governments can do to make things more effective. This is an incredibly timely, highly informative episode on a topic I'm sure we'll be returning to.Some of the research Benjamin refers to in the show:Policing Pollution: Regulating the Chemical Industry: https://crg.aic.gov.au/reports/8-92.pdfStrangers In Their Own Land: https://thenewpress.com/books/strangers-their-own-landHis article for The Hill on Social Distancing: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/495287-until-theres-a-cure-social-distancing-will-have-to-continueHis article on Lockdown: https://theconversation.com/how-to-keep-up-social-distancing-after-lockdown-138370Finally a link to his website: https://www.uva.nl/profiel/r/o/b.vanrooij/b.vanrooij.html?cbYou can also find him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benfuzi