

Coburn Ventures Podcast
Brynne Thompson
Conversations on investing, change and decision making.
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Mar 27, 2020 • 30min
#2: Dr. Morris Pickens: “Leadership in Times of Crisis”
Right now we are in the midst of the COVID-19 virus arriving in Europe and the United States, and as leaders we are called to quickly reorient to managing and leading with confidence during this time. To help navigate this, we called up Morris Pickens, or “Dr. Mo” as his golfers call him, and to us, “Mo”, for his take. Mo is a sports psychologist and Performance Enhancement Specialist at Sea Island Golf, and personal sports psychologist to many PGA golfers. Mo’s job is to help golfers understand their emotions, refine their practice, and design a preparation routine for the best performance possible. As you might expect, he has a few thoughts on leadership in this particular time that applies to all of us: investors, business owners, entrepreneurs and family members.... In this conversation, I hope you’ll listen for a few gems from Mo, like “talk like a grand-dad would”, and “attitude is contagious, its just a matter of whether yours is worth catching”.
At the end, there’s a special bonus on one of the ways Mo is adapting for his golfers as they now find themselves in the midst of an unwelcome off-season.

Mar 21, 2020 • 36min
#1: Investing Biases: “Type II Error Avoidance Behavior”
From Coburn Ventures, a conversation with Brynne Thompson and Pip Coburn on what Type II Error Avoidance Behavior is, what to do to identify it in your work and how to use investment process and to mitigate it.