Recommended listening this week.
The bottom line: DEI
Psychological insight: Discussion about the herd effect and how companies tend to follow each other; for example, in implementing, or now stepping back from, a focus on DEI policies.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bottom-line/id264340697?i=1000689626084
Behavioural economics and marketing: The Hawthorne effect
Psychological insight: Really straightforward and easy-to-follow summary of the Hawthorne effect.
The Guardian: Baldness
Psychological insight: Interesting discussion about both the psychological effect on the individual who experiences baldness, but also how perceptions of those people are altered when they lose their hair.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626?i=1000689825069
Phil Agnew (Nudge): Tiny nudges
Psychological insight: Several interesting nudges here. I particularly liked the consideration of the licensing effect within a supermarket: We buy fruit and vegetables first, and finish the visit with the less healthy products.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/nudge/id1457621005?i=1000690759056
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