This episode’s guest is Chris Hess. Chris happens to be a friend of mine from way back in my high school days. He, like me, has created an international career. And he is also based in the UK. I invited him to be a guest on the show because his professional experience and expertise is very interesting,…
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Ep. 201: Chris Hess – On Expertise, Battle Scars, Business, and More
This episode’s guest is Chris Hess. Chris happens to be a friend of mine from way back in my high school days. He, like me, has created an international career. And he is also based in the UK. I invited him to be a guest on the show because his professional experience and expertise is very interesting,…

Ep. 200: Gareth Lock – Decision-Making and Human Factors in Deep Sea Diving
In this episode, we look at decision-making in the world of deep sea diving, a topic that provides us with so many transferable lessons to other domains. It is also a very fun conversation. My guest is Gareth Lock. Gareth is the founder of The Human Diver, an organisation that improves the effectiveness of diving skills…

Ep. 199: Grant Purdy – On Deciding and Why We Need to Drop ‘Risk Management’
In this episode, I have the honour of welcoming Grant Purdy to the show. Grant, for those of you who may not have heard of him, has a 40+ year career in helping decision-makers make great decisions. This has involved enabling great conversations, and providing sufficient certainty to decision-makers in the achievement of their intended outcomes….

Ep. 198: Roger Spitz – How to Thrive on Disruption
Today, we talk about thriving on disruption. My guest is Roger Spitz. Roger is the President of Techisential, an organisation focused on climate and foresight strategy which works with the leadership teams of some of the world’s most prominent organisations. He is also the Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute, and education platform that teaches us…

Ep. 197: Christian Hunt – On Humanising Rules
Today, we have a fabulous conversation with Christian Hunt who is making his third appearance on the show. This time he joins me to talk about his excellent new book Humanising Rules – Bringing Behavioural Science to Ethics and Compliance. The book is all about using practical techniques ‘that work with – rather than against –…
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Inbetweenisode 19 – When Do you Cross the Rubicon? A Useful Technique for Framing Decisions
The Inbetweenisode makes a return! This one is based on this article – https://medium.com/@bcattaneo/when-do-you-cross-the-rubicon-a-useful-technique-to-frame-decisions-e4fcdf6e9da3 Like what you heard? Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/1PjLmK Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-things-risk/the-all-things-risk-podcast Subscribe on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ben-cattaneo Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RiskThings Drop us a note: allthingsrisk@gmail.com _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _…
Inbetweenisode 18: Open Plan Offices Suck – And What to do If You Have to Work in One
It’s no secret that open plan offices suck. This has been confirmed by a recent study from Harvard. Their only redeeming quality is that they’re cheap – great if the only thing that matters to the work that gets done in them is cost. For everything else, they’re terrible. One of the things open plan…
Inbetweenisode 17: Uncertainty, Overcoming Challenges and a 46 km Run
Some thoughts on uncertainty and that special moment when you know you will meet and overcome a tough challenge. That, and my upcoming 46 km run, The46in219. Show notes: My 46 km birthday run – https://the46in219.carrd.co/ David Goggins – https://davidgoggins.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _…
In-betweenisode 16: Decide Like a Human Being
We aren’t robots. Why make decisions like one? Some thoughts on what it means, and how, to make decisions “like a human being”. Show notes: Bruce Lee’s 1971 interview with Pierre Berton; Ruth Chang’s TED talk on how to make hard choices; The microbiome its links to neurobehaviours; Cardiovascular exercise and the brain; The benefits of…
Inbetweenisode 15: What Am I Reading?
We start this episode with an important announcement ? that this is an episode brought to you by Audible. Listeners in the UK and US can get a free 30 day trial to Audible and a free audio book: US listeners: get your free trial and audio book at Audible UK listeners: get your free trial and…