“The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance”, Steven Kotler
If you look at the image, it takes only a small effort to see the contours of a Dalmatian sniffing the ground. However, here is the point, without the previously stored higher-level concept “dog”, if we were only to use “the parts”, we would see only a meaningless pattern of white and black dots. We would focus on the parts and miss the big picture.
Part 2 of this extended episode with Eric Maisel, the author of “The Magic of Sleep Thinking: How to Solve Problems, Reduce Stress, and Increase Creativity While You Sleep”
The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation with Timothy Clark
We welcome the author of “The Creator Mindset: 92 Tools to Unlock the Secrets to Innovation, Growth, and Sustainability” Nir Bashan
One in ten French people still believe the earth may be flat;
One-quarter of Australians think that cavemen and dinosaurs existed at the same time;
One in nine Brits think the 9/11 attacks were a US government conspiracy;
15 per cent of Americans believe that the media or government adds secret mind-controlling signals to television transmissions.
Our main interest is not niche stupidity or minority belief in conspiracies, but much more general and widespread misperceptions about individual, social and political realities.
Do you eat too much sugar?
Is violence in the world increasing or decreasing?
What proportion of your country are Muslim?
What does it cost to raise a child?
How much do we need to save for retirement?
How much tax do the rich pay?
When we estimate the answers to these fundamental questions that directly affect our lives, we tend to be vastly wrong, irrespective of how educated we are.
Today’s book – informed by over ten exclusive major polling studies by IPSOS across 40 countries – asks why in the age of the internet, where information should be more accessible than ever, we remain so poorly informed.
It is a pleasure to welcome the author of The Perils of Perception: Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything, Bobby Duffy, welcome to the show.
Deaf Frog Story and Reinvention
We welcome the author of Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz, Frank Barrett to share innovation and leadership lessons from Jazz.
Straying Across Swim lanes, The FunSaver Effect
Geoffrey West’s research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything, from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses.