James is the founder of Behavioral science practice firm More Than Now. He’s an expert in bringing behavioral science into organizations, and is changing the workplace one experiment at a time. Priya is a co-conspirator behavioural scientist and works closely with James at More Than Now. She is a London School of Economics and Harvard University graduate, and is particularly interested in the field of wellbeing.
Key topics discussed in this episode:
- How James Elfer founded More Than Now
- How Priya got hooked to behavioural science thanks to Danny Kahneman's work
- The power of experimental research within organizations
- The problem with organizational decision making processes
- Solving organizational problems and contributing back to science
- Will your inclusive leadership program work? Test it first
- Redefining our approach to developing leaders
- Marrying goal-setting with the Fresh Start Effect
- Boosting psychological safety across the organization
- Behavioral science to boost talent attraction
- Rethinking unconscious bias training
- Behavioral science jokes!
