PODCAST: ‘The Art of Deciding’ with Bruce Whitfield — episode 9

What is the ideal number of people to involve in a collective decision? What do we need to be happy — and effective — in a group? Why should more companies have pubs?

Robin Dunbar is professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford. He is famous for Dunbar’s number — the limit to the number of meaningful relationships that we can have at any one time (listen to the podcast to find out what it is). 

Sam Rockey is an associate fellow at Saïd Business School — also at Oxford — and a consultant who has helped many multi-nationals improve their performance. Her book (with Tracey Camilleri), The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful Groups, looks at how we function collectively, why we are hard-wired to do so and how to create more powerful organisations — including how we make decisions.

The Art of Deciding is a podcast series by Whitfield. It delves into how successful people make big decisions. BusinessLIVE will publish the newest episodes of the series every second Thursday.

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Catch up with previous episodes:

Episode 1: With Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series

Episode 2: With entrepreneur Sharmadean Reid

Episode 3: With Sir Brad Fried

Episode 4: With Lord Bilimoria

Episode 5: With Liv Boeree

Episode 6: With Asbjørn Rachlew

Episode 7: Best of season 1

Episode 8: With Colin Ingram