Psychology

I had a wonderful discussion with Robin Dunbar and his co-author Tracey Camilleri about the invisible ingredients of human relationships. Specifically the role that hormones, brain-size and time play in the connections we build. It invites us to question whether we could use those forces to make work better?

Robin Dunbar ‘spent the better part of twenty-five years studying the behaviour of wild animals’ He wanted to understand social evolution – his findings changed the basis of social science.

Lisa Feldman Barrett has challenged a lot of the field of neuroscience with her thinking about emotions. Hear her set the record straight on how our brains really work.​

Dr Emma Cohen explains the impact of working with other people.

Touch has become sigmatised by the actions of those who have misused it, to the extent that many of us have become fearful of touching the arm or shoulder of others. But how does our brain read it? And how does it need touch?

Anita Williams Woolley and colleagues wanted to understand what made some teams more effective than others. Her findings challenge our assumptions of good teamwork.

In study after study it is found that our wellbeing depends on the degree that we feel respected by other people. One study found that the attainment off status of its loss was ‘the strongest predictor of long-term positive and negative feelings’ in subjects.

Understanding the gendered nature of friendship helps us understand what we observe in the workplace. Do *you* have a best friend?

Psychotherapist Naomi Shragai gives a mindblowing exploration of how understanding psychology can transform your experience of work.

Michael Morris’s book Tribal covers the codes that bond humans together. It was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year award 2024.

He explains that humans are inspired by peer codes, human codes and ancestor codes when it comes to their behaviour.