Episode 57

Apr 24, 2024

Episode Outline:

Understanding decision making in the workplace is almost like the holy grail. What we want is for our colleagues to make better decisions, but for this to happen we need to take a few steps back. Decision making in the workplace takes place in the context of the organisational culture.

Often when we talk to people about organisational culture, they see culture as something so big that it becomes too overwhelming to think about. Instead, they prefer to take the path of least resistance, focusing on awareness and driving behaviour. However, behavioural science keeps pointing to the fact that individuals need to feel involved in policy creation if buy-in and actual behavioural change is to occur.

But, won’t this take too much time?

How can an organisation possibly gain buy-in from all their employees?

Interestingly, the amount of interaction that people need in order to feel that they are involved is probably a lot less than you think…

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