Nassim Nicholas Taleb on individual and collective behaviour
June 2nd, 2010 | Published in 360 Degree Feedback, 360 appraisal, Feedback, Giving 360 Degree Feedback, Leadership skills, Management skills, Measuring Performance, Strengths based 360, Team Performance, appraisal, motivation, positive psychology
In this video interview in today’s Guardian, the author of The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb has some very interesting things to say about power, knowledge, beliefs and behaviours.Â
From a workplace point of view, we see that people behave differently on their own, within their team, within the organisation, and then collectively, as an organisation, interacting with the outside world.   Collective beliefs and behaviours have a big influence on the individual, so when we’re looking to make individual or organisational change happen, we need to analyse and understand what those collective beliefs and behaviours are, and how they are skewing the behaviours of individuals.Â
Maybe if we’d done that with the banking sector a few years ago, we could have avoided some of the consequences of the actions and groupthink that have led to the current economic problems.
