The Complexity of Human Behaviour with Margaret Heffernan
From Leadership BITES by Guy Bloom | Living Brave Leadership
November 9, 2025 · 1h 2m · Season 1 · Episode 150
About this episode
Guy Bloom interviews Margaret Heffernan about the complexities of human behaviour and the importance of embracing uncertainty.
In this episode I sit down with author, entrepreneur and thought-leader Margaret Heffernan to explore two of her seminal ideas: the hidden dangers of conforming to systems that blind us to obvious truths (from her book Willful Blindness) and the vital importance of embracing uncertainty, especially through the lens of writers, artists and creatives (from her latest work Embracing Uncertainty). We talk about how organisations and individuals get stuck in the comfort of predictability, wh...
People in this episode
Host: Guy Bloom
Guest: Margaret Heffernan
Topics covered
- human behaviour
- conformity
- uncertainty
- creativity
- organizational behavior
Keywords
- human behaviour
- conformity
- uncertainty
- creativity
- organizational behavior
- Willful Blindness
- Embracing Uncertainty
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Willful Blindness, Embracing Uncertainty
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