About this episode

Matt and Nick discuss the role of luck in decision making with Chengwei Liu, exploring its underestimation and personal experiences.

On this week’s show, Matt and Nick meet Chengwei Liu, professor of strategy and behavioural science at Imperial College, London, to discuss the role of luck in decision making — and why we routinely underestimate it. Chengwei traces his own serendipitous path from consulting in Singapore to a PhD at Cambridge, and explains why so […]

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Ballantine, Chris Weston

Guest: Chengwei Liu

Topics covered

• luck
• decision making
• strategy
• behavioural science
• serendipity

Keywords

• luck
• decision making
• Chengwei Liu
• behavioural science
• strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Imperial College

Places: Singapore, Cambridge

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