{"podcast":{"title":"The Human Risk Podcast","slug":"the-human-risk-podcast-1190411","podcast_index_feed_id":1190411,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3550448/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://www.humanriskpodcast.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ca0f55dc4b29e5aa9f38362d45447406.jpg","author":"Human Risk","episode_count":369,"summary":"People are often described as the largest asset in most organisations. They are also the biggest single cause of risk. This podcast explores the topic of 'human risk', or \"the risk of people doing things they shouldn't or not doing things they should\", and examines how behavioural science can help us mitigate it. It also looks at 'human reward', or \"how to get the most out of people\". When we manage human risk, we often stifle human reward. Equally, when we unleash human reward, we often inadvertently increase human risk. To pitch guests please email guest@humanriskpodcast.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-risk-podcast-1190411"},"episode":{"title":"Phil Dobson on Cognitive Leadership","slug":"phil-dobson-on-cognitive-leadership","published_at":"2026-04-04T10:16:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-risk-podcast-1190411/phil-dobson-on-cognitive-leadership","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-risk-podcast-1190411","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/phil-dobson-on-cognitive-leadership--71096468","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71096468/phil_dobson_on_cognitive_leadership.mp3","summary":"We tend to assume that if we’re working hard, we’re working well. But what if that isn’t true? Episode Summary My guest on this episode is Phil Dobson , author of The Brain Book and founder of Brain Workshops , about what he calls 'cognitive leadership': using neuroscience and psychology to help people sustain performance, think more clearly, and navigate uncertainty. Phil explains how a broken ankle led him from music and sales into hypnotherapy, neuroscience, and leadership development, and why he believes most of us are never properly taught how our brains actually work. In a wide-ranging discussion, we explore the difference between productivity and effectiveness, why attention may be our most valuable asset, and how modern working life often undermines flow, creativity, and good decision-making. We also discuss stress, workload, digital distraction, the limits of measurement, and what organisations get wrong when they try to manage people as if more time always equals more value. Discover how leaders can create better conditions for thinking, resilience, creativity, and change; and why understanding the human brain matters far beyond the workplace. Episode Summaruy why most of us are taught far too little about how our brains work Phil’s unusual route from musician to hypnotherapist to neuroscience-based leadership adviser the difference between being productive and being effective why self-employment sharpened Phil’s focus on impact rather than activity how experimentation, iteration, and reflection shape better ways of working the distinction between fun and fulfilment flow states and why modern life makes them harder to access the growing importance of attention in a world of distraction why stress management has to include workload management, not just breathi…","meta_description":"We tend to assume that if we’re working hard, we’re working well. But what if that isn’t true? Episode Summary My guest on this episode is Phil Dobson , a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4170,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-human-risk-podcast-1190411/episodes/phil-dobson-on-cognitive-leadership/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-risk-podcast-1190411/phil-dobson-on-cognitive-leadership.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}