A Cognitive Analysis of COVID-19 I
As an extra to Christian's Behavioural Science series, in this video Christian examines the world's largest behavioural science experiment, also known as, COVID-19. He discusses how it has highlighted weaknesses in our mental models, and why we didn't see it coming.
Overview
COVID-19 has caused significant disruption to our lives and ways of working. Yet in many respects, it was entirely predictable. This session explores the inherent contradiction in this way of thinking and how each of us categorises different types of risk.
Key learning objectives:
Understand why COVID-19 was entirely predictable and yet feels unprecedented.
Learn the differences between, ’Known Knowns’, ‘Known Unknowns’,’Unknown Unknowns’ and ‘Ignored Unknowns’ when it comes to the risks we face
Discover the techniques we use to minimise our fears of the dangers we face.
Summary
Expert
Christian Hunt
Christian is the founder of Human Risk, a Behavioural Science led Consulting and Training Firm. Previously, Christian was Managing Director at UBS, and Head of Behavioural Science (BeSci), within the Bank’s Risk function. Prior to joining UBS, he was Chief Operating Officer at the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority.
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