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Hosted by Bruce Whitfield · society · EN · 21 episodes
The internet tells us we make 35 000 decisions every day. To increase our chances of making the right ones, The Art of Deciding asks people who make big decisions to reveal a little of how they do it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe internet tells us we make 35 000 decisions every day. To increase our chances of making the right ones, The Art of Deciding asks people who make big decisions to reveal a little of how they do it.
The Art of Deciding is hosted by Bruce Whitfield. The show has published 21 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Arjun Raghavan - CEO of Partners Capital" (25 June 2025, 26 minutes), "François Ortalo-Magné - former Dean of The London Business School" (11 June 2025, 26 minutes), and "The Power of And" (28 May 2025, 16 minutes).
The Art of Deciding publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 21 episodes.
Booking probability for The Art of Deciding is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Art of Deciding requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Art of Deciding's contact route on record: verified email.
Bruce Whitfield hosts The Art of Deciding, a society show with 21 episodes published.
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Episode #20
<p>Would you take a pay cut for the career you want? Would you even take two? And what if the world's default position is actually chaos? How do we make decisions then? Arjun Raghavan is CEO of Partners Capital, making...
Episode #19
<p>How do you steer one of the world's most prestigious business schools through a global pandemic? What is a "leadership script"? And what happens when Bruce is introduced to "success squared"? François Ortalo Magné...
Episode #18
<p>Can one word change your life? Bruce thinks so. In this solo episode he unpacks a deceptively simple but transformative idea. Drawing from personal insight, academic influence, and examples from previous episodes...
Episode #17
<p> </p><p>ACAST NOTES</p><p>Money doesn’t exist. Economics isn’t about equations, it’s about us. Irish economist, David McWilliams, talks about the invention of money, how it drives our choices and how to make better...
Episode #16
<p>Warren Buffet’s current net worth is around $165 billion. Have you ever wondered what makes him the most successful investment decision-maker in the world? This time every year, thousands of finance professionals...
Episode #15
<p>Jeremy Vine is one the UK's most popular presenters. Millions of people tune in to hear him – and talk to him - on Channel 5 and BBC Radio 2 every day. He opens up about some of the many decisions he’s made during a...
Episode #14
<p>“The more successful you are the more vulnerable you are to bias”. Nuala Walsh has identified 200 biases that affect all our decisions! In her book Tune In: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World she explores...
Episode #13
<p>US President, Donald Trump, took office exactly two months ago on the day this goes live. His decisions have got some people seriously worried – including Harvard Law Professor, Cass Sunstein. He recently warned...
Episode #12
<p>The Booker Prize is the biggest literary award in the world. It can change lives and make careers. But who decides which is the best book? How do you take a collection of subjective opinions and choose a winner? Sara...
Episode #11
<p>Have you stopped remembering routes because you’ve got Google maps? Would you rely on Chat GPT for advice on how to split up with your partner? Should you say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to Alexa? We have some...
Episode #10
<p>What is the ideal number of people to involve in a collective decision? What do we need to be happy - and effective - in a group? Why should more companies have pubs?</p><p>Professor Robin Dunbar is Professor of...
Episode #9
<p>“Be brilliant for ten minutes a day.” Is that enough? It’s worked for award-winning West End and Broadway producer, Colin Ingram who spends his life making multi-million-pound decisions about what audiences are going...
Episode #8
<p>New Year, new decisions to make? Here is a collection of the best pieces of decision-making advice from The Art of Deciding so far - all designed to make 2025 your year of making the right choices. More episodes...
Episode #7
<p>The Art of Deciding is just six episodes old and already having an impact. As we wrap up 2024, here are just some of the life-changing lessons we've learned so far. The Art of Deciding is back mid-January with more...
Episode #6
<p>On 22 July 2011, Anders Behring Breivik blew up Norway’s government buildings. He then travelled 23 miles to the island of Utoya where, posing as a policeman, he shot everyone he saw. By the end of the day 77 people...
Episode #5
<p>Liv Boeree made the wrong decision in the grand finale of a TV poker game show and lost £100 000. But it didn’t put her off, and she went on to become one of the all-time most successful female players in the world...
Episode #4
<p>Karan Bilimoria was a Cambridge law student when he discovered that the UK just didn’t have the right beer for his favourite curry. Ignoring his degree and his family’s military background, he decided to solve the...
Episode #3
<p>When he was a young, bored accountant in Cape Town, Brad Fried decided to ring up Jim Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank to get some career advice. He figured - what’s the worst that could happen? Brad went on...
Episode #2
<p>Sharmadean Reid was a talented design student who loved technology - and getting her nails done. Now she’s one of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs. What decisions took her from founding the smash hit brand WAH...
Episode #1
<p>Some sources say a Jack Reacher book is sold every nine seconds, some say twenty. Either way, Lee Child is one of the most commercially successful authors ever. But he never intended to be a writer! What decisions...
Recent guests on The Art of Deciding. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
author of "Tune In, How To Make Smarter Decisions In A Noisy World", MindEquity
law professor, former administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, co-author of Nudge, Harvard Law School
Booker Prize judge, award-winning author
Legendary Evolutionary Behavioral Scientist, University of Oxford
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