The Behaviour Business Episode 8 - Test Tube Management

Tottenham and England footballer Harry Kane is a global superstar - but as young player he was rejected three times by scouts (including by Tottenham), and nearly quit football altogether. In business, successful recruiting is also notoriously difficult - around two-thirds of all hires are unsuccessful.

Why do behavioural biases so frequently stop us finding - and keeping - the right people for our business (or football team), and how can behavioural science help? And why do US businesses spend an estimated $8bn on unconscious bias training every year, despite little to no evidence that it has any positive impact on increasing diversity?

In this episode, you'll learn about some of the ways 'test tube behaviours' helps us hire and manage more effectively (and fairly), and some of the tools available to do so, from leading experts:

- Lucy Standing, founder of ViewVo, former head of global recruitment for JP Morgan, and vice-chair of the Association for Business Psychology, on why so much business recruitment is ineffective;
- Ben Williams, chair of the Association for Business Psychology and founder of Sten10, on how business psychology can be applied to help find, recruit and motivate the right people - and why some businesses still refuse to do so;
- Kate Glazebrook, co-founder of behavioural science recruitment platform 'Applied', on why training is simply not enough on it's own to increase diversity in recruitment.

If you want to know how to better recruit and manage people in your business - and understand why diversity in recruitment makes your business more effective, and not just fairer - then this podcast is for you.

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