Dan Ariely: Redirecting Misbelief

FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

FranklinCovey

Business, Management

4.9 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Three-time New York Times bestselling author, renowned behavioral economist, and Duke professor Dan Ariely joins On Leadership for a thoughtful discussion on the business case for building cultures of trust inside organizations. Dan shares insights from his extensive research, which shows that factors like employee appreciation, fairness, and psychological safety have a strong correlation with a company's stock market performance. He also discusses the phenomenon of "misbelief,” digging into what makes rational people believe irrational things. Dan delves into the psychology behind the spread of misinformation and offers thoughts on how individuals and businesses can work to combat this troubling trend and restore trust in institutions and basic facts.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Franklin Covey's Twice Weekly podcast on leadership with Scott Miller.
0:16.2	Six years and 450 episodes taped and most of those released on Tuesdays and Fridays where we spotlight
0:24.5	what we think are some of the most influential thought leaders in the world, including
0:28.8	artists and creators and scientists, entrepreneurs, academics, researchers, people from all walks
0:34.6	of life that have uncovered or discovered something or survived something
0:39.4	and live to teach and tell about their insights in the hopes of making you a better leader.
0:46.4	Franklin Covey, of course, is the most trusted leadership firm in the world,
0:50.3	founded in part by our co-founder, the seminal author Dr. Stephen R. Covey, who wrote
0:56.0	the seminal book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. I've been proud that my association
1:00.8	with this firm now is nearly 13 years and tenure, and I've been privileged to host this podcast
1:06.9	as well, where each week we have conversations with the most remarkable people possible.
1:12.3	Today, our guest is a man not without some controversy. He certainly is a best-selling author.
1:20.7	He is a twice PhD-earned professor at Duke. His name is Dan Ariely. He is the James Duke professor of psychology and behavioral
1:31.2	economics at Duke University. His many books have sold countless numbers of copies. His TED talks
1:39.0	have been viewed over 30 million times. And today, we're going to have a conversation on two separate topics. First,
1:45.7	we're going to open a little bit around the business case, if you will, for building engaging
1:50.7	cultures inside organizations. And then we're going to pivot to a riveting topic in one of
1:56.7	his most recent books called Misbelief, very timely for our times in the U.S. right now.
2:03.5	What makes rational people believe irrational things? Dan, welcome to On Leadership.
2:11.6	Lovely to be here. Dan, I'm surprised you aren't in the witness protection program because
2:15.5	you have been on the receiving end of a lot of vitriol and trolls and stalking because of your insights around what makes people
2:23.1	not just become irrational but believe irrational things. And of course, I'm sure, is that a fever pitch
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