#45: Researching how people actually make decisions with Christian Madsbjerg

Naturalistic Decision Making

Christian is interested in human worlds, human perception and the skill of observation, which is reflected in the diversity of his professional experience. He has been a full time Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School for Social Research; a Senior Fellow at The Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) in Tokyo, Japan and a Distinguished Visitor at The Buffett Center for International Affairs at Northwestern University in Chicago.
He co-founded ReD Associates, a pioneering consultancy with offices in
Copenhagen, Paris, London and New York City, and a health data start-up Lateral Data based in Dallas TX. His board appointments include Chairman of the top-tier architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group: BIG; Independent director of the luxury furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen; Independent director and Nomination/Governance Committee chairman at the battery metals company The Metals Company; Member of the high-end home textiles manufacturer Kvadrat; and Board member at Red Associates Holding. His work has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, and Bloomberg Business week. And he is the author of three books:

The Moment of Clarity - Using the Human Sciences to Solve Your Toughest Business Problems

Sensemaking - The Power of The Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm

And just released:
Look - How to pay attention in a world of distraction.

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Learn more about NDM at NaturalisticDecisionMaking.org.

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Brian Moon

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Laura Militello

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