Episode #6: Interview with Julie Gore

Naturalistic Decision Making

Date: 5/15/2020

Show Description:

“Today we welcome Julie Gore. Julie Gore is a Reader in Organizational Psychology, at the School of Management, University of Bath in the UK. She is a Chartered Psychologist and Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Her research focus is on the psychology of expertise and Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) across a range of professions working under uncertainty. She is Associate Editor for Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and serves on the boards of the British Journal of Management and Frontiers in Organizational Psychology. Julie is also an academic advisor for Nasdaq’s Behavioural Science Lab. Dr Gore received one of the world’s first NDM PhD degrees in Applied Cognitive Psychology from Oxford Brookes University, UK.”

Where to find Julie’s work:

The Oxford Handbook of Expertise

The University of Bath

Naturalistic Decision Making and Uncertainty

Naturalistic decision making: navigating uncertainty in complex sociotechnical work

SPRITE+

Learn more about NDM:

NaturalisticDecisionMaking.org

Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making

Where to find hosts Brian Moon and Laura Militello:

Brian’s website

Brian’s LinkedIn

Brian’s Twitter

Laura’s website

Laura’s LinkedIn

Laura’s Twitter

Timestamps:

Experience as one of the first NDM PhD program participants [1:46]

How Julie initially heard about NDM [3:03]

Julie's PhD research question [3:55]

Discoveries made during PhD research [5:18]

Advice for young NDM PhD students [6:15]

Common barriers students need help managing [8:02]

Surprises and concerns about today's generation of NDM researchers [10:10]

Examples of PhD students whose perspectives have been transformed by NDM models [12:05]

Making space for NDM research papers in journals and publications [14:52]

Nature of Julie's work with NASDAQ [16:32]

Exciting research on decision-making ethics and accountability in the digital space [19:23]

Organizations' and outsiders’ attitudes toward NDM [23:17]

Showcasing the utility of NDM methods [25:18]

A particularly rewarding project [27:10]

An explanation of "adaptive expertise" [29:12]

Opportunities to advance NDM in the context of today's novel circumstances [32:37]

Three people who influenced Julie's career [33:47]

Influences from outside NDM [34:43]

Changes in the NDM community [36:35]

One question that can determine if someone is an NDM researcher [37:30]

Directions for future research [39:37]

Two truths and a lie [41:02]