Episode 19. The Art of Self-Transformation

<p>"Just take an example from the book “Not Knowing”, we talked about the “Thinking Fast And Slow” work by Daniel Kahneman and he talks about over 100 unconscious biases from primacy bias, recency, confirmation bias etc. He says if you think you have reasons for your beliefs you're probably mistaken and an example from chess … to be a grandmaster generally you have very high cognitive abilities … and they can think roughly around 15 moves ahead. That's a lot of moves ahead to hold in in your mind but they play in a game with fixed and predictable rules. Whereas we're operating in a world now where people are acting rationally and irrationally, predictably and unpredictably, so it's impossible that one person can have all the answers or know." Steven D'Souza talked to me about the illusion of control in Episode 19 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.</p> <p>Steven is an educator, consultant and the author of four best-selling books. His new book “Not Being – The Art of Self-Transformation” was published recently. “Not Being” completes a trilogy of books which started with “Not Knowing” and was followed by “Not Doing”.</p> <p>Previously he ran his own company, Deeper Learning Ltd, a global executive education consultancy. He was also an Associate Professor of IE Business School, an Associate Fellow of Said Business School at the University of Oxford, and Leadership Consulting and Coaching for INSEAD. His clients have ranged from individuals and small charities to some of the world's top business schools and global companies, including Accenture, Barclays, BT and Goldman Sachs.</p> <p>He has also been recognised by www.Thinkers50.com on their 'Radar'​ and 'Thinker of the Month' for August 2015, which is dedicated to the leading management thinkers globally. And was placed on their RADAR list dedicated to the new generation of thinkers most likely to challenge management practice. HR Magazine named him one of the top 30 'Most Influential' thinkers in HR globally.</p> <p>I had a great conversation with Ste