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When size matters at work: Dunbar's number

When size matters at work: Dunbar's number

FromThis Working Life


When size matters at work: Dunbar's number

FromThis Working Life

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Aug 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Have you heard of the Dunbar number? It’s the number of social connections one person can maintain at any one time. It turns out that this also plays out at work. How is Robin Dunbar’s  research relevant for your workplace?What are the optimum numbers for teams and factories? How important are social connections and friendships at work, and how do these affect our productivity?Guest:Robin Dunbar is professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford. He wrote Friends: Understanding the Power of Our Most Important Relationships and his new book, The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful Groups, comes out next year.
Released:
Aug 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Lisa Leong helps you navigate your way through the tough times, looking for the sunshine and the humanity in the world of work. From the quirky to the somewhat controversial, experts in the world of work and business share their ideas, experiments and fast fails, that you can apply to your own career. We’re cheaper than therapy and more fun than LinkedIn, think of us as your digital water cooler.