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When size matters at work: Dunbar's number
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Aug 28, 2022
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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
Titles in the series (100)
Biohacking your way to your best work: Cryotherapy, sleep apps and binaural beats, are just some or the more than 20 hacks Lisa Leong uses to perform her best at work. Are they useful or a complete waste of time and or money? We recruited three scientists to run the research filter over these hacks. DR SHONA HALSON is a leading exercise recovery scientist who has been part of three Olympic campaigns, she sorts the fact from fiction when it comes to cryotherapy. DR SIOBHAN BANKS, neuroscientist and sleep researcher from the University of South Australia, reviews wearable sleep apps and developmental neuroscientist from Monash University DR HANNAH KIRK debunks binaural beats for increasing focus. Lisa's fellow biohackers for high performance at work include DIANNE MCGRATH (Mars One astronaut candidate) and entrepreneur and non-executive director CATHERINE ROBSON. by This Working Life