176. Reframing Annoying Disruptions to Support Innovation, with Adam Hansen, coauthor of Outsmart Your Instincts

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have you ever had a disruption in your routine – moving to a new house, taking a new route to work – and found yourself exhausted every day? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is common when our habits are upended (the subconscious can’t use its rules anymore so your conscious is having to do a lot more work!). And while it may feel annoying, this is also a great opportunity to innovate and change your life for the better. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, I’m joined by Adam Hansen, VP of behavioral innovation at Ideas To Go and coauthor of</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/3ixFTIt"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Outsmart Your Instincts</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">who happened to be in the midst of a move, so we talk about how to reframe an annoying disruption in habits to make it work for you. We also discuss the curse of knowledge and how it impacts businesses, risks of omission versus risks of commission, and other fun behavioral goodness sprinkled throughout (including my new favorite term of being an “omnivore of information”). Listen now...</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:07] In today’s episode, I’m excited to introduce you to Adam Hansen, VP of behavioral innovation at Ideas To Go and coauthor of</span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/3ixFTIt"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Outsmart Your Instincts</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:18] Adam shares about himself and his background. He always knew that innovation would be part of his career. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[05:18] When working on the book, they started looking at all the cognitive biases to figure out which ones were causing most of the mayhem in innovation. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:16] If you adopt the behavioral innovation approach, you can see three to f