Believing Her Boss Who Said a "Safe Space" Was Indeed Safe: Nika Kabiri

<p>Co-author of the book <a href="https://amzn.to/3tFvnlq"><em>Money off the Table: Decision Science and the Secret to Smarter Investing</em></a>.</p> <p>Show notes: <a href="//co-author of the book Money off the Table: Decision Science and the Secret to Smarter Investing.">https://www.markgraban.com/mistake67</a> (go there to enter to win a free signed copy of her book)</p> <p>My guest for Episode #67 is <a href="https://www.nikakabiri.com/">Nika Kabiri</a>, who describes herself as a “forward thinking, science-loving entrepreneur, author, public speaker, teacher, and researcher.” She's a decision scientist, who has her firm <a href="https://www.kabiriconsulting.com/">Kabiri Consulting</a>, is on the<a href="https://commlead.uw.edu/team/kabiri/"> faculty at the University of Washington Department of Communication</a>, and is co-author of the book <a href="https://amzn.to/3tFvnlq"><em>Money off the Table: Decision Science and the Secret to Smarter Investing</em></a>.</p> <p>Nika has a PhD in sociology and, while she earned the JD degree, she's not an “attorney” (that was my mistake in the episode — oops!!). She has over twenty years of experience studying how people make decisions in a variety of contexts, from business to politics to relationships, and she's an active writer with a lot of great insights to share. You can also find her at <a href="https://www.yournextdecision.com/">YourNextDecision.com</a>.</p> <p>Questions and topics include:</p> <ul> <li>What do mistakes even mean?</li> <li>Was law school a mistake?</li> <li>What’s your favorite mistake?</li> <li>Was it a mistake in thinking that the “Safe space” at work was really safe? But she was TOLD it was!</li> <li>How does a decision scientist decide whether she should speak up or not?</li> <li>Minimizing regret vs. maximizing possibility of good outcomes</li> <li>Helpful to delay a decision when you can?</li> <li>Forecasting the probability of outcome.. can’t predict the future… but we're craving certainty</li> <li>Broader themes on misinf