Shows
The Art of DecidingRobin Dunbar and Sam Rockey - authors of The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful GroupsWhat is the ideal number of people to involve in a collective decision? What do we need to be happy - and effective - in a group? Why should more companies have pubs?Professor Robin Dunbar is Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford. He’s famous for Dunbar’s number - the limit to the amount of meaningful relationships that we can have at any one time (listen to the podcast to find out what it is). Sam Rockey is an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School - also at Oxford - and a cons...2025-02-0627 min
The Future of Internal CommunicationExploring the social brain with Tracey CamilleriTracey Camilleri is the co-founder of the leadership and organisational development consultancy Thompson Harrison. In 2023, her book The Social Brain, co-authored with Samantha Rockey and Robin Dunbar was published to widespread acclaim.
In this episode we hear from Tracey as she shares what she’s learned about team dynamics and communicating within groups.
As organisations across the board become ever more digitally enabled, location-agnostic and asynchronous, Cat learns about how to embrace human connection and build community for enhanced organisational outcomes
Takeaways
The leader's role is to create a thriving environment.
Social in...2024-10-1645 min
SUGTalksThe psychology of successful groupsIn this week's episode of SUGTalks, Craig is joined by Samantha Rockey, co-author of 'The Social Brain: The psychology of successful groups'. Together they discuss key themes from the book, including what makes for success in a group and what can hinder it, and much more.You can learn more about Samantha Rockey here: https://www.thompsonharrison.com/team/sam-rockeyYou learn more about 'The Social Brain: The psychology of successful groups' here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/444270/the-social-brain-by-dunbar-tracey-camilleri-samantha-rockey-robin/9781847943606To learn more about the UKISUG referral scheme, visit: https://www.sapusers.org/community-referral-scheme2023-09-2045 min