40: Extraordinary Workplaces

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Ron Friedman Ph.D. shares research from his latest book The Best Place to Work, about the art and science of creating an extraordinary workplace. Ron discusses how businesses can appeal to basic psychological needs like autonomy, competence and relatedness to design a work environment which optimizes engagement and creativity. It’s an especially practical episode, where we dive into science-backed recommendations to help companies improve the hiring process, boost motivation and enhance decision making. This episode features some very interesting research, like the persuasion techniques used by hostage negotiators, as well as didactic stories about figures like Monica Seles and president Obama on the importance of unconscious thinking and leading by example. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the psychology podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, where we give you insights into the mind, brain behavior, and creativity.
0:08.0	Each episode will feature a new guest who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, and the world we live in.
0:14.8	Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility.
0:18.0	Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast. best. Ron Friedman is an award-winning psychologist and founder of Ignite 80, a consulting firm that helps smart
0:44.0	leaders build extraordinary workplaces. An expert on human motivation,
0:47.7	Friedman has served on the faculty of the University of Rochester, Nazareth
0:51.2	College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
0:54.0	He contributes to the blogs of Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, and Psychology
0:58.0	today.
0:59.0	His latest book, which we're going to talk a lot about today, is the best place to work, the art and science of creating an extraordinary
1:05.2	workplace. Ron, thanks for talking to me today.
1:08.4	My pleasure, I'm a fan of the show, it's exciting to be part of it.
1:11.4	Oh, really? You like the Psychology Podcast? I do. Is that so surprising?
1:14.8	You know what I'll tell you something you're the first guest to ever say that. It's not surprising but you're
1:19.8	literally the first guest where they actually said I'm a fan of the show. Oh you've got a lot of great
1:24.0	guests and always insightful. Well thank you. Tell me a bit little about your background. Are you a psychologist?
1:30.1	I am a psychologist. I studied with Ed D.C. and Richard Ryan who some of your some of your listeners might be familiar with those names. They're the guys who were the inspiration for Daniel Pink's drive.
1:40.0	Amazing. And so there are researchers who came up with the idea of self-determination
1:45.1	theory which suggests that we have three basic human psychological needs so
1:49.2	in the best place to work I take a lot of their research and frankly thousands of other studies
1:53.8	and apply it to how we can all work more effectively. Why do you get interested in
1:58.3	the workplace? Well you know it is largely due to the experiences I had so I as I mentioned it was a psychologist
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