In her book 'Anthrovision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life', Gillian Tett explains how she used her anthropology training to predict global events from the 2008 financial crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand the world, she says, we need to get out of the 'goldfish bowls' that we all live in, and see things from other people's perspectives, and also recognise our own weaknesses, biases and blindspots.
