It’s the second week of our series, Navigating the New Office. This week, we look at a core skill we need if we want to do just about anything: How do we change? To get to the bottom of this, Jessi talks to Katy Milkman, a behavioral scientist at Wharton and the author of HOW TO CHANGE: The science of getting from where you are to where you want to be, and S ... Show More
Nov 2
Malcolm Gladwell and Kenya Barris on The Unusual Suspects, Improbable Careers, and Why Curiosity Wins
According to Malcolm Gladwell and Kenya Barris, curiosity is what they have most in common. Malcolm is a bestselling author and journalist, known for his books The Tipping Point, Outliers and more. Kenya is a Hollywood writer, producer, and actor known for creating the TV series ... Show More
27m 2s
Oct 26
A Video Game Designer on What Keeps People Coming Back
Bing Gordon spent a decade as chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, the publisher behind many of your favorite video games, like The Sims, Need for Speed, FIFA and Battlefield. His daughter Chloe grew up gaming before doing her homework, and landed her first job at age four ... Show More
26m 7s
Oct 19
Building a Career for a 100-Year Life
We plan our careers like life is short. Go to school, climb the career ladder, retire. But as we live longer, the model doesn’t hold up. London Business School professor Lynda Gratton joins Jessi to offer a model for the arc of a long career. After selling a million copies of The ... Show More
29m 41s
Jun 2021
Katy Milkman – How to Change (Capital Allocators, EP.199)
<div>Katy Milkman<strong>, </strong>the James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, host of <em>Choiceology</em>, Charles Schwab's popular podcast on behavioral economics, the co-founder and co-director alongside Angela Duckworth of the Behav ... Show More
56m 57s
Jan 2025
The science of fresh starts, with change expert Katy Milkman
‘Fresh Starts’ are a powerful tool for making change. So to kick off 2025, Katy Milkman stops by to give us science-backed strategies for reaching our goals. Milkman is a behavioral scientist, Wharton professor, and bestselling author of How to Change. In this episode, she sits d ... Show More
33m 26s
Aug 2023
104. How to Change: Building Better Habits and Behaviors (And Getting Out of Your Own Way)
<p>"We're wired to look for the path of least resistance and efficiency, and that's normally a good thing, but it can get in the way when we want to make a change," says Wharton professor <a href="https://www.fastersmarter.io/guests/katy-milkman/">Katy Milkman</a>. Through her re ... Show More
23m 58s
May 2021
Dr. Katy Milkman: Author, Professor, and Scientist
Hoping to help others change or to kick-start change yourself? This podcast with Katy Milkman, author of How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, will help you get some ideas on implementing change. This week on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable P ... Show More
1h 2m
Nov 2021
Katy Milkman | How to Change Your Behavior
In today’s episode, we cover how to change with Katy Milkman. Katy is a professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, host of Charles Schwab’s popular behavioral economics podcast Choiceology, and the former president of the international Society for Judgment ... Show More
51m 12s