Today we are talking about the capabilities and limitations of our Memory and how it can be affected by a number of different external and internal influences. During the episode we explain how and why our brain creates false memories, how memo

O.B.E.

10 days ago 1h 2m

Today we are talking about something that affects our perception and our cognitive performance, even before we realize it’s an issue! It’s something we call “O.B.E.” which stands for Overcome By Emotion or Overwhelmed By Events. During the epis

Killing Complacency

17 days ago 1h 1m

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s episode of the Human Behavior Podcast. For this episode we are defining a term that you’ve likely heard before called Complacency. We’ve all heard the saying that “complacency kills” or had someone tell

Culture Doesn't Matter

Mar 19th, 2024 1h 8m

Today we are talking about culture and why it matters less than what people think, especially when it comes to reading human behavior. Understanding culture is laboriously slow, heavily nuanced, and in today’s world of mass communication and gl

Connecting The Dots

Mar 13th, 2024 1h 5m

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s episode of the Human Behavior Podcast. Today’s episode is sort of the next step after last week’s episode where we discussed how important it is to focus on the background action or the context or “scen

Non-Standard Observations

Mar 5th, 2024 58m 19s

Hello everyone and welcome to this installment of the Human Behavior Podcast. Today we are talking about the most important element of understanding, or “reading,” human behavior, which is the background action, the context, the setting of the

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Mar 1st, 2024 1m 25s

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Trust Your Gut

Feb 20th, 2024 1h 14m

This week we are talking about intuition and what it really means to “trust your gut.” Just like our previous episodes we are going to start out by reading an article that Greg wrote where he highlights several examples of people who DIDN’T “tr

Rage and Randomness

Feb 14th, 2024 1h 4m

Hello everyone and thanks for tuning in this week and I apologize for not getting the episode out on time but since we record the podcast when we are on the road there can be a delay in when I get access to the recording files which can cause a

Sense Make vs Scents Make

Feb 6th, 2024 53m 30s

Hello everyone and thanks for tuning back in, this week we are super excited to bring you the very first episode of the human behavior podcast! For those of you have been listening to the Left Of Greg podcast we think you’re going to really enj

We Fear Change

Jan 30th, 2024 50m 55s

Today we are talking about how and why humans naturally fear change, even when it will ultimately benefit us. We explain how even though change is a fundamental part of our lives, our intuition can be counterproductive when it comes to things l

Humans Are Constantly On Transmit

Jan 23rd, 2024 1h 5m

Today we are giving a detailed explanation of what we mean when we say that “all humans are constantly on transmit.” You may have heard us make that reference on previous episodes so we decided to explain the psychological and sociological impe

Film and Behavior

Jan 16th, 2024 1h 9m

Today we are expanding on some of the same themes we discussed in our last episode but rather than talking about music, we are talking about movies and TV shows and how you can use your favorite shows to better understand human behavior in gene

Music and Behavior

Jan 2nd, 2024 1h 3m

Today we are talking about how music is inextricably linked to human behavior even at a very primal level. During the episode we talk about many of the parallels between music and human behavior and we explain why music has played such a powerf

Pranked or Provoked?

Dec 26th, 2023 57m 28s

Today we are talking about some of the different type of prank videos that you often see on social media including a recent one in Virginia where a youtuber was shot by someone who he was trying to prank. Although these types of prank shows are

Novelty vs Normalcy

Dec 19th, 2023 1h 1m

On today’s episode we are explaining how we distinguish between something that is “normal” versus something that is “novel” when it comes to making observations about human behavior. We often see people attribute more value or significance to o

A Horse Named Twister

Dec 5th, 2023 1h 2m

Today we are discussing the importance of naming conventions, taxonomy, the lexicon you use, and the priming effect that words can have on others. Since language is extremely adaptive and the meanings behind words can change over time, unintend

Heuristics and Mental Models

Nov 21st, 2023 1h 9m

Today we are talking about one of the human behavior domains that we teach in our training courses called Heuristics. Now there are a number of different types of heuristics as well as various mental models that people like to use or discuss so

Your iPhone and the 4th Amendment

Nov 14th, 2023 1h 8m

Today we are talking about a poker game that spun wildly out of control and turned into a robbery and shooting, and that was just the start of this case!The reason we are discussing this case is because during the investigation the defendants i

Executive Protection with Ivan Ivanovich

Nov 7th, 2023 1h 10m

Today we are talking to Ivan Ivanovich, a global leader in the Executive Protection industry who has started, and ran, several highly successful multinational security companies. He has an impressive background and extensive experience operatin

The Problem With Personality Tests

Oct 31st, 2023 55m 28s

Today we are discussing our thoughts on the use of personality tests, especially when it comes to the hiring process and the general use of them in the workplace.During the episode we talk about the limitations and flaws of personality testing,

People Want Their Say, Not Their Way

Oct 24th, 2023 57m 28s

Today we are responding to some of the questions we received regarding our statement that “most people want their say, not their way.” During the episode we explain what we mean by this statement, why it is significant, and we give a number of

Public Event Security

Oct 17th, 2023 1h 4m

Today we have a special guest on the show by the name of Charlie Harr. Charlie is the Operations Coordinator for the annual Marine Corps Marathon that is coming up on October 29th in Arlington, Virginia and he is tasked with coordinating securi

Demonstrations of Intent

Oct 10th, 2023 58m 50s

Today we are going a little deeper into one of our first principles that we talked about on a previous podcast. Some of you reached out with some questions regarding what we meant by “demonstrations of intent are more important than motive” so

What is Situational Awareness?

Oct 3rd, 2023 1h 6m

Today we are defining something that a lot of people talk about called “Situational Awareness.” We start off by giving some historical context to the term and we explain the standard definition of what situational awareness is, as well as what