#31 - Think For Yourself with Vikram Mansharamani

Today’s leaders are faced with unique and difficult situations especially ones that involve decisions. I am happy to have booked a podcast with Vikram Mansharamani. He is a global trend-watcher who helps people manage risk and see opportunities. He has a book coming out on the 16th of June titled: Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence. 

In this episode, he shares what this book is about, what he thinks causes people to rely so much on others, what leaders should possess in this day and age, and so much more. Make sure to stay tuned and give Vikram a visit at www.mansharamani.com.

Key takeaways:

• Introduction [0:37]
• Who is Vikram Mansharamani [0:59]
• What is the book all about? [1:34]
• Why are people reliance on outside experts? [2:50]
• What do stress and the pandemic have to do with relying on others to decide for us? [4:20]
• The FOMO gets more intense [5:40]
• On Vikram firing the experts he relied on [7:16]
• Blindly following an expert vs. seeking advice smartly [10:00]
• Outsource and insource thinking [12:00]
• The first female mission commander [15:00]
• As a leader, how do create an environment that’s open to feedback [17:50]
• “Disagreement is actually empowering to a leader.” [20:26]
• How important is making a decision based on intuition? [22:00]
• What keeps Vikram up at night? [23:00]
• Find time to seek disagreement to understand more [24:40]
• How to get a copy of Vikram’s book? [25:10]

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