Author, Neuroscientist, and Authority on Human Behavior
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Award-winning author and acclaimed professor, Tali Sharot is a leading expert on decision-making, emotion, influence, motivation, and mental health. She is on the faculty of MIT and UCL where she directs the Affective Brain Lab. Sharot’s thought-provoking insights have helped organizations and governments induce behavioral change, create decision-making policies, and improve the well-being of employees and customers.
Tali Sharot’s groundbreaking work at the intersection of behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience has been used by businesses to improve leadership skills, rethink messaging and refine strategy. Her books – The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others and The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain – have been widely praised, including by the New York Times, TIME magazine, Forbes, and more.
Her book, co-authored with Cass Sunstein tells the story of how over time people stop noticing the good and the bad around them, and how to make these salient again so we can marvel in the good and change the bad.
Tali Sharot is known for delivering engaging talks that are simultaneously lively and informative – explaining deep ideas about human behavior in a simple way and highlighting how those insights can be implemented in a range of fields including finance, marketing, health, and public policy. Her TED talks have been viewed over 13 million times in total.
Tali Sharot has been a repeated guest on CNN, The Today Show, MSNBC, co-presented BBC’s Science Club. Her speaking audiences also include Google, Microsoft, The European Parliament, Goldman Sachs, Prudential, Citibank, Deloitte & Touche, Johnson & Johnson, and the World Economic Forum, among many others. She has written for top publications including TIME magazine, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and the New York Times.
"My favorite session of the day. Tali was intelligent, interesting, and funny. She shared complex scientific research in a relatable, compelling way."Technology
"Tali was terrific. She did a great job of informing and challenging our audience but in a very accessible and non-threatening way. She did a great job of setting the tone for our conference, and we had people quoting her and referring to her comments in subsequent presentations, speeches and casual conversations."Taxand
"The audience loved it. Tali really hit the mark and I think really triggered some thought provoking discussion. Everyone was intrigued by everything she presented. She really made a difference."
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Former Rogue Trader Responsible for the Collapse of Barings Bank in 1995
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