All Episodes

February 6, 2025 5 mins

Willful Blindness by Margaret Heffernan | TOP SHELF Podcast

Why do people and organizations ignore the truth, even when it’s right in front of them? In this episode of TOP SHELF, we dive deep into Willful Blindness by Margaret Heffernan, exploring why we choose to ignore critical information, how groupthink takes over, and what we can do to overcome it.

Topics Covered:

  • What is willful blindness and how does it impact our lives?
  • The psychological and social forces that make us ignore red flags.
  • How businesses, politics, and personal relationships suffer from blind spots.
  • Actionable steps to break free from willful ignorance and embrace critical thinking.

🎧 Listen now on your favorite platform:

📖 Get the full book here: Willful Blindness by Margaret Heffernan

Stay tuned for more deep dives into the best books on psychology, personal development, and leadership. Subscribe to TOP SHELF for more insightful episodes!

Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know
Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.