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March 1, 2024 57 mins

In this episode, Dan chats with one of the authors of The Social Brain - The Psychology of Successful Groups, Samantha Rockey. 

Samantha is an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and is a tutor and faculty on the Oxford Strategic Leadership Programme – one of the leading open leadership development programs in the world.

Samantha’s work on leadership development has won awards and has been written up in a number of books and publications. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of designing human-shaped organisations and is particularly interested in the interface between the forces of global connectivity, digital transformation and positive social impact and what this means for leadership. She is co-author with Professor Robin Dunbar (‘the Dunbar number’) and Tracey Camilleri, of ’The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful Groups’.

You can find our more about the book and Samantha at:

https://www.thesocialbrainbook.com/

https://www.thompsonharrison.com/

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