Jay Van Bavel is a Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University, an affiliate at the Stern School of Business, Director of the NYU Center for Conflict & Cooperation. He is co-author of the award-winning book "THE POWER OF US", and an award-winning teacher and public speaker.
In this wide-ranging conversation, Prof Jay and Subbu discuss a new way to think about our identities, how bias, prejudice and discrimination work, how to dissent well, and a whole lot more.
Key topics:
- How Prof Jay got interested in the field of social psychology
- How principles of prejudice can be used to unravel team conflict
- The wine-and-cheese party that brought the co-authors together
- How our identities are shaped (it's not what you think)
- The significance of Minimal Group Studies by Henry Tajfel
- Our identities are constantly shifting
- How do we throw away parts of our identity that no longer serve us?
- How do we surface our biases and start acting on them?
- Dealing with backlash against DEI initiatives
- Is there a right way to dissent?
- Why effective leadership matters for team culture
- Engaged followership v/s Quiet Quitting
- Tyrants, but of the petty kind
- Word-ball game
- Do we over-identify with our work-selves?
