Nicholas Epley

Ethical organizations are sustainable organizations. Doing good leads to doing well in the long run, while also producing happier and more motivated employees in the short run. The problem, argues Nicholas Epley, is that there are four common myths about morality that lead to misunderstandings about how to create more ethical organizations. Instead of treating ethics as a problem about people’s beliefs, we should treat it as an issue about the systems in which people live and work. Epley explains how businesses, and individuals, can design their policies and structures to ensure they are both doing good and feeling good. This approach offers constructive, concrete ideas for designing ethical systems that keep all of us engaged, effective, and happier.

Nicholas Epley, a mind reader with an extraordinary ability to understand others' thoughts and feelings, presents a high-energy, illuminating talk exploring the mysteries of the human mind. He challenges the audience to consider how well they truly know their coworkers, employees, competitors, and customers. Epley delves into why we often misjudge others' thoughts and feelings, why we sometimes anthropomorphize objects, and why we believe we understand others better than we do. Attendees will learn to revolutionize their perceptions of others and themselves, gaining insights into the complexities of human interaction.

Understanding why people buy what they buy, think what they think, and act as they do requires understanding how those people evaluate the world through their own eyes and from their own inside perspective. One reason companies misunderstand their consumers, leaders misunderstand their followers, and managers misunderstand their clients is because they inherently evaluate other people from an outside perspective. In this presentation, Epley addresses what behavioral scientists have learned about these two differing perspectives, describes how they create systematic misunderstanding between people, and shares with audiences how you can align your perspective with others to understand them better in both your professional as well as personal life.

In his talk, Nicholas Epley, a professor at the University of Chicago, delves into the science of misinterpreting others. Drawing from his book, Mindwise, he explores the complexities of human interaction and our interpretive blind spots, shedding light on our innate yet flawed capacity to understand intentions and feelings.