Geoff Cohen: The Art of Connecting With People

Today’s remarkable guest is Geoffrey Cohen. He is a professor at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University.

His research focus is the processes that shape people's sense of belonging and self and the implications of these feelings on social problems.

He studies the threats to belonging and self-integrity that people encounter in school, work, and health care settings.

His new book is called BELONGING: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides.

Geoff obtained his BA in Psychology from Cornell University, and his PhD in Psychology from Stanford University. He was a recipient of the Robert Cialdini Award in 2014 and 2015.

Our topics include:

The danger of the Fundamental attribution error

How to make Wise interventions

How to utilize Situation crafting

Why we should not consider Humans as information processors