by Paul Z Jackson | Mar 23, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Musings
We all love behavioural economics, right? With their clever psychological experiments, counterintuitive insights and wonderful nudges, they throw fresh revelatory light onto our thinking and behaviour. Take for instance risk-aversion. The key insight in several of the books I’ve been perusing is that we tend to be risk-averse for gains, but the opposite for losses.
by Paul Z Jackson | Feb 12, 2020 | Blog, Improvisation, Musings
There may be some good arguments for celebrating mistakes, but the fact that they lead on occasion to good outcomes is not one of them.
The occasional good dictator is not an argument against democracy, and doesn’t mean we should start celebrating military coups because now and again we’ll be blessed with another good dictator.
by Paul Z Jackson | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Musings, Storytelling, Storytelling, Uncategorised
The biggest story is our view of the world. We might favour one political party (with their Big Story) because we like the sum of its policies (the Small Stories). Others, might accept the policies without further ado merely because they like the party.
by Paul Z Jackson | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog, Musings, Uncategorised |
How the CNN Effect is killing grandma They call it the ‘CNN Effect’. When a cyclone or hurricane hits the seaside town, the pictures are spectacular. You have a heady mix of devastation, offset by a heart-warming and equally compelling spectacle of a family...
by Paul Z Jackson | Oct 23, 2017 | Blog, Improvisation, Musings |
“Does this make me look fat?” We play an active part in constructing our identities, as this Observer article pointed out. We decide amongst us who counts as ‘fat’ or ‘thin’, and our decisions shift over time. There’s an...
by Paul Z Jackson | Aug 15, 2017 | Blog, Improvisation, Musings |
Ruth Jones and James Cordon – improvising the Gavin & Stacey script I always enjoyed working with Ruth Jones when she was in my improvisation comedy performing team, More Fool Us. She’s a wonderful collaborator and I was reminded by this old cutting that fell out...
