Human-Machine Intelligence
Working at exec level to bring the social and behavioural sciences and behavioural economics to:
Radical Tech including (artificial) intelligence, machine learning, robotics, quantum, IOT, cyber security, brain computer interfaces, space science …
Re-thinking systems including cities, campuses, complex healthcare ecosystems, government mechanisms, exploring new biospheres for ‘civilisations’…
Solving humanity’s challenges and opportunities where situations/behaviours need shifting including climate change, life sciences, healthcare, new civilisations…
Radical innovation brings uncertainty on adoption, behaviour, ethics, policy, regulation etc, and with it, a need to actively understand and leverage the brain, intelligence and behaviour.
Chartered Psychologist, Strategist and Product Specialist with 25 years experience in large tech companies (from the breakthrough research labs in Silicon Valley to start-ups in Silicon Roundabout) through to c-suite roles in the life sciences, management consultancies and in-house labs.
I have worked at the intersection of human and machine intelligence to bring a deep, scientific understanding of neuroscience, human behaviour, cognition, embodied intelligence and human decision making to opportunities in a shifting world
Three ways to engage
One.
Embedding the social and behavioural sciences into your teams
I have embedded social and behavioral science, product and ethics disciplines into organisations by creating navy seals teams, centering these disciplines within science and tech teams, and creating programs of work/streams of research work - to deepen understanding of human behaviour and apply it to breakthrough-tech.
Two.
Creating & running a human sciences expertise/lab in your organisation
When we’re ultimately trying to alter centuries of systems and change human behaviour, a small nudge unit or human sciences lab can help you experiment with more than technology. I’ve created nudge units and labs to experiment with policy, inform algorithms, define problems areas, explore ethics, inform decision making etc - to better leverage and augment both human and systems intelligence.
Three.
Assessing tech, science, nascent ideas for new ventures
Behavioral science offers powerful tools for assessing early-stage technologies, scientific advances, and nascent venture ideas by uncovering how cognitive biases, social dynamics, and decision-making heuristics influence both inventors and systems adopters. It helps identify hidden assumptions, predict adoption barriers, and stress-test ideas against human and brain behavior. I’ve helped new ventures assess their ideas for design and adoption - to help them have impact beyond just the building of tools or the creation of new materials.