Decision Nerds

We talk about human behaviour and decision-making with an investment slant. And tell terrible jokes. Join us as we dive into the trenches with industry innovators, academics and mavericks.

Decision Nerds is a business podcast hosted by Paul Richards & Joe Wiggins, with 19 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Paul Richards & Joe Wiggins hosts Decision Nerds, a business show with 19 episodes published.

Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.

• 

  Decision Nerds

  The curse of knowledge

  May 8, 202627 minS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐈 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫…</p><p>...heard a client say, “I’m disappointed, you made that point too easy for everyone to understand”. Unsurprisingly, anyone who works in the field of investment or consulting will have heard many complaints the other way around. You may have been the culprit, or maybe had to present with THAT colleague who is incredibly smart, but who struggles to get their point across to less sophisticated audiences.</p><p><br/></p><p>In this episode of Decision Nerds, <b>Joe Wiggins</b> and I unpick this problem, why it exists and why it’s sticky. We discuss:</p><p><br/></p><p>𝐓𝐡𝐞...

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Decision Nerds

  Howard Marks: Navigating Crises - Creed, Preparation and Emotional Control

  Apr 16, 202545 minS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p><b>Howard Marks – navigating the crisis - creed, preparation and control <br/></b><br/>What kind of mindset and organisational culture does it take to survive and to thrive in market turmoil? <br/><br/>Let’s be frank, there are a vanishingly small number of people who have navigated multiples crises successfully and have something interesting and reflective to say it about it.</p><p>One person who does is Howard Marks. Founder and Co-Chairman of Oaktree he is, for our (and Warren Buffet’s) money, one of the most thoughtful and experienced invest...

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Decision Nerds

  Dealing with Trumpcertainty

  Mar 13, 202518 minS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The Disruptor in Chief’s blizzard of executive orders, tariffs and foreign policy positions and his propensity to change them is making life difficult for investors and clients.   </p><p>Things look and feel uncertain, perhaps more so than in living memory. </p><p>In this bite size episode, we discuss the science and practicalities of dealing with uncertainty. <br/><br/> <br/><br/>The Electric shock study refernced in the discussion. <br/> <br/><br/></p>

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Decision Nerds

  Room 101: Project Coldplay

  Jan 23, 20258 minS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>As the wordly philosophers of Coldplay suggest, getting what you want, but not what you need, might leave you in need of fixing. </p><p>Leaps in investment platform technology give investors more information, more choice and the ability to act more quickly and easily. We want that, but is it what we need? As Joe points out, many of the positive developments in tech are double-edge swords. He thinks from a behavioural perspective, now is one of the worst times ever to be an investor.</p><p>𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:</p><p>#𝟭 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – it takes me less than 10 seconds from launching my platform app on my phone to being able to dea...

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Decision Nerds

  Room 101: Performance fees - heads I win...???

  Jan 15, 20259 minS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Joe doesn’t like performance fees - but why? Are they innately problematic or just badly and perhaps cynically implemented in the mutual fund industry? In this bitesize episode, we get into alignment of interests, bad design and investor behaviour.</p><p>𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁?</p><p>Performance fees are most often discussed in the context of alignment and risk sharing. Joe raises an interesting question - can they also be used to nudge investors away from unhelpful behaviour?</p>

  ListenShow Notes

Recent guests on Decision Nerds. Study who booked and why before you pitch.

Based on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:

Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.