Reviewing the Status Quo – Societal Change post Corona! Barry Schwartz, Psychologist - a podcast by Future of Leadership Initiative

The American psychologist and professor of social and behavioral theory Barry Schwartz is Sebastian Morgner's guest today. The seventh episode of the podcast is about the effects of Covid-19 on individual and collective patterns of behavior and thinking, and the implications for life after Corona. 

Following an initial exchange about the drastic changes in private and business life, Barry Schwartz will address the issue of the newly established behavioral norms and discuss the question of whether they will continue to exist after Corona, and if so, what effects this could have on our daily lives. Against the background that in the United States some of the leading companies have already announced permanent far-reaching reforms including for the future after Covid-19 the topic of home offices is dealt with here in particular. The discussion then turns to the political response to the pandemic. Different countries and the measures taken by their respective governments will be discussed. In the course of this, Prof Schwartz will address fundamental questions such as the human attention span or the problem of polarization in the political spectrum.

At the end of the conversation the psychologist shares his perceptions of the future after Corona. In addition to a general change in economic ways of thinking, towards more sustainability and resilience, he expresses here above all a wish for more recognition for employees in the service industry so that they are not forgotten again just as they were before the crisis

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