
A Slight Change of Plans with Maya Shankar
About this episode
Maya Shankar is the Senior Director of Behavioral Economics at Google and previously served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, where she founded and served as Chair of the White House's Behavioral Science Team. For good measure, she also served as the first Behavioral Science Advisor to the United Nations. Most recently, Maya launched "A Slight Change of Plans," a fantastic new podcast with Pushkin Industries.
In this episode, Maya shares her journey into behavioral science and highlights along the way, including the importance of her mentors, reminiscing about her time leading the White House's Behavioral Science Team, and whether it's harder to change minds or change behaviors.
Links and resources:
- Maya's website
- Social media: LinkedIn & Twitter
- Maya's podcast: A Slight Change of Plans
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The song used is Murgatroyd by David Pizzaro.
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