Chris Brown is in human risk management and practice is set in backcountry snow. He grew up outside of Philadelphia and after graduating with a degree in Urban Design/Architecture, he moved to Utah to pursue certification with the AMGA (American Mountain Guides Association) in avalanche training.
Chris works as a ski guide and avalanche/snow science professional, but his real job is helping skiers overcome their biases. He incorporates the work of Kahneman and Tversky, Richard Thaler and other great researchers into his classes and we found his intentionality in decision making noteworthy.
We had a great conversation with Chris and we also want to express our gratitude to friend and colleague, Ben Granlund, for connecting us with Chris. Ben attended one of Chris’ classes and found it so engaging that he referred us to Chris. Ben was also delighted that Chris relies heavily on behavioral science and reminds us that the biggest threat to your life in avalanche country is your own decision making.
After our recording stopped, we discussed Guide Services for training. If you are interested, check out AMGA (amga.com) and the American Avalanche Association: https://www.americanavalancheassociation.org/
Links
Chris Brown Email: chrisbr862@gmail.com
Chris Brown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbskiclimb/
Ian McCammon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKeoF53syKw
Phil Tetlock “Super Forecasters”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV5Gicb66WA
Familiarity Bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiarity_heuristic
Expert Halo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect
System 1 / System 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow
Premortem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-mortem
Bruce Tremper: https://backcountrymagazine.com/stories/video-avalanche-expert-bruce-tremper-risk/
Bayesian Decision Making: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Bayesian_decision_theory
First Tracks: https://www.boston.com/culture/ski-guru/2012/01/31/its_all_about_f
Laurence Gonzales “Deep Survival”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTyfvOrEm1w
Wicked Learning Environments: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5c5d/33b858eaf38f6a14b3f042202f1f44e04326.pdf
Daniel Kahneman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kahneman
The Tao of Wu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Wu
Kurt Nelson: @motivationguru
Tim Houlihan: @THoulihan
Musical Links
Hip Hop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop
Reggae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae
Classical Music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music
Death Metal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_metal
Steel Pulse: https://steelpulse.com/
Wu Tang Clan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBwAxmrE194
MadLib: https://www.stonesthrow.com/madlib
Gang Starr: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gang-starr-guru-bad-name-video-909996/
John Coltrane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH3mb3oXCpw
Marcus Miller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kCi-SsYD5s
Stanley Clarke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcuigwtdzS4
Bela Fleck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWIfFIEeZjw
Victor Wooten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzL4BkqmzDQ
Herbie Hancock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY
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