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Live On Stage
Monday October 14 2024, 7pm BST

An Evening With Surrounded By Idiots Author Thomas Erikson

Science &
Technology

Do you want to better understand your colleagues, family, partners and friends?

Unlike many self-help authors, the acclaimed behavioural expert Thomas Erikson has sold millions of books worldwide by giving advice on how to better understand the people around us — rather than just ourselves.

Best known for his internationally bestselling book Surrounded By Idiots, Erikson devised a simple yet revolutionary method of understanding human behaviour with his four-colour system of categorising personalities as either red, blue, yellow and green. Each colour represents different traits: bossy, analytical, friendly and optimistic.

On October 14, Erikson comes to the Intelligence Squared stage for an exclusive event to discuss his theory of human personality and his latest book Surrounded By Liars. He will remind us that companies and organisations are full of humans who think, communicate, function differently, and explain how we can improve our understanding of other people to advance our own careers.

Join us at Conway Hall where Erikson will be taking your questions – and will give us practical and specific advice on how we can better understand our bosses, friends, romantic interests, and more as we face the constant challenge of trying not to misunderstand and be misunderstood.

Surrounded By Liars
by Thomas Erikson

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Speakers

Speaker

Thomas Erikson

Behavioural expert and international bestselling author of the Surrounded By series.


Swedish behavioural expert, bestselling author and active lecturer. For more than 20 years, he has travelled across Europe delivering lectures and seminars in Swedish and in English to executives and managers in companies including IKEA, Coca Cola, Microsoft, Volva and KIA Motors. Surrounded by Idiots (Omgiven Av Idioter) is a Swedish runaway bestseller, selling more than 1 million copies in Sweden alone. It has sold over 3 million copies worldwide, since it was first published in 2014, and has been translated into 55 languages.

Speakers are subject to change.