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Christopher Hadnagy is the founder and CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC. He created the world’s first social engineering framework, as well as hosted the first social engineering-based podcast. Chris is an adjunct professor of Social Engineering for an NSA Cyber School of excellence at University of Arizona. Chris is also a well-known author, having written five books on social engineering. Chris’ new book, “Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You”, released January 5, 2021. Join both Chris’ and Ron for an episode of self-analyzation, empathy and understanding.
Key Takeaways
02:52 Bio
06:20 Exploring the title of Chris’ book
08:40 What’s the difference between manipulation and influence?
10:36 A contract in a book. Why?
14:33 What books describe Chris?
21:48 The importance of Empathy
26:48 The science
30:57 Chris’ conference: The Human Behavior Conference
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