Jenny Radcliffe on Becoming a People Hacker

In this video, Jenny Radcliffe explains how she is a Social Engineer, a no-tech hacker of human beings. Growing up in Liverpool, it gave her a particular set of skills, skills that she now uses to break into banks, hack all the people and keep out the bad guys! This talk links Jenny’s current career to her Liverpool childhood and gives tips on how to avoid being personally and professionally people hacked.

Jenny Radcliffe—aka “The People Hacker”—is a force to be reckoned with. She can diffuse a crisis situation, talk her way into a secure building, and spot a psychopath at a hundred paces. She has been called a mind reader and a “human lie detector,” and likened to a Jedi Knight. In reality, she is an expert in social engineering (the human element of security), negotiation, persuasion and influence, and non-verbal communication, and deception—using her skills to help clients ranging from global corporations and law enforcement organisations to poker players, politicians, and the security industry. Radcliffe is an impactful speaker who uses a combination of anecdotes, science, and humour to share lessons that help executives better read people and understand social clues, use subtle tactics to persuade others during negotiations, open up avenues of conversation that were formerly shut, and understand and protect against their own vulnerabilities.