Episode 042: Redefining Risk with Jenny Just

What if the same mindset that built a billion-dollar trading firm could change the way women relate to money, risk, and power? Jenny Just, co-founder of PEAK6 and founder of Poker Power, joins host, Annie Duke, to explore how a career built on options trading taught her that you don't have to win every time to have a winning strategy.Jenny reflects on the experiences that shaped her approach to risk, from building one of the world's most successful trading firms to learning how luck and skill interact in every important decision. She and Annie discuss why the best decision makers embrace a range of possible outcomes, how fear can be reframed into curiosity, why waiting for certainty is often the riskiest choice, and what poker teaches us about thinking strategically under uncertainty.Key takeaways from this episode include why good decisions can still produce bad outcomes, how practicing decisions builds better judgment, why understanding risk is more important than avoiding it, and how teaching decision-making through games like poker can help people, especially women, become more comfortable making high-stakes decisions in work, money, and life.—--------------------------------------------------------This is The Decision Education Podcast, where we explore the science of decision-making with a diverse range of experts and offer practical strategies to transform our understanding of the role decisions play in our lives.