Joe Navarro – Trust, Deception, and
the Human Side of Leadership

The Gatekeeper - Inside Risk and Consequence

Bär & Karrer is pleased to announce the release of the latest episode of The Gatekeeper Podcast, titled Joe Navarro – Trust, Deception, and the Human Side of Leadership.

The Gatekeeper Podcast is a new monthly podcast dedicated to key developments in compliance, regulatory matters, investigations, white-collar crime, and corporate governance.

In this episode of The Gatekeeper, Veit Buetterlin-Goldberg, local market leader for AlixPartners’ German operations, discusses together with Joe Navarro, retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and leading expert on nonverbal communication and behavioral analysis, why even experienced leaders can get people wrong. 

They explore why intelligence does not protect against misjudging character, the importance of earned trust, and why gut feelings should not be ignored. They also consider how AI and deepfakes are scaling deception — and why verification matters more than ever. A conversation about character, trust, human behavior, and leadership in an age of increasingly sophisticated deception.