A Guide to Career Paths in Behavioral Science
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- Aug 5
- 8 min
This is Personal: The Do's and Don'ts of Personalisation
Most tech companies personalise the experience for users. When does personalisation work and when does it fail? Find out more in this articl
- Jun 2
- 8 min
The One Man Behavioural Army
Are you the first behavioural scientist in your company or are you looking to hire the first? Read on for some tips on how to navigate this!
- Mar 31
- 7 min
Why we don't feel bad when a million people die
Why do we care less and less about the deaths related to COVID? Why are we less compassionate as numbers increase?
- Jan 4
- 7 min
The Behavioural Science Guide to Gifting
Republished from The Decision Lab. The Decision Lab is a behavioural science consultancy dedicated to creating social good by helping...
- Nov 3, 2020
- 7 min
The “Social Dilemma” Dilemma
An aftermath of the Netflix documentary is the focus on ethics of tech companies. Here I provide a framework for product and design.
- Sep 7, 2020
- 7 min
Did curiosity kill the cat?
Why are we curious about some things? Why are we not curious about some things? How can we build curiosity?
- Aug 3, 2020
- 6 min
Can’t Say No To Promotional Offers? Here’s Why
What makes discounts and offers irresistible? Why do we love getting a bargain?
- Jun 20, 2020
- 6 min
Fitting The Behavioral Science Piece In The Organizational Puzzle
How can behavioural science add value to a tech product? Join me, as I share my learnings from a tech company.
- May 27, 2020
- 6 min
Communicating During the Coronavirus
With science-backed insights about how people react to risk, we might be able to communicate with them better.
- May 23, 2020
- 6 min
We’ve Got Something For Everyone
What can business learn from the psychology behind the success of horoscopes?
- May 23, 2020
- 6 min
Living a Behavioural Analysis
COVID19 has made me look at myself from the lens of a behavioural scientist and the results are eye-opening.
- May 23, 2020
- 5 min
Lead me not into temptation. For, I know the way!
Bailing out on your new year resolutions? Here's a science backed way to make it work!
- May 23, 2020
- 5 min
Resolution 2020: To proactively streamline utilisation of erudite vocabulary
If you think using big words make you look smart, you could not be more wrong!
- May 23, 2020
- 4 min
I'm Sorry I Asked! Ad Retargeting and Psychological Reactance
How too much targeting can lead to psychological reactance.
- May 23, 2020
- 3 min
The Inconvenience of Convenience
Is too much convenience making us unproductive?
- May 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Anatomy of Perfection
The theory of maximisers and satisficers tells us that not everyone wants perfection. So what do we really want?
- May 23, 2020
- 2 min
Broken Windows and Staring Crows
A startup has trained crows to pick up cigarette butts. We can be told that littering on roads is bad. Yet why do we continue doing that?
- Jan 25, 2020
- 2 min
Vanity Metrics and Counting Crows
Our obsession with following metrics might be messing with our focus on actual results.
- Jan 17, 2020
- 3 min
Making Better Cakes
How Ikea taught us the importance of letting customers take part in the building process.