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Episodes

Monday Oct 05, 2020
Andy Luttrell: Pro’s and Con’s of Persuasion When Issues are Moralized
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Andy Luttrell, PhD is an assistant professor of psychological science at Ball State University and the podcaster/host of Opinion Science, one of Kurt and Tim’s favorites.
Andy’s research centers on people’s opinions, including when and how attitudes change. More importantly, Andy is curious about what happens when people moralize their attitudes and how moral arguments can sometimes be compelling and sometimes backfire. Our conversation focused on these areas and we loved the research Andy presented.
We were particularly interested in hearing about how people who based their positions on careful analysis tend to be the ones who open enough to be persuaded with the right argument.
So our willingness to be open to a fresh idea is in part based on how strong or weak the arguments were in coming to our own conclusions. We found the research fascinating that indicates that people with weak arguments are harder to persuade to new ideas. That was a head-scratcher.
Our discussion also covered some thoughtful positions on the so-called Replication Crisis and Andy’s first-hand experience with replication – and non-replication – was insightful.
We also want to remind you that Andy’s podcast, Opinion Science, is one of our favorite podcasts – period. We highly recommend it.
© 2020 Behavioral Grooves
Links
Andy Luttrell, PhD: http://www.andyluttrell.com/
Opinion Science Podcast: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episodes/
Richard Petty, PhD: https://psychology.osu.edu/people/petty.1
Arie W. Kruglanski, PhD: Need for Closure: https://psyc.umd.edu/facultyprofile/kruglanski/arie
PSA (Public Service Announcement): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_service_announcement
Matt Feinberg and Rob Willer on Moral Reframing: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337861541_Moral_reframing_A_technique_for_effective_and_persuasive_communication_across_political_divides
Moral Foundations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_foundations_theory
Registered Report Experiments: https://www.cos.io/initiatives/registered-reports
RadioLab: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab
99% Invisible: https://99percentinvisible.org/
Petty, DeMarree, Brinol, Xia, “Documenting individual differences in the propensity to hold attitudes with certainty”: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-45471-001
Musical Links
Weird Al Yankovic: https://www.weirdal.com/
Blue Man Group: https://www.blueman.com/
“Robots” Movie Sound Track: https://music.apple.com/us/album/robots-the-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/723430411

Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Secrets to a Successful Marriage with Eli Finkel
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Eli Finkel, PhD is a social psychology professor who studies interpersonal attraction, marriage, and how our social relationships influence our goal achievement. He is the author of the bestselling book The All-Or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work and is a professor at Northwestern University, where he has appointments in the psychology department and the Kellogg School of Management. In his role as director of Northwestern’s Relationships and Motivation Lab (RAMLAB), he has published over150 scientific papers and is a contributor to the Op-Ed page of The New York Times.
Eli got our attention because his book points to some very important tips about how to make the best of a relationship during a global pandemic. We thought it would be good to check in with him. He also shared a historical perspective on marriage that is instrumental in understanding how marriage got to where it is today and why marriage is so much more complicated, for some people, than it has ever been.
Thanks for listening. If you enjoy what you hear there are three things that you can choose to do: first, leave a quick 5-star rating, second, write a brief review, and lastly, you could subscribe on our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/behavioralgrooves. Thanks for your help and keep on grooving.
© 2020 Behavioral Grooves
Links
Eli Finkel, PhD: https://elifinkel.com/about-eli
“The All or Nothing Marriage”: https://elifinkel.com/allornothingmarriage/
Romeo & Juliet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet
Tristan & Isolde: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_and_Iseult
Anna Karenina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina
The Scarlet Letter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Letter
“Wild”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2305051/
“Eat Pray Love”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_Pray_Love
Netscape Navigator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator
eHarmony: https://www.eharmony.com/
Nate Silver “The Signal and The Noise”: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13588394-the-signal-and-the-noise
John Gottman, PhD: https://www.gottman.com/
Brad Shuck, PhD: https://louisville.edu/education/faculty/shuck
Indian Matchmaking: https://www.netflix.com/title/80244565
Musical Links
Nirvana “Nevermind”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIGl_qth81c
Pearl Jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM0zINtulhM
Alice In Chains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWK0kqjPSVI
Red Hot Chili Peppers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk
Screaming Trees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE5f561Y1x4

Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Grooving: Colleges and the Coronavirus
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
[NOTE: You may or may not know that Kurt and Tim host a sibling podcast called Weekly Grooves. We thought this was such an important topic that we wanted to share it with the Behavioral Grooves community.]
We got a call recently from Eugen Dimant, a friend of ours who is an associate professor in behavioral and decision sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, about how the University of Michigan was trying to let students know that they should only gather in groups of 25 of less.
Eugen suggested we tee it up as a topical issue for Weekly Grooves and we readily agreed. It led to a discussion about what colleges are doing to regulate student activites to contain the coronavirus, the punishments involved in breaking those regulations, the environment in which students make deicisons on how to behave, and the importance of proper communication.
Also, in this episode we include some of the conversation we had with Eugen, which is a departure from our standard approach and we hope you enjoy it. Eugen’s insights from a sociological perspective make for important reminders in an age when when the words we choose to communicate impacts whether get sick or not people.
As always, please let us know what you think and share it with a friend or colleague.
© 2020 Weekly Grooves
Links
Eugen Dimant, PhD: https://www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-programs/mbds/faculty/eugen-dimant
University of Michigan Tweet: https://twitter.com/UMich/status/1299069416202739712
University of Alabama outbreaks: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/29/us/university-of-alabama-covid-19-cases-trnd/index.html

Sunday Sep 20, 2020
How to Talk to Your Friends About Their Conspiracy Theories with Eric Oliver
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Eric Oliver, PhD is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Although the majority of his work is squarely in the realm of how we view our political systems and make political decisions, some of his work echoes moral psychology and sociology, and we find it fascinating. And, frankly, some of it is just downright fun to talk about.
Eric’s observations come from more than 20 years of research, dozens of peer-reviewed papers, and he is the author of 5 books on political science. We specifically talked about how liberals and conservatives name their children, the rise of intuitionism, having dinner with a sports star rather than a rock star, and of course, he spoke in-depth about conspiracy theories.
Most importantly, he walked us through some key aspects of how to have a conversation with someone who is on the opposite side of the conspiracy-theory belief system and, interestingly enough, it begins with empathy. Listen to the entire episode to hear all his insights and research anecdotes. They’ll put a smile on your face as well as fresh ideas into your brain!
We have been fans of his work for some time and are grateful that Eric shared his insights with us. We think you’ll become a fan, too, if you’re not already one.
© 2020 Behavioral Grooves
Links
Eric Oliver, PhD: https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/eric-oliver
Jonathan Haidt, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt
James Frazer, “The Golden Bough”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough
Katherine Surma on Credulity: https://www.jericoliver.com/uploads/1/1/8/9/118973414/surmaoliver3.5.18-final.pdf
Laurie Santos, PhD: The Joe Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GimHHAID_P0
Steve Kerr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kerr
Colin Kaepernick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick
Charles Manson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson
Musical Links
LCD Sound System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqq3BtGrpU8
Kurt Weil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill
Phillip Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M73x3O7dhmg
Keith Richards and Chuck Berry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERVLy-ltjHs

Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Roy Baumeister, PhD is a world-renowned researcher known for his work on the subjects of willpower, self-control, and self-esteem and how they relate to human morality and success. Most recently, he is the author of The Power of Bad, with John Tierney, which explores how powerful bad experiences can be and how life is better when we seek out the good. We discussed a bit of the new book as well as some of his highly researched topics.
Roy’s peer-reviewed papers have been cited more than 200,000 times and he’s published more than 30 books. As one might imagine, our conversation was packed with insights into how we feel, think and act based on the complex ways we view and experience the world. We felt like we were starting a master class when we hit the record button and we love sharing this conversation with you.
Suffice it to say, we thoroughly enjoyed our conversation with this pioneer and we hope you do too.
© 2020 Behavioral Grooves
Links
Roy Baumeister, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Baumeister
George Loewenstein, PhD: https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/sds/people/faculty/george-loewenstein.html
“The Power of Bad”: https://roybaumeister.com/books/
Dan Gilbert, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gilbert_(psychologist)
John Gottman, PhD: https://www.gottman.com/author/john-gottman-ph-d/
Suzanne Segerstrom, PhD: https://psychology.as.uky.edu/users/scsege0
Mark Maraven, PhD: https://www.albany.edu/psychology/faculty/mark-muraven
John Cacioppo, PhD: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/john-t-cacioppo-pioneer-and-founder-field-social-neuroscience-1951-2018
Musical Links
YoYo Ma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT95Mo0
Louis Armstrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs
John Coletrane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsBbM5PIAHk
Miles Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNTltOGh5c
Cannonball Adderley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN1SwOdbdBU
Big Bands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGq-eCoPSwA
Bix Beiderbeck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW7YYt0F-K4
John McLaughlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbLq694PoU
Stan Getz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqQWVrfjatA
Snarky Puppy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk0WRHV_vt8
Ministry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCh9OhDiCI

Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Susan Hunt Stevens is the Founder and CEO of WeSpire, a technology platform that helps achieve the company’s goals through better employee engagement. WeSpire delivers applications at scale including sustainability, diversity and inclusion; moreover, they enable employees to be recognized for shaping a welcoming community both inside and outside the firm.
We talked to Susan about her observations on the value of building diverse teams, the creation of the psychologically safe workplace, and most importantly, the ethical application of behavioral science. She shared seven simple questions, created by Amy Edmonson, PhD at Harvard, to identify the levels of psychological safety within her client organizations. We encourage you to consider them for yourself.
- If you make a mistake on this team, it is often held against you.
- Members of this team are able to bring up problems and tough issues.
- People on this team sometimes reject others for being different.
- It is safe to take a risk on this team.
- It is difficult to ask other members of this team for help.
- No one on this team would deliberately act in a way that undermines my efforts.
- Working with members of this team, my unique skills and talents are valued and utilized.
Susan’s insightful comments mix a passion for the application of good research and a desire to help build productive, profitable organizations that treat their people with respect.
We also want to give a special shout to Emily Wagner for turning us on to Susan’s work. Thank you, Emily!
© 2020 Behavioral Grooves
Links
Susan Hunt Stevens: https://www.linkedin.com/in/huntstevens/
WeSpire: https://www.wespire.com/
Amy Edmondson, PhD: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6451
Nir Eyal “Hooked”: https://www.nirandfar.com/hooked/
How to Measure Psychological Safety on Your Team: https://www.business2community.com/strategy/measure-psychological-safety-team-01730787
“I Hired a Wife” article: https://medium.com/@chrismorgan_1657/i-hired-a-wife-and-my-career-took-off-16dc8ae481fe
Cass Sunstein Ethics Guide: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2526341
Susan Cain “Quiet”: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8520610-quiet
Google’s Project Aristotle: https://www.inc.com/michael-schneider/google-thought-they-knew-how-to-create-the-perfect.html
Musical Links
Irish Step Dancing from Riverdance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B718RsboGEI
Drop Kick Murphys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw
Abba “Dancing Queen”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Eugen Dimant, PhD: What To Do About Bad Apples
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
[NOTE: Republished in its entirety from original episode #104 on December 15, 2019.]
Eugen Dimant, PhD is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences Department and a Senior Research Fellow at the Identity and Conflict Lab, Political Science Department – both at the University of Pennsylvania.
His research is rooted in economics and sits at the crossroads of experimental behavioral economics, behavioral ethics, crime, and corruption, with much of his recent work focusing on the ways “bad apples” (people will malintent) can be thwarted. This is also manifest in his research on behavioral contagion of pro- and anti-social behavior among individuals and groups. Because we met up with him presenting a paper at NoBeC, a social norms conference, we also discussed the role of social norms in pro- and anti-social behaviors.
We are inspired by Eugen’s work with social nudges and what can be done to minimize the impact of people who are out to corrupt systems and communities. And, we had a great time talking with this incredibly passionate researcher about his wide variety of interests.
We are grateful to Eugen for reaching out to us as we were planning our 100th Episode celebration in Philadelphia. He invited us to the University of Pennsylvania’s NoBeC Conference – the Norms and Behavioral Change Conference – that was happening the same days that we were recording our 100th Episode. Eugen, along with his colleague Chris Nave, PhD, helped us arrange conversations with many researchers and speakers at the conference and we are forever grateful.
Finally, we invite you to keep listening after our discussion with Eugen to hear Kurt and Tim’s Grooving Session and then the Bonus Track where we recap the key insights from the episode.
© 2020 Behavioral Grooves
LINKS:
Eugen Dimant, PhD: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/graduate/mbds/faculty/eugen-dimant
NoBeC (Norms and Behavior Change Conference): https://web.sas.upenn.edu/nobec/
Cristina Bicchieri, PhD: https://upenn.academia.edu/CristinaBicchieri
Gary Bolton, PhD: https://personal.utdallas.edu/~gxb122130/
Nudge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_theory
Social Norms: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/social-norms/
Injunctive and Descriptive Norms: https://study.com/academy/lesson/injunctive-and-descriptive-group-norms-definitions-differences-examples.html
Pluralistic Ignorance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluralistic_ignorance
Peer Effects: https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/applied-and-social-sciences-magazines/peer-effects
Coleman’s Boat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGaz0xKG060
Chris Nave, PhD: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/graduate/mbds/contact/christopher-nave
Bobo Doll Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobo_doll_experiment
Robert Cialdini, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cialdini
Kiki and Bouba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect
Pollstar: https://www.pollstar.com/
Musical Links
Drake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_(musician)
Bushido: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido_(rapper)
U2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2
Ed Sheeran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran
Eagles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_(band)
Rolling Stones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones
Fleetwood Mac: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac

Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Nicole Fisher, DrPH is the president of Health and Human Rights Strategies and is a regular contributor to Forbes magazine on social justice issues. Her piece in Forbes about “The Psychology of Protests” is an excellent analysis of why people take to the streets.
Nicole earned a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Chicago, then her Doctorate of Public Health from Chapel Hill, and she was also an Economics Fellow at George Mason University. We felt we could go wide and deep on our conversation with her and that’s exactly what happened.
In our discussion, we talked about the need for grace and understanding, a concept called peer permission, the psychology of protests (from a piece that was written prior to George Floyd’s murder and the global outpouring of peaceful dissent throughout the world), and how the heart of the matter with a pandemic is public health.
In the Grooving Session, Kurt and Tim also discussed the Peace Prayer of St. Francis and recommended, in the Bonus Track, to consider sidling up to someone you don’t see eye to eye with and learn about how and why they feel the way they do. You just might learn something!
We hope you enjoy this episode and we encourage you to take a moment to give us a review as ratings go a long way in introducing us to new listeners.
© 2020 Behavioral Grooves
Links
Nicole Fisher, DrPH: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Fisher
Nicole-related links:
Health & Human Rights Strategies: https://www.hhrstrategies.com
Dr. Nicole Fisher Forbes Column: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolefisher/
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYU0m9Esz1rFzx6pqvP0OIA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nic_fisher
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicfisher/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.f.fisher
Groups and things we chatted about (that I remember...):
NOCOVID: https://nocovid.us
NPR CodeSwitch: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/878963732/why-now-white-people
Mythunderstood Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/69yTv2hOdUqmPe6tybNLCy?si=1hFJmcX8SfW5D2oXx1FAww
Second Story Books: https://www.secondstorybooks.com/
Chris Graves: https://www.ogilvyconsulting.com/people/chris-graves/
John Barry, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Barry
The Prayer of St. Francis: https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/prayer/traditional-catholic-prayers/saints-prayers/peace-prayer-of-saint-francis/
Sheriff who walked with protesters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j1k9459pYk

Sunday Aug 16, 2020
How Babies’ Faces on Shop Doors Can Reduce Crime: With Tara Austin
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Tara Austin is a strategist and was recently the Chief Strategy Officer for Kindred in London. Many of us know her for her public speaking events, like her presentation at Nudgestock in June 2020, and the amazing work she did with Rory Sutherland, Sam Tatam, and Jez Groom at Ogilvy over many years.
We discussed a project she did with Ogilvy Change referred to as the Babies in the Borough. On the heels of the London riots in 2011, Tara wanted to see how a paper she’d read a few years earlier might apply to reduce crime in England. With the help of a master street painter, Ben Eine, the team gathered photos of babies from locals in the neighborhood and had them rendered on the security doors of businesses. After the babies’ faces were added to the shop shutters, the city saw declines in theft, vandalism and public urination year-over-year.
We also talked about Edward de Bono, his development of lateral thinking and the six thinking hats. De Bono’s work can help us improve our decision making, which is likely to lead to greater happiness in our lives, and that’s always a win.
Thank you for checking out our conversation with Tara, and if you like it, please leave us a review.
© 2020 Behavioral Grooves
Links
Tara Austin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-austin-78b2a780/
HOME Creative Consultancy: https://www.homeagency.co.uk/
The Grocer magazine: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/
Ben Eine, street artist: https://beneine.co.uk/
Pinkie Campaign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hWxU_ICoHM
Edward DeBono, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_de_Bono
“Six Thinking Hats”: https://www.debonogroup.com/services/core-programs/six-thinking-hats/
The “Cute Matters” paper is actually “Baby Schema in Infant Faces Induces Cuteness
Perception and Motivation for Caretaking in Adults”: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260535/
Glocker, Melanie L et al. “Baby Schema in Infant Faces Induces Cuteness Perception and Motivation for Caretaking in Adults.” Ethology: formerly Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie vol. 115,3 (2009): 257-263. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01603.x
Lateral Thinking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking
Jaywalking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Beggar’s Banquet Records: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggars_Banquet_Records
Common Biases & Heuristics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XHpBr0VFcaT8wIUpr-9zMIb79dFMgOVFRxIZRybiftI/edit
Ozan Varol: https://ozanvarol.com/
Musical Links
Dolly Parton “9 to 5”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUSsFXYo4
The Killers “Human”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIZdjT1472Y
Lou Reed “Satellite of Love”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH2EgYq_NCY
U2 “Satellite of Love”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q1zWNITuyg
Gretchen Peters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r07tGdLpKIQ
Loretta Lynn “The Pill”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DcdONaKSQM
Loretta Lynn “Coalminers Daughter”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlHJ9Tp24yY&list=PLsZQ89o7KvqJPUf2oKv8iHDhb25Puqbpd&index=28
“Pan Pipes of the Andes”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNCuRpdemew
Spice Girls: “Who Do You Think You Are": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YriinrRGug

Monday Aug 10, 2020
Elspeth Kirkman: Best Models for Identifying a Problem
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Elspeth Kirkman is responsible for BIT’s work on health, education, and local government. Prior to this role, she oversaw the establishment and growth of BIT’s North American office from New York. She has taught behavioral science at Harvard, acts as an expert advisor to a number of global institutions, and serves as a Senior Fellow for Casey Family Programs, advising on the applications of behavioral and decision science to child welfare systems.
Prior to joining BIT in 2013, Elspeth was a management consultant working with government clients around the world.
Due to some technical challenges, we weren’t able to record a full hour of conversation. However, in the time we had available we discussed how important models can be in helping us solve problems, especially the COM-B model. (COM-B focuses on three aspects of behavior change and they are Capability, Opportunity and Motivation.)
We also discussed the central pillars for good application of behavioral science. Elspeth used words like, “context” and “pragmatism” and “actual impact” and it made us happy to hear those words.
Finally, we talked about the future of behavioral science and Elspeth laid out a couple of important themes. On one hand, she suggested we study behavioral sciences in order to integrate the findings into the mainstreams of business and government policy. On the other hand, she imagines a future with more crossover of behavioral science with fields like AI and how Quantitative and Qualitative tools might work better together.
We hope you enjoy our conversation with Elspeth as much as we did!
© 2020 Behavioral Grooves
Links
Elspeth Kirkman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elspethkirkman/
And…https://www.bi.team/people/elspeth-kirkman/
Co-Author with Michael Hallsworth: “Behavioral Insights” book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/behavioral-insights
Katy Milkman Episode # 99 “Behavior Change for Good”: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/katy-milkman-behavior-change-for-good/
EAST Framework: https://www.bi.team/publications/east-four-simple-ways-to-apply-behavioural-insights/
COM-B Model: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096582/
Musical Links
Joni Mitchell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAxjPfWOiqI
Smashing Pumpkins: https://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
Violent Femmes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHapDS2fcFE
James Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJWqjoekow
Rolling Stones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kl6q_9qZOs
Paul Simon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmf9ZJ_Yn0A
David Bowie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ_wnJSRFso
Michael Jackson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
U2 “Achtung, Baby”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdXczOeDVbw
U2 “Joshua Tree”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AOQysQKE8A