The Behavioral Design Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

We've reached the end of Season 3! 🎉

In this finale, we give you the inside scoop on topics behavioral design from 2023. From our favorite resources to AI to films, we explore all things behavioral design, so you too are in the inside scoop! All resources are linked below. Enjoy!

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for supporting us throughout the year! We appreciate you! 🙏 🙌

Gratitude:

• A systematic review of the strength of evidence for the most commonly recommended happiness strategies in mainstream media | Nature Human Behaviour (Dunigan Folk & Elizabeth Dunn)
• No Sweat book - Michelle Segar
• Preregistering, transparency, and large samples boost psychology studies’ replication rate to nearly 90% | Science
• High replicability of newly discovered social-behavioural findings is achievable | Nature Human Behaviour

Favorite Resources:

• BehaviorBytes
• Women in Behavioral Science and the Women in Behavioral Science LinkedIn group – Darcie Piechowski
• Lesson on Fraud and Whistleblowing – Zoe Ziani
• Choice Overload: It’s not about the number – Hassan & Roos
• 7 Routes to Applied Behavioural Science Experimentation and Observation – Affective + OECD
• Mapping Behavioural Journeys – Common Thread
• A Manifesto for Applying Behavioral Science – The Behavioural Insights Team
• Behavioral Science as a Specialization – Connor Joyce
• The Science of Context – Jared Peterson

Top 10 films:

1. Fallen leaves
2. Close
3. Passages
4. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
5. Past Lives
6. Beau Is Afraid
7. One Fine Morning
8. Barbie
9. Oppenheimer
10. Infinity Pool

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Welcome to the latest Product Deep Dive! ⁠💊

In this bonus series of the Behavioral Design Podcast, we take a closer look at the seemingly simple, yet tremendously important, pill bottle.

Previous guest, Aarthi Rao, took her stab at designing the best pill bottle, so we decided to deep dive into all things behavioral design in the pill bottle world, ourselves! Easy, attractive, social, personalized...tune in to learn more, this one was a lot of fun!

Thank you to all of our listeners for supporting our podcast. Tune in next week for our Season 3 finale!
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Welcome to the latest Product Deep Dive! 🎤

In this fun bonus series of the Behavioral Design Podcast, we take a closer look at products discussed in past episodes of the show. In this episode, we are discussing the product "Conferences", following up on our conversation with Dave Pizarro from last week.

Tune in to learn more about how we would re-design conferences, what they have in common with weddings, and what we can learn from this as behavioral designers. Happy listening!

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In this episode of the Behavioral Design Podcast, we are delighted to speak with Dave Pizarro, esteemed professor at Cornell and Chief Science Officer at BE Works. Dave's extensive experience offers a unique perspective on the applications of behavioral science in both academic and industry settings. Join us as we engage in a thought-provoking conversation with Dave about his research on moral views and how they shape judgments and behavior. We delve into the power and intricacies of reinforcement, the challenges of conducting research and translating findings in an industry context, and Dave's most controversial opinion in behavioral science. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in understanding the intersection of behavioral science in academia and the real world, and the potential for collaboration between the two spheres. Relevant links Dave’s website Dave’s Twitter Dave’s podcast Support the podcast by joining ⁠⁠⁠Habit Weekly Pro⁠⁠⁠ 🚀 The song used is ⁠⁠⁠Murgatroyd by David Pizarro (yes, same guy!).⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get in touch via ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]

Welcome to the latest Product Deep Dive! 🤿

In this new series of the Behavioral Design Podcast, we take a closer look at products discussed in past episodes of the show. In this episode, we are discussing the product of "personality tests", following up on our enlightening conversation with Sanjay Srivastava. Aline and Samuel explore their own experience with these tests, their practical applications, and the insights we can gain from them.

Tune in to learn more about the role personality tests play in understanding ourselves and others, and how we should think about them as behavioral designers.

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Welcome to The Behavioral Design Podcast's newest series, Product Deep Dives! 🎉

In this series, we take a closer look at products discussed in past episodes of the show. In this episode, we are discussing the product of "co-living spaces" having been discussed with our guest, Laurie Santos, on an earlier episode. Aline and Samuel take a deeper look at the behavioral science of co-living spaces and share their own thoughts and experiences of shared living.

Tune in to learn more about how co-living spaces are designed to foster positive behavior, and how the concept can be applied to other spaces too.

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In this episode, we speak with Laurie Santos, Professor at Yale. In addition to her research on primate decision-making, Laurie is an expert on the science of well-being. Her teachings on the psychology of the good life are some of the most popular of all time at Yale and on Coursera. She also has a free curriculum for high schools, and she even has her own podcast. 

We chatted with Laurie about shared living spaces and the importance of being social (even when we don’t feel like being social!). We also compare happiness with psychological richness, and the pros and cons of self-monitoring. And as a special bonus, you get to hear Laurie’s expert rendition of a primate’s pant-hoot.

Relevant links

• Laurie's website and twitter
• The Happiness Lab Podcast
• Laurie's course: The Science of Well-Being
• Sedaris on Fitbits

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We're finally back! 🎉 In this season 3 preview episode, we sit down and nerd out about all things Behavioral Science and AI, the state of the field and what we look forward to in the upcoming season. 

Thanks to you, our listeners, for patiently waiting for us to return and for supporting this podcast! We really appreciate it 😊🙏

Relevant links

• AI Edition of Habit Weekly
• Behavioral Data Science Edition of Habit Weekly

AI tools discussed

• ChatGPT
• Elephas
• Elicit
• ExplainPaper
• Jasper.ai
• MidJourney

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We've reached the end of season 2 - yay! 🎉 In this finale, we sit down and nerd out about all things behavioral as an intervention to help Aline overcome her recent existential crisis. We explore what we have learned about human behavior in 2021, whether being happy is important, ethical challenges in the field, how we can create a bigger impact, and, our course, we complete a final round of overrated vs. underrated.

Thanks to you, our listeners for supporting us this year! We really appreciate it 😊🙏

Relevant links

Effective Altruism

• About EA
• 8000 Hours
• GiveWell
• The Effective Altruism Behavioral Science Newsletter

Research mentioned:

• A Psychologically Rich Life: Beyond Happiness and Meaning
• The Psychology of (In)Effective Altruism
• How Effective Altruism Can Help Psychologists Maximize Their Impact
• What works to increase charitable donations? A meta-review with meta-meta-analysis

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Aarthi Rao leads behavioral insights at Cityblock Health, as their Vice President of Behavioral Insights and Strategic Engagement Innovation. Aarthi also founded the Design and Innovation Lab at CVS Health.

Aarthi has successfully merged human-centered practices, such as design thinking, with behavioral science at Cityblock. She is a strong advocate for merging qualitative and quantitative methods to better design patient experiences. Today we spoke to Aarthi about how to reach hard-to-reach communities, designing the perfect pill bottle that fits into a patient’s healthcare ecosystem, and so much more. Enjoy!

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