Doing Less Is Hard, Especially When We’re Overwhelmed
The more we have on our minds the harder it becomes to do less. But there’s hope.
Leidy Klotz
Leidy Klotz is a professor at the University of Virginia, where he is appointed in the schools of engineering and architecture. His scholarship merges design and behavioral science. He is the author of Sustainability through Soccer: An Unexpected Approach to Saving Our World, and, most recently, Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less.
Subtract: Why Getting to Less Can Mean Thinking More
In striving to improve our lives, our work, and our society, we overwhelmingly add, overlooking another powerful option—subtraction.
What Do Engineers and Behavioral Scientists Have to Learn From Each Other?
Behavioral science training is a necessary adaptation in the evolution of engineering. And those applying behavioral science could learn from engineering’s history of putting science to work.
The Little-Known Behavioral Scientist Who Has Transformed Cities All Over the World
Cities around the world share common design features. Some of these can be traced back to one designer—and his behavioral scientist wife.
Using Behavioral Science to Redesign the Built Environment
Shouldn’t engineers, planners, and architects like me have contributed to a vastly superior built environment from the one that existed nine centuries ago?