How Incentives Hinder Innovation
Imagine you are a CEO intent on increasing your employees’ creativity so that your company can be more innovative.
Books
The End of Nature Versus Nurture
How do we become who we are? Traditionally, people’s answers have placed them in one of two camps: nature or nurture. The one says genes determine an individual while the other claims the environment is the linchpin for development.
If Your Psychotherapist Were A Behavioral Economist
It’s easy to feel like you’re the only one. The only one who has trouble finding a significant other, remembering to call your mother, or dealing with your teenage son or daughter when they bring home a dud.
When Google Speaks, People Listen…and They Should: A Review of Work Rules!
There is another way—a way that leads to happier workers, more fulfilling work, and more successful companies.
The Healthy Society in Fifty Years
By 2065, I predict that we will have evolved societies that explicitly embrace values and goals for ensuring the wellbeing of every person.
The Nurture Effect: A Q&A with Anthony Biglan
In his new book, The Nurture Effect, Psychologist Anthony Biglan describes how interventions aimed at creating nurturing environments could help solve some of society’s most stubborn, harmful, and costly issues.