The Quest to Imagine a Workplace that (Actually) Values Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance is about making trade-offs. How might we design workplaces that encourage employees to choose the right ones?
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Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
There are things we need to deliberately and consciously slow down for our own sanity and for our own productivity. If we don’t ask the question about what those things are, we might get things terribly, terribly wrong.
Is Everything BS?
BS (behavioral science) without creativity—indeed BS without a tiny little whiff of BS (meaning bullshit)—is actually suboptimal.
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A Better Way to Ask for Advice
Don’t ask to pick someone’s brain. You’ll get better results from inviting them to retrace their route instead.
When Writing for Busy Readers, Less Is More
Want more people to read and respond to your messages? It’s simple. Write less.
The Psychology of Overhead Aversion—and What It Means for Charitable Work
Why are people so averse to paying charities’ overhead costs? What could knowing more about overhead aversion mean for successful fundraising? We conducted an experiment to find out.