Feedback — both positive and negative — is essential to helping managers enhance their best qualities and address their worst so they can excel at leading. Strengths-based development can, unfortunately, lull people into believing there are no areas in which they need to improve. So instead of encouraging people to avoid negative feedback, we should focus on how to deliver it in ways that minimize the fight-or-flight response. One approach is called Situation-Behavior-Impact (SBI). Fee...| Harvard Business Review
A one-size-fits-all approach to nudging can be ineffective, or even backfire. Personalising nudges is a way of recognising and acting upon known heterogeneity across and within groups of people to deliver successful behaviour change. … More How Can We Personalise Nudges?| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
Why do some teams consistently deliver high performance while other, seemingly identical teams struggle? Led by Sandy Pentland, researchers at MIT’s Human Dynamics Laboratory set out to solve that puzzle. Hoping to decode the “It factor” that made groups click, they equipped teams from a broad variety of projects and industries (comprising 2,500 individuals in total) with wearable electronic sensors that collected data on their social behavior for weeks at a time. With remarkable consis...| Harvard Business Review
Wharton’s Benjamin Lockwood explains why lotteries are so compelling to consumers, even when they know the odds are stacked against them.| Knowledge at Wharton
Explore the science behind resilience and learn about measuring one’s capacity to rebound from adversity. Discover how resilience can be quantified and assessed effectively. Gain insights into the factors influencing one’s ability to bounce back from challenges in this informative article. When life pushes us down, some people stay down longer, while others seem to […] The post The Science of Resilience: Measuring the Ability to Bounce Back appeared first on iMotions.| iMotions
Understanding and improving employee productivity has never been more critical (or more complex). As hybrid work models and disengagement trends continue to reshape the workforce, many companies are rethinking how they track performance and measure what really matters. It’s no longer enough to log hours worked or tally tasks completed. True productivity in the workplace Read more... The post How to Measure Employee Productivity appeared first on IncentFit.| IncentFit
Genomics isn’t the be all and end all for success in personalized medicine–health systems and payers need to support behavior change using AI-powered solutions. The post Why Behavior Is the Bottleneck in the Promise of Precision Health appeared first on Lirio.| Lirio
CMS is replacing Medicare Advantage's HEI with EHO4all—learn how behavioral science can help payers innovate and advance health equity effectively.| Lirio
Explore how system change and individual behavior change work together to drive climate action in four impactful pathways.| Behavioural Public Policy Blog
View the definitive guide to N-of-1 healthcare personalization for providers, health systems, payers, and life sciences.| Lirio
In the quest for originality, behavioural scientists often create new effects and frameworks—even when existing ones suffice. Dubbed the 'Pioneer Effect' phenomenon (with a tongue firmly in cheek) highlights the challenges of overlapping constructs, fragmented research, and duplicated effort. This article explores why psychology’s proliferation of terms isn’t just confusing—it could be holding the discipline back, and what we can do to course-correct. The post The Pioneer Effect: A Bo...| BehavioralEconomics.com | The BE Hub
Energy poverty traps vulnerable households in a cycle of financial strain and limited decision-making, often exacerbated by cognitive scarcity. Behavioral insights offer transformative approaches to energy policies, simplifying access to aid and reducing mental burdens. Using Cyprus as a case study, practical, low-cost solutions like framing strategies, reducing hassle factors, and leveraging social norms emerge as key strategies. Aligning policy design with human behavior can promote equitab...| BehavioralEconomics.com | The BE Hub
In 2022, Auckland Council undertook an innovative research project utilising behavioural insights, which was designed to support Auckland households to make more sustainable and climate friendly food choices, i.e., to eat less meat. This ‘Different Dinners’ project is part of a broader programme of work looking at how Auckland Council can respond to its commitments to address climate change. The results were positive and demonstrate that Aucklanders are both willing to and did make change...| BehavioralEconomics.com | The BE Hub
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the most well-researched and evidence-based forms of psychotherapy. At the heart of CBT is the idea that our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are deeply interconnected—each influencing the others in powerful ways. The post The power of threes: Overlap between cognitive behavioral therapy and nudging for behavior change offers trifecta of lessons appeared first on Lirio.| Lirio
Lirio's Chief Behavioral Officer, Amy Bucher, has been named one of the "100 women in health IT to know".| Lirio
This article is a comparison between fNIRS vs EEG, with both being non-invasive brain imaging methods used in research and clinical settings. While fNIRS offers improved spatial resolution, EEG provides superior temporal resolution. Understanding the differences between these techniques is crucial for advancing brain imaging technology and applications. fNIRS vs EEG: When To Use Which? […] The post fNIRS vs EEG: Comparing Non-Invasive Brain Imaging Techniques appeared first on iMotions.| iMotions
Lirio's CEO, Marten den Haring, and Chief Behavioral Officer, Amy Bucher were recently featured in Health Leaders discussing new market report. The post In the news: How Payers Can Realize Hard ROI From Hyperpersonalization appeared first on Lirio.| Lirio
Lirio's Chief Behavioral Officer, Amy Bucher was recently featured in Physicians Practice discussing the importance of prevention and primary care models.| Lirio
This is a slightly more polished version of something I posted in the Beeminder forum. The forum is also the place for ongoing discussion about this. OpenAI’s Deep Research tool was made available to premium users the other day and I tried it out with the following prompt: “What does the science say...| Beeminder Blog
Health plan leaders weigh in on AI, personalized outreach, and member engagement. View three noteworthy findings.| Lirio
Finding the right employees can be tough, by keeping them can be an even larger struggle. Here are some tips to retain employees.| IncentFit
Discover how workplace wellness programs can prevent quiet quitting by boosting engagement and fostering employee well-being.| IncentFit
Read our 5 strategies for success around CMS 2025 Medicare Advantage changes. Read now.| Lirio
New health equity paper highlights why good design is crucial in patient member outreach. Read the blog now:| Lirio
Incentivizing and rewarding the right partner behaviors is key for channel success, and it’s most effective when program goals and reward opportunities are aligned with impactful actions that deliver long-term growth. At Maritz, we work with you to choose and tailor incentives for any measurable behavior contributing to your business’s performance. We also provide a […] The post Reward-Worthy: Which Behaviors Should You Incentivize? appeared first on Maritz Motivation Inc..| Maritz Motivation Inc.
It’s not easy to ditch old ways, especially when it comes to channel program strategies that have worked well enough for long enough. However, partner habits and interests are evolving, and programs will have to keep up in the ever-changing channel industry. Longevity should always be a focus, which is why we think about incentive […]| Maritz Motivation Inc.
We’ve seen the incentives industry evolve over decades. By now, everyone is familiar with the old “Do This, Get That” incentives model – the classic dangling of the carrot. It's transactional and, frankly, it’s not enough to drive consistent partner engagement anymore. Today, we’re proposing an approach that’s been overlooked for too long, and it goes “Beyond the Carrot” with a more modernized perspective on incentive design. But what does it look like moving from old to new?| Maritz Motivation Inc.
After Wall Street firms repeatedly had to shell out millions to settle discrimination lawsuits, businesses started to get serious about their efforts to increase diversity. But unfortunately, they don’t seem to be getting results: Women and minorities have not gained much ground in management over the past 20 years. The problem is, organizations are trying to reduce bias with the same kinds of programs they’ve been using since the 1960s. And the usual tools—diversity training, hiring te...| Harvard Business Review