Action Design Radio

Behavioral Snowballs with Sarah Watters

How do you start a new pattern of behavior? Sarah Watters wants you to build a snowball. Sarah is a Senior Consultant and Behavioral Scientist at Wellth, a health tech co

Social Trust and Coordination with Salma Mousa and Rachel Kranton

In this episode, Erik interviews top researchers on the topic of social trust and coordination live from the 2022 Norms and Behavioral Change Conference (NoBeC) at the Un

Hiring a Behavioral Scientist

In this episode, Erik and Zarak discuss how to hire a behavioral scientist with a panel of BeSci practitioners and experts.   Zarak facilitates the discussion with the

Shanta Ricks - The Psychology of Black Hair

Shanta Ricks takes over the podcast as a special guest host for this episode to share her research on the psychology of Black hair. While receiving her masters in psychol

Zarak Khan - Behavioral Science in Innovation

We're back! In our first episode after a summer break, Erik is joined by previous guest Laurel Newman to flip the tables and interview Zarak on how he applies behavioral

Allison White - Behavior Mapping

Zarak and Erik chat with Allison White, a senior behavioral researcher at Duke University's Center for Advanced Hindsight. Allison primarily advises FinTech companies on

Kristen Berman - The Behavioral Product Manager (Reprise)

Episode Description: Today's guest is Kristen Berman, co-founder of Duke University's Common Cents Lab, as well as co-founder (with Dan Ariely) of Irrational Labs. Kriste

Namika Sagara - Behavioral Science in Consumer and Market Research

Happy 2022, Action Designers! In our first episode of the year, Zarak and Erik are joined by Namika Sagara to discuss her journey from academia to behavioral science prac

Linnea Gandhi - Reducing Noise in Organizations

It is our pleasure to welcome back Linnea Gandhi to the podcast! Linnea manages the boutique consulting firm BehavioralSight; develops and teaches applied behavioral scie

Jon Levy - The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence

Jon Levy is a behavioral scientist best known for his work in influence, human connection, and decision making. He specializes in applying the latest research to transfor

Laurel Newman - Behavioral Science in Employee Culture and Human Resources

As applied behavior science has become more widespread, a need has emerged for guidance on how to build and integrate behavioral science functions within an organization.

Laurel Newman and Zarak Khan - Building Behavioral Science in an Organization

As applied behavioral science has become more widespread, a need has emerged for guidance on how to build and integrate behavioral science functions within an organizatio

Logan Ury - How to Not Die Alone

Description: Logan Ury is the Director of Relationship Science at Hinge, where she leads a research team dedicated to helping people find love and, ultimately, delete the

Michael Hallsworth and Elspeth Kirkman - Applying Behavioral Insights

The Behavioral Insights Team (BIT) generates and applies behavioral insights to inform policy, improve public services, and deliver results for citizens and society. Over

Kelly Leonard - Behavioral Science of Video Calls

In today's episode we welcome back to the program Kelly Leonard, Executive Director of Insights and Applied Improvisation at Second City Works and host of the "Getting to

Kurt Nelson and Tim Houlihan - Behavioral Grooves

Don't look now – it's a crossover episode! No, not Alf meets Gilligan's Island, or The Simpsons meets Family Guy. It's Behavioral Grooves meets Action Design Radio!  

Stephen Wendel - Designing for Behavior Change, Second Edition

Stephen Wendel is the Head of Behavioral Science at Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research. He and his team of behavioral scientists and pract

Michelle Niedziela - Where Neuroscience Meets Behavior

Michelle Niedziela is the Scientific Director and VP of Innovation at HCD Research, a marketing and consumer sciences company that applies neuroscience tools along with t

Matthew Darling - A Behavioral Approach to Economic Relief Programs

Matthew Darling is a Vice President at ideas42, a nonprofit organization that uses behavioral science to improve lives, build better systems and policies, and drive socia

Dan Egan - Behavioral Finance During COVID-19

Dan Egan, Director of Behavioral Finance and Investing at Betterment, joins our hosts Erik and Zarak to discuss financial and investment behavior during times of crisis.