People

If you’ve never before worried about how to arrange chairs in a meeting room or office, time to start. Researchers have recently found tha…

I was shopping for a bike the other day, went into the shop, and before I could even work out which bike did what, they were in my face aski…

I recently spoke to a large, multi-disciplinary public relations firm on the topic of technology and human behaviour. To kick off I borr…

Ever seen banner or print ads with before and after photos? On which side should the pictures be placed, right or left? Some recent research…

Choosing is hard. Even once a decision has been reached there can be that annoying little niggle in your brain that questions whether you’…

I was on the search the other week for washing detergent for dark clothes. It had been recommended to me as “black wash”, and while I didn’…

There are four common website conventions that risk undermining your conversions, so with the framework of behavioural science it is time to…

Always on the lookout for behaviourally effective examples from market, a Save the Children ad caught my eye last week. Run as a series…

Last week’s Labor leadership change has thrown light on some of the key behavioural biases at play in decision-making. The tumultuous we…

Last week I covered why it is hard to spot examples of irrational behaviour – in other words, those decisions we make that defy rational …

Behavioural economics is all about understanding how people behave in their everyday lives and starts by assuming that what we do is not al…

Things were getting uncomfortably tight. I was enjoying it a little bit less every time I started. But I pushed on and now I’m feeling th…