Interested in learning more about behavioral economics? My friends at Carnegie Mellon are offering a one-week exec ed course. The faculty is first rate. cmu.edu/dietrich/sds/executi…
Interested in learning about behavioral econ, consumer engagement, employee well-being & incentives, ethics, and big data? This summer, leading experts at @CarnegieMellon are offering a new executive program bringing organizations up to speed. cmu.edu/dietrich/sds/executi…
A friendly reminder that there is no evidence that this type of intervention is effective, and good reason to think it isn’t.
If you’re not interested in evaluating the impact of your anti-bias training, you’re not really interested in reducing bias. x.com/cfchabris/status/10016…
More potential missed opportunities to test whether diversity and anti-bias training works! American Airlines will train 130K workers over next 2 months; PWC is training 50K; but no RCTs of training efficacy mentioned here: chicagotribune.com/business/…
Congratulations to our CMU and U Wisconsin friends and @PennCHIBE affiliates S Bhargava, G Loewenstein, and @JustinSydnor on winning the 2018 #bspa2018 best paper award!!!
These four @GEICO letters arrived in my mailbox today addressed to myself and the previous three tenants of the house. Which one would be most effective? #BehavioralEconomics
#Sludge in @firstleafclub's "Confirm your Firstleaf cancellation" email which comes after I thought I had already canceled. Customer is guided to free shipping instead, and one could easily delete this email without "confirming".
(THREAD) Inspired by @stpehaniemlee ’s new piece, we have decided to share this. We have the dubious honor of being a victim of @BrianWansink and Collin R. Payne’s early work.
The Behavior Change for Good Team at @Penn (bcfg.upenn.edu) is hiring summer RAs. Tell your undergrads to send a CV 500 words re why they want the job to bcfg@wharton.upenn.edu by 2/28. (Learn more about our work in this @Freakonomics podcast: tinyurl.com/bcfg2017)