I promise this won’t be an all-book-all-the-time website forever, but right now things are happening fast and I’m excited! As of today, Engaged: Designing for […]
Engaged Updates – We Have a Cover!
As the publication date for Engaged nears, everything is getting a bit more real! Yesterday Rosenfeld Media shared the book cover, designed by Jason Kernevich of […]
Three Surprising Things About Writing a Book
Since last January, I’ve written a book! That’s one reason why I’ve not updated this site much–it turns out, I have a limited amount of […]
Why We Can’t Predict Future Happiness: the Hedonic Treadmill
Have you ever found yourself daydreaming about a day, perhaps not too far in the future, where you’ve finally gotten something you really want and […]
Case Study: Patagonia Makes Questions Easy To Answer
A major challenge with designing health questionnaires is making sure that questions are both clinically meaningful and are easy for users to answer. One example […]
When You Don’t Speak the Language, Literally: My Experience with the Japanese Health Care System and Radical Empathy
A common thing in my world of behavior change and design is a focus on building empathy by talking to people, sharing their perspectives, and […]
Designing for Financial Behavior: FxD 2018 Panel Recap
It’s easy for financial experts to say what people should do to achieve financial well-being. We can rattle off rules of thumb like: contribute enough to your […]
Behavior Change Reading List
It’s been a while since I’ve updated anything here, but for good reasons: I am very busy! And with projects and problems that keep my […]
Do We Need Persuasion for Behavior Change?
Last month I presented at the World Wildlife Foundation’s (WWF) Fuller Symposium, focused on behavior change for conservation. Several of the speakers from both the […]
Jumping the Technology Literacy Hurdle
Information is no good unless people can access and use it. Not knowing how to use technology keeps people from useful health information. A lack […]