August 1, 2023
Reading ease is not as easy as all that – comprehension shows the way
It's easy to make text readable, right? You just use the…
October 17, 2022
Words that work: Email subject headings that increase and decrease response
Email is a common way to communicate. The stats are eye…
June 23, 2022
Mental models, and seeing the world
“Consumers. Sophisticated, they are” says a small, green,…
January 28, 2022
Improving comprehension in a simulated real-world environment
Many people receiving home claim process emails are…
October 16, 2019
Nudging by banks – is it today… or is it 1943 ?!?
In a collection of personal items we found a letter sent…
November 21, 2018
Trying to find the tallest jockey: A/B testing can be problematic
'There's nothing wrong with A/B testing'. This statement…
September 3, 2018
Online reviews: How to get people talking about your product online
We all do it. We look at the star ratings and read the…
April 14, 2018
Big Data (but not a Big problem solver)
You don’t know who your customers are? You don’t know who…
August 5, 2017
Your behaviour is unsuitable (because our lives are better).
It’s nothing personal. We’re good at living short and…
December 2, 2016
The financial sector has confused users that need help
This means that financial communications are governed by…
November 11, 2016
Not so added value: Don’t show all your product’s features.
Imagine you’re working in an electronics shop. A new…
November 5, 2016
Where does your brand sit in your consumer’s subconscious?
Wouldn't you love to have a solid, reliable map of where…
April 20, 2016
Russian dolls, danger, and behavioural economics
Popularised, praised and increasingly applied across a…
July 27, 2015
Gold! The only Gold Retail Nudge Award won by us for DAS Legal
The only Gold Retail Nudge Award won for DAS LegalThe…
July 13, 2012
Wisdom, and crowds: bend it like Asch
If you have a jar full of marbles, you have have a lot of…
June 29, 2012
The point of zero distance, pensions, droughts, and TV ads
A ‘tree top’ view, versus a ‘nose pressed against the…
June 22, 2012
Habits: forming them, and breaking them
Habits are nasty, and nice. Nasty, because the habit…
June 8, 2012
Framing choice: The effects follow us everywhere
Rarely can you avoid the situational, group, proximal and…
April 27, 2012
Channel factors and big shifts in behaviour
Context is important. In fact, it’s one of the big three…
March 19, 2010
The dinner party kit: a bluffer’s guide to behavioural economics
Here's your dinner party cheat-sheet for behavioural…
January 22, 2010
ƃuıʞuıɥʇ uʍop-ǝpısdn: I can change your answer by reversing the order of the question
By reversing the order of the question I can change your…
December 5, 2009
Incentives: Why parachutes never fail, trains are overcrowded, and you never meet an incompetent fugu chef
The framework in which you ask people to perform has as…
November 4, 2009
I love you because you’re predictable – I hate you because you’re irrational. The list, Part 2
If you read Part 1, you’ll know that modern societies are…
October 31, 2009
I love you because you’re predictable – I hate you because you’re irrational. The list, Part 1
Modern societies are organised around the assumption that…