behavioral psychology
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Don’t Let Cognitive Biases Cause You To Engage In Risky Public Health Behaviour
1Now that the “new normal” has started feeling, well, normal, how can we ensure we’re still remaining vigilant with our vital public health behaviours? Hand-washing, physical distancing, and mask wearing aren’t going to be less important any time soon, but familiarity can breed laziness, and when it comes to the pandemic, that’s… pretty bad.
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Good Security Is In Our Heads
REA Group’s CISO Craig Templeton has been in the job for just a few months. While the information security business has been largely focussed on technical skills, Templeton told his team they needed to develop a new ability; the Jedi Mind Trick. I spoke with Templeton about this and some of the challenges he sees…
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Build Better Feedback Loops To Reinforce Good Habits
Behavioural feedback loops run unnoticed in the background of our daily lives, and affect which habits we stick with — both good and bad. Instead of letting feedback loops shape our lives in invisible ways, you can design them to foster better habits.