This article was originally published on Data-Smart City Solutions. Nudging — using behaviorally-informed measures to influence behavior — has proven to be an effective tool in government for ...

Despite our better knowledge, we often make choices that aren’t good for us – and feel bad about it later. But it’s possible to strengthen our self-control by making simple changes to our environment.

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Just as a building has a structure that allows the people within it to pursue their own happiness without obstructing the movements of others, a free society has a structure defined by the natural ...

Nudging, the concept of influencing people's behavior without imposing rules, bans or coercion, is an idea that government officials and marketing specialists alike are keen to harness, and it is ...

Over the past two years, a growing number of conferences, papers and articles have looked beyond the technique of nudging people to change their behaviour. The question is: what comes next now that ...

In 2016, leaked email exchanges from Mount St. Mary’s University revealed then-president Simon Newman’s plan to inflate retention stats by encouraging students with a higher likelihood of dropping out ...

Why is making healthier lifestyle choices in our day-to-day lives so challenging? Everybody knows that bad habits are hard to break. The seemingly unstoppable power of hedonic motivation drives us to ...

Vancouver, Canada, discourages the use of plastic bags by charging shoppers five cents per bag, but a local store owner decided to take things one step further. He attempted to shame customers who ...

Harshit Jain, MD, is Founder & Global CEO of Doceree, a leading global healthcare marketing platform for programmatic messaging to HCPs. Technological advancements and artificial intelligence (AI) ...