Changing behaviour
Innovation and behavioural science
If you work in innovation — whether in product development or service design
October 18, 2022
Blog
Thoughts, opinions and original research from the BAD Team
Behavioural science principles
Behavioural science principles: provide feedback
We should give people feedback on their performance as they go.
Why? Feedback allows people to determine if they should re-evaluate their understanding or behaviour.
October 4, 2022
Behavioural science principles
Behavioural science principles: cut it out
It would be lovely if someone could just remove anything irrelevant. When we cut it out we omit anything that isn’t essential to carry out new actions.
September 28, 2022
Best Practice
Why it’s good to feed back
Giving feedback has so many benefits and forms a large part of the learning programmes we design.
September 23, 2022
Behavioural science principles
Behavioural science principles: smooth out the learning experience
When it comes to designing a learning experience we need to smooth it out to reduce friction costs that get in the way of behaviour change.
September 21, 2022
Best Practice
Shoot the messenger – telling stories
Telling stories in an authentic way with credible voices, is one way in which we make sure that the content our clients release to their employees is personally relevant.
September 13, 2022
Behavioural science principles
Behavioural science principles: personalise content
In learning design, when we personalise content, we are enabling or anticipating the jobs our user has to do with the content we have.
September 7, 2022
Behavioural science principles
Behavioural science principles: just in time
If you’ve ever watched hours of video tutorials on YouTube or trawled Google in search of a particular recipe, you’ve already embraced ‘just in time’ (JIT) learning.
August 31, 2022
Behavioural science principles
Behavioural science principles : emotion in learning
Learning is so often about self-discovery – how we feel about difficult situations, react to challenges, overcome adversity, handle pressure, celebrate success – these are all opportunities to include emotion in learning and create an experience that changes hearts as well as minds.
August 30, 2022
Behavioural science principles
Behavioural science principles: tell stories
Here at BAD, when we design experiences, we tell stories that will engage people and demonstrate good practice.
August 26, 2022
Behavioural science principles
Behavioural science principles: simplify messages
In this Digital Age, aka the Information Age, learning is available 24/7. But are we being bombarded with information that we no longer know how to process or even need to know?
August 24, 2022
Onboarding
How to create a positive workplace culture
Positive workplace culture is about more than just how employees get on or after-work events. Workplace culture is about employee behaviour, the values of the company and how those values are translated into actions.
August 19, 2022
Onboarding
How to design a manager onboarding checklist
The onboarding experience is a key focus for every organisation, and an onboarding checklist is invaluable for managers.
August 16, 2022
Changing behaviour
The IKEA Effect
The IKEA effect describes how putting personal effort into something, in this case the construction of your furniture, can increase your perceived value of the item.
August 11, 2022
Hear from our team
How do you power-up your social impact as a business?
Investing in building trust in the workplace, is crucial in today’s climate. Trust is not just an expectation of behaviour, it’s an emotional brain state.
August 3, 2022
Onboarding
Three ways to make an impact with your remote onboarding programme
Not only does a manager understand what a new starter needs to accomplish…
August 2, 2022
Best Practice
How to build trust in the workplace
Investing in building trust in the workplace, is crucial in today’s climate. Trust is not just an expectation of behaviour, it’s an emotional brain state.
July 26, 2022
Onboarding
Utilising the role of the manager in the onboarding process
Not only does a manager understand what a new starter needs to accomplish…
July 21, 2022
Onboarding
How to make your online onboarding ‘social’
Onboarding is going online. For many organisations, creating online…
July 15, 2022
Best Practice
Stress as motivation for learning
There are some unexpected benefits to experiencing a little bit of stress.
While heightened stress can feel overwhelming and decrease motivation, a little bit can help to kick-start your work, and actually enhance motivation.
July 12, 2022
Changing behaviour
The COM-B model for digital intervention design
Companies spend a lot of time, effort and money on recruitment and onboarding. Recruitment firms can charge anywhere from 3% up to 25% of an employee’s salary. However, that’s not taking into account the internal time spent on recruiting and sales training.
July 8, 2022
Changing behaviour
Neurodiversity in the workplace
We all think in different ways. In the workplace, a wide range of talents is advantageous.
July 5, 2022
Changing behaviour
Motivated learning and behaviour change
Motivation is personal — we do things for different reasons and the ideal scenario for lasting behaviour change is when we choose to do something for our own personal reasons.
June 30, 2022
Onboarding
How to measure the success of your digital onboarding programme
When it comes to designing and implementing digital onboarding…
June 28, 2022
Onboarding
How to design a measurable digital onboarding experience
When is the best time to measure the impact of your digital onboarding initiative? To know if something has worked, you have to measure it.
June 24, 2022
Best Practice
Learning design: keeping it personal
Learning design is essentially about writing and organising learning content…
June 20, 2022
Best Practice
UX microcopy and the power of words
As workplace learning becomes ever more about influencing behaviour…
June 16, 2022
Changing behaviour
Sustainability in the workplace and the B=MAP model
Going green is a red hot topic in the business world. In recent years …
June 14, 2022
Best Practice
Caring for your employees’ mental health and wellbeing
The leading cause of work sickness absence is mental ill health…
June 14, 2022
Best Practice
Digital learning design – the changing tide on attitudes
Companies spend a lot of time, effort and money on recruitment and onboarding. Recruitment firms can charge anywhere from 3% up to 25% of an employee’s salary. However, that’s not taking into account the internal time spent on recruiting and sales training.
June 8, 2022