Behavioral Researcher @ Microsoft Life mission: Use data and behavioral science insights to create better work environments. Penn MBDS '19
Seattle, WA
Joined September 2012
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Without intervention, full remote work is likely to cause less collaboration and more siloed employees. Results from a new @Nature article that I along with a group of Microsoft Researchers just published!
Our research just published @NatureHumBehav @NaturePortfolio suggests that, after removing the effects of the pandemic, firm-wide remote work causes a shift to async communication (not more meetings) and makes workers’ collaboration network more siloed.
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We are excited to announce the launch of the Applied Behavioral Science Association (ABSA)!
There’s a need for an organization that brings people together to share ideas, pursue common goals, and promote the ethical application of behavioral science.
👉 behavioralscience.org
Today, we have officially launched the Applied Behavioral Science Association @ABSA_Tweets and are thrilled to share the website with all of you behavioralscience.org. Thank you so much to my partner in all of this @lena_besci ! #BSPA2021
Exciting news coming out of the M365 Insights Team! #COVID19 has provided us a completely new challenge and I am delighted by the positive reception from our early thinking!!
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Yes this is exactly what should be happening. Thank you @MikeBloomberg for dipping into those billions to ensure released felons have the opportunity to vote in Florida by paying their court fees. Yay freedom to vote and yay democracy.
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Average workdays grew by over 45 minutes in the weeks after COVID lockdowns. If you have been feeling like you are working more... you probably are! Great research coming out of @HarvardHBS using anonymized email data. #COIVD #workingfromhome #stressed
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I am really enjoying #thebomb by the @BBC and @EmilyStrasser. Top quality podcast, great storytelling but also keeps a constant theme of physics and how revelatory the invention of the nuclear bomb was!
Researchers at @michiganstateu have found that while more college aged people report a desire to delete Facebook they ultimately spend more problematic time on Snapchat.
#BehavioralScience #preferences
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You may have heard about the Apple watch's hand washing nudge. This article predicts if it will work. Overall, they suggest that it will help people change their behavior while wearing their watch but will not change their habits. #behavioralscience
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BIPS just sent off the latest Behavioral Insights Professional Society newsletter. We are assisting @BeSciPol to host a virtual #BehavioralScience conference May 28th & 29th!
#behavioraleconomics
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Another great article coming from the @Microsoft Workplace Analytics team! This one covers how the shift to remote work has accompanied a shift towards shorter meetings!
#Analytics #behavioralscience
#workplace
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Google is known for their free food and is commonly referenced for the nudging they do with it. This article is the most in-depth review of it's inspiration, practices, and successes! @jane_black @ozm
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Sludge is when choice architects build additional hurdles, shrouded attributes, or complexities to a process (Ex. Long user agreements; hidden fees). They inhibit people from completion and upon discovery they destroy good.
#BehavioralScience
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Lowering the default recommended amount of prescriptions in the electronic medical records lead to an overall decrease in amount prescribed. Although the effect was small in nature at the population this could have a large effect.
#BehavioralScience
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A failed nudge has as much interesting information as a successful one. Researchers attempted to increase claims of earned income tax credits by easing the path to information. This was not enough as the process was still too difficult.
#BehavioralScience
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Using basic psychology to discourage face touching in the time of #COVID19. Every time you catch yourself going to touch your face, divert to a separate behavior.
#BehavioralScience
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Fascinating work coming out of the #Workplace Analytics Team @Microsoft (also the team I am on) describing how work is changing due to #covid19.
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People are more confident in policy that is instantly enacted rather than one that is experimented with first (to determine effectiveness). This is because testing causing an individual to question the expertise of the policy maker
#BehavioralScience
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When deciding to pursue a goal we focus on the reward(weight loss, increased savings, etc.) Once we begin we focus on the effort, quickly forgetting about the reward. Completion requires a consistent reminder of the reward.
#BehavioralScience
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