The Behaviorally Informed Organization

Published by University of Toronto Press 2020

The Behaviorally Informed Organization

Edited by: Dilip Soman and Catherine Yeung

In the series Behaviourally Informed Organizations

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487537166

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Contents

About this book

Using case studies and best practices as examples of success this book helps managers understand why and how they can embed behavioral insights into the structure and operations of any organization.

Author information

DilipSoman:

Dilip Soman is a professor, and Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Science and Economics at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
YeungCatherine:

Catherine Yeung is an associate professor of marketing at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Reviews

Steve Wendel, Head of Behavioral Science at Morningstar and author of Designing for Behavior Change: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics:

"I wish that I'd had this book when I started my behavioral science team. The Behaviorally Informed Organization tells you what you need to know: from the roles that behavioral insights can play within an organization, to the business case, to specific examples of companies to learn from. It's easy enough to find books that outline what behavioral science says about decision making; it's rare to find practical guidance on how to apply it in an organization. This is one of those rare books: get it."

Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and author of Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life:
“Philip Kotler once said that the problem is not so much a shortage of products but a shortage of customers. Updated to the twenty-first century, we could say something similar: what the world needs is not further goods and services but new behaviors. For a variety of reasons, organizations have been very slow to understand this. But it is the behaviorally inspired organizations that will ultimately prosper.”

Roger L. Martin, co-author of Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works, author of When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency, and Thinkers50 #1 Management Thinker 2017:
“The Behaviorally Informed Organization is the Gray’s Anatomy of the behavioral insights discipline: a reference manual chock-full of valuable tools, methods, figures, and charts. It is a well-written and practical guide to nudging the world for the better. Keep it on a nearby shelf and pull it out often.”

Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School Professor, and author of Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life:
“This book is the ultimate guide to effectively using behavioral insights in organizations. Rooted in science, it offers down-to-earth, practical advice and relevance for a wide array of practitioners.”

Daniel H. Pink, author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human:
"Soman and Yeung have assembled a dream team of thinkers and doers in the service of a single mission – to nudge the nudgers. This elegant combination of theory and practice will help leaders of every variety make wiser decisions, build better systems, and rethink how they do what they do.”

Angela Duckworth, founder and CEO of Character Lab and Rosa Lee, Egbert Chang Professor, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance:
“More and more, it is the behaviorally informed organization that is the successful organization. This collection of essays brings leaders up-to-date with the most recent – and practical – insights from behavioral science. Invaluable. Authoritative. And inspiring!”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Foreword: A Very Short Guide to Nudging Cass R. Sunstein Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface: The Behaviorally Informed Organization Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
PART ONE The Behaviorally Informed Organization: An Agenda
CHAPTER ONE The Science of Using Behavioral Science Dilip Soman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER TWO Embedding Behavioral Insights in Organizations Bing Feng, Melanie Kim and Dilip Soman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
CHAPTER THREE Why Should Organizations Want to Be Behaviorally Informed? Melaina Vinski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
CHAPTER FOUR Gut Check: Why Organizations That Need to Be Behaviorally Informed Resist It Shannon O’Malley and Kelly Peters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
PART TWO Overarching Insights and Tools
CHAPTER FIVE Seeing Sludge Daniel Cowen, Niketana Kannan and Dilip Soman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
CHAPTER SIX A Guide to Guidelines Sophie Duncan, Melanie Kim and Dilip Soman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
CHAPTER SEVEN Boundedly Rational Complex Consumer Continuum Derek Ireland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
CHAPTER EIGHT A Scarcity of Attention J. Eric Matthew Hilchey, J. Eric and T. Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
PART THREE Examples of Behavioral Initiatives from Business and Policy
CHAPTER NINE Workplace Habits and How to Change Them Kyle Murray and Shirley Chen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
CHAPTER TEN Humanizing Financial Services with Behavioral Science Jane Howe, Alex Henderson, Jennifer Nachshen and Sarah Reid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
CHAPTER ELEVEN Choice Architecture in Programs and Policy Elizabeth Hardy, Lauryn Conway and Haris Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
CHAPTER TWELVE Helping Low-Income Canadians to File Taxes and Access Benefits Jennifer Robson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Online Privacy Melanie Kim, Kim Ly and Dilip Soman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Behavioral Science for International Development Abigail Dalton, Varun Gauri and Renos Vakis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
PART FOUR Making It Work
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Building Partnerships for Behavioral- Science Initiatives in the Public Sector Mathieu Audet, Emilie Eve Gravel, Rebecca Friesdorf and Hasti Rahbar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Behavioral Science in Policy and Government: A Roadmap Catherine Yeung and Sharon Tham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 328
Illustrations
- Other: 13 figures
Keywords: behavioral economics; behavioural science; behaviour change; experimentation; behavioural insights; evidence based management; behaviourally informed organizations

eBook

Published: February 25, 2021
ISBN: 9781487537166