Category Psychology
I’ve been onboarded a few times. I’m guessing you have too. Show of hands – how many times was it pleasant, interesting, informative, useful and ultimately, engaging? Yeah. I thought so. Unfortunately for most companies, onboarding from an employee… Continue Reading →
Trust me. You’re not. For some reason, the following exchange from the movie “The Social Network” between Jesse Eisenberg playing Mark Zuckerberg and the lawyer conducting the initial deposition for the lawsuit filed by the Winklevoss twins over who created… Continue Reading →
[Full disclosure – this is a post form 2008 but evergreen] To paraphrase Wimpy from the Popeye cartoon, “I’ll gladly reward you Tuesday for your behavior today.” Every incentive and reward program is really a trade-off between behavior and a… Continue Reading →
Incentive design malpractice is rampant. I’ll say it again since it is worth repeating. Incentive design malpractice is rampant. It’s easy to spot. Simply look at the way people earn commissions or award points, etc. If 100% of the criteria… Continue Reading →
I don’t know whether James Clear is brilliant or just smart. He wrote the book Atomic Habits (very good.) I subscribe to his weekly email. He formats it with a 3-2-1 thing. Three ideas from him. Two quotes from others. One… Continue Reading →
I have yet to meet a client who doesn’t want more audience engagement with their marketing, training, and incentive programs. Even if the data said they were getting 100% engagement my clients would still ask, “Can’t you get more?” The… Continue Reading →
It’s been over a month since I posted. I wanted to focus on my family and my work to be sure I was doing everything possible to support those two critical aspects of my life. Posting here doesn’t change my… Continue Reading →
I am shopping for a new laptop backpack. There are some great options out there with great prices. I’m pretty sure I know what I need and that is the starting point for my shopping process. Then I see one… Continue Reading →
I’ve mentioned Bri Williams before. She runs a consultancy in Australia and has a wonderful newsletter that I devour and save ever time it hits my inbox. I won’t lie… I steal a lot of ideas from her. But as… Continue Reading →
A great influence and incentive tool that is rarely used is something called “idiosyncratic fit.” For those of you in Rio Linda that means the rules of the game favor my specific situation and skill set. Idiosyncratic means peculiar or… Continue Reading →
Commitment is a powerful influencer. When you ask someone for a commitment, and they agree to it, that person is much much more likely to follow through and do what they said they would do. Not 100% of the time…. Continue Reading →
Saw this in my LinkedIn feed today. (Email subscribers may/will need to click through to see video embedded below.) It is a promotional video for Cricket Wireless. Those who didn’t click through he’s the deal. Cricket Wireless set up a… Continue Reading →
Many channel incentive programs require some sort of “enrollment” process. Almost every person in the program will have to agree to a privacy policy and program terms and conditions before they can play in the program. That’s friction many clients… Continue Reading →
I missed doing a post Friday and yesterday. I feel somewhat bad about that as I promised myself to post a short snippet on how best to apply incentives and influence every workday. That was on September 9, 2019 –… Continue Reading →
I spent an hour with a friend and behavioral science/behavioral investor author yesterday recording a podcast. I’ll alert you when/if it goes live. We talked about a lot of things – one of which was using social proof as a… Continue Reading →
