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Adapting to the ‘blasted’ business landscapes
The landscape looks bleak for many businesses – we need to bring forward voices of marginalised groups to guide us to reimagine ways to organise
Steering clear of the sun: A new era for modesty in leadership?
Why complex environments mean that, more than ever, we need to address over-confidence and hubris
The ghostly memories shaping our lives
How eerie feelings of the supernatural gives clues to how the mind works
Space Oddity: How we decipher evidence of UFOs and alien life
UFOs and alien life been hitting the headlines recently - we suggest this offers important insights into the way we make sense of information about the…
Can shame be reclaimed for positive behaviour change?
The importance of a nuanced understanding of the emotion of shame and the behaviours that result
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Why change does not happen if we are just not feeling it
Recent research suggests we can better understand why people fail to adopt new technology by looking at the emotions involved
Are we being seduced by stories?
Stories form the backdrop to much of the way we share knowledge but we argue for a more critical lens
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Fake it until you make it?
While it is fair to worry about the impact of fakes, we also have a much more interesting and engaged relationship with them than is often considered
From belief to faith
There is much to learn from faith-based communities about the way we understand belief
What bullshit tells us about how humans communicate
It is often suggested bullshit shows our human susceptibilities but we can also see it as a conversational device with surprisingly positive purposes
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It seems we really do believe in magic
It seems impossible but when put under pressure, people do somehow seem to have a range of magical beliefs, telling us something important about human…
How brands derive behavioural benefits via radical approaches to social value
To deliver on societal goals, there is a case for 'polycentric' approaches which mean greater decentralisation & less measurement but resulting in…
Beyond the family: rethinking ways to deliver care
The care crisis is highlighting the need for new interventions: creative insights are coming from community-led approaches
Wellbeing, gender and the politics of emotion
For behavioural science to be relevant we cannot be blind to the politically gendered explanations of emotion
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Business of behavioural science
Beliefs
Change
Digital
Emotion
Gender
Risk
Trust
Summer reads
They call it love
Alva Gotby's book on the gendered politics of emotion
When God talks back
An amazing read to explore the way in which belief is formed and maintained
Why wellness sells
Arguably one of the best books published on wellness
The revival of political imagination
A really interesting book to dip into on utopian thinking
Seduced by story
A provocation about the uses and abuses of story telling
Human
All about what it means to be human
Blogs
Internal Exile
Thought provoking stuff from Rob Horning
thisanthrolife
Stimulating anthropological thinking

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