Jordana Composto, Postdoctoral Researcher at UBC Decision Insights for Business & Society (UBC-DIBS).

We're thrilled to welcome Jordana Composto as our new DIBS postdoctoral researcher. Through her contributions to the 2022 IPCC report and her research on the mechanics of social norms, Jordana works across disciplines and levels to tackle the climate crisis. She shares helpful ways to categorize behaviour change, gaps that new research can address, calls to better measure and report impacts, and goals for collaborating to implement research insights.

Alison Schatz, Senior Communications Specialist at Metro Vancouver.

After completing the Advanced Professional Certificate in Behavioural Insights, Alison Schatz is finding a wide range of ways to weave BI into her work. Among other uses, Alison is drawing on BI concepts and methods to write action-focused communications, to coordinate with colleagues, to connect with difference audiences, and to lay the groundwork for herself and others to do full BI experiments to improve services and sustainability for the community.

Takuro Ishikawa, Senior Behavioural Scientist with the BC Behavioural Insights Group (BC BIG).

Tak Ishikawa returns to the podcast to help us understand the recent "debate" about boosts and nudges. To help ground the conversation, we disentangle terms like heuristics, biases, nudges, and boosts. In the end, Tak and I firmly agree that there is no debate -- both boosts and nudges are extremely valuable. Instead, it's about nuance and choosing the right intervention (or combination of interventions) for the situation.

Clea Stone, Associate Director at The Sound.

Because Clea Stone recently completed the Advanced Professional Certificate in Behavioural Insights to complement her existing skillset from a decade of work in market research, she's perfectly equipped to help us explore the intersection of market research and behavioural insights. To wit, Clea brainstorms opportunities for integrating BI into market research and profiles qualitative research techniques that can round out the BI repertoire.

Yann Cornil, Associate Professor of Marketing and Behavioural Science at UBC Sauder School of Business.

As a French food researcher, Yann Cornil was surprised by North American eating habits and messaging about good vs. bad foods. Yann's research with Pierre Chandon suggests that we eat less and enjoy it more when we eat mindfully (read: with our TVs and phones off) and focus on the Epicurean or sensory pleasure of eating. So, listen to this episode and then go savour a small portion of your favourite, delicious, delectable snack!

Kieran Findlater, Lead for Behavioural and Data Science at the Impact and Innovation Unit.

Kieran Findlater shares how his cross-disciplinary background prepared him to work at the Canadian federal government's Impact and Innovation Unit (IIU). Kieran explains the IIU's approach to projects and how it has evolved. He also provides an overview of the recently completed Program of Applied Research on Climate Action or PARCA, which promoted climate action through a combination of longitudinal surveys, online experiments, and in-field testing.

Julie Szabo, Principal at Capulet.

At Capulet, Julie Szabo has worked on a wide variety of online communication campaigns. In addition to sharing general wisdom for creating social media campaigns and measuring their impact, Julie tells us about recent projects promoting HPV vaccines in Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Julie also shares the exciting news that Capulet is creating a digital library, which will make their rich history of campaigns and data publicly accessible.

Joana Katter, Research Lead for Policy & Program Research at Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada.

Drawing on her experiences working in academia, government, and the private sector, Joana Katter shares advice for finding BI roles and creating community. We discuss the importance of leading with curiosity and humility, especially when you're part of a cross-functional team. We also talk about the many different contributions BI projects bring to the table and the value of planning projects so that there are wins along the way (and not just at the very end).