Having looked at research into habits recently, the question arises are there any effective short-cuts to pro-social habits. The one that seems to be growing due to its simplicity is…
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I have previously blogged about the need for building resilience. This along with optimism, understanding motivational values and interventions that promote pro-social behaviour and habits is probably more useful as a group…
This is my second posting on the concept of Habit, so you could say I am just starting to make a habit of it. In 2010 I wrote a blog…
The mystical deserts of Jordan is the setting for T.E. Lawrence’s autobiographical account of the Arab campaign during the First World War, Seven Pillars of Wisdom. In it he is…
The pledge by a number of large food producers and retailers to reduce the levels of saturated fat in the food that they sell, has been met with a foray…
One of the things TCC have stressed in recent years is that if you are communicating to the general public, an unsegmented message increasingly means you reach some people, but…
Councils and other service providers tend to make assumptions about how their residents want to engage and how to interpret the feedback or lack of feedback they get from them….
There is an increasing debate about the various types of behaviour change that one can now use. Should one Nudge, Think or Steer, or look at a wider mix of…
Behaviour change will continue to rise up the public policy agenda in the coming months. The publication of the Public Health White Paper in December is likely to lead a significant…
The recent appointment of former Labour Minster Alan Milburn to be an independent expert reviewer on government progress over social mobility is welcome as it creates the opportunity to build…