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  • Make Your Luck

    1–2 minutes

    If you aren’t following behavioral designer Nir Eyal, I highly recommend you do. He has written several books, and blogs regularly at ” the intersection of psychology, technology, and business”, which he calls behavioral design. I have found his material accessible and informative for my work projects and for my personal efforts to form healthier

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  • Farsighted

    8–12 minutes

    Recent publications in behavioral economics (Blink, How We Decide, Thinking Fast and Slow) are largely lab-based studies. But reality is messier – key business decisions often have multiple complex considerations, and they are made by a small or medium-sized multi-disciplinary group. Johnson argues that we are better at considering the consequences of our actions than…

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  • Fearless Fund ruling

    1–2 minutes

    Did you know that less than 1% of VC funds go to women of color? Why are we not hearing more about the Fearless Fund ruling – are we so afraid to speak out against injustice when we see it? Why are we not seeing more outrage that a law from the 1800s – originally

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  • Networking for Introverts

    8–13 minutes

    I realized that I miss connecting – and being connected – with other people. Last week I read Taking the Work out of Networking by Karen Wickre, and I thought I would share my takeaways with you. Maybe my post will inspire you to (re)connect with me or someone else you’ve been meaning to meet!

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  • The drywall knife

    1–2 minutes

    I had an interesting piece come across my social media feed this week, it was called If the door’s locked, try the wall. The short piece on Tumblr is a reflection on Geoff Manaugh’s A Burglar’s Guide to the City, a book about jewelry thief Bill Mason. I found the piece very relatable – especially

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  • Experience Transformation

    1–2 minutes

    Case Study Generated Demand and Fueled Growth with a New Offering The UX book of business was comprised of reacting to a high volume of small, repetitive UI engagements averaging $10K in size. My leadership and I evolved our operating model and created a strategic new offerings to proactively drive net fee growth. Company &

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