The second in our series BI in the Wild showcases three submissions: a hotel in Tokyo using defaults for good, a church in Aberdeen making donation easier, and a castle in the Scottish highlands helping visitors prevent injury.
Choice Reads Compendium 2023
Using Behavioural Insights to Improve How We Work: A BIG Difference BC 2023 Retrospective
Making It Easy: Choice Reads for Communicating Better
Choice Reads 2022 Compendium
Travelling with behavioural insights on a transformative journey across countries and continents
This is how the roads I traversed and the choices I made brought me to BC BIG. I mentioned in my interview that working at BC BIG was my dream job, and I was not exaggerating. BC BIG literally gives me the chance to work across ministries and address the different determinants of health, all from the place where important policy decisions are made — the public service.
Laying the foundations for a behavioural intervention project — Part Two
In this blog series, created for Experimentation Works, we will focus on the first two phases of our (BC BIG)’s RIDE Model for Behaviour Shift. This post, the second in the series, will cover the ‘research’ phase.
Laying the foundations for a behavioural intervention project — Part One
In this blog series, created for Experimentation Works, we will focus on the first two phases of our (BC BIG)’s RIDE Model for Behaviour Shift. This post, the first in the series, will cover the ‘scoping’ phase. While scoping is certainly nothing new to public servants, there are a few aspects of scoping a behavioural insights (BI) project that make it unique.
Bridging the Gap from Intention to Action in Conservation
In British Columbia, we identify with our expansive forests, soaring mountains, ocean shores, and fresh water. Where we sometimes get stuck — for many good reasons — is in making that connection between appreciating and valuing nature to taking action to protect it. Behavioural insights — or BI — can provide a bridge across that tricky space between intention (I want to protect nature that I value) and action (changing my actual behaviour to help make that happen). And BI can show us that sometimes, with just a little nudge in the right direction, we can make a big difference with even small actions.
How local governments are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed all of our lives, at home and at work. Here at the BC Behavioural Insights Group, we’ve rapidly redeployed several of our team members to support the BC Government’s response. In this entry, we’re sharing a resource outlining how local governments are using behavioural insights to respond to COVID-19.