A Review of "The Science of Consequences" by Susan Schneider
This 260-page book is written for the educated layman with an interest in science and behavior, but with no formal training in behavior analysis required. Schneider takes the reader on a broad-…
Urinal Gamification Misses the Mark
However inconvenient it might be sometimes, emptying your bladder is inevitable. You might want to do it at the time, especially if the time is the middle of a long road trip, but it’s not something…
Finding Success at Work
Whether implementing change or improving performance, leaders constantly juggle decisions and issues that impact organizational success. At the core of most of these business issues are people. …
Yahoo! Wrong Problem; Wrong Solution
It was announced this week that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is calling all telecommuting employees back into the office; for good! Mayer cited the need to foster collaboration which can, according to…
Consequences in Social Media
Guest Post by Julie Terling, AVP Marketing, ADI
Social Media tools and networks are being developed and launched at such a breakneck speed; it’s hard to keep up. Most of us come across these tools…
Breaking Bad Habits: How to Create Change that Sticks
When I first started working in a call center, I asked a supervisor of thirty years to estimate how many change initiatives she had seen in her career. I shouldn’t have been surprised when she said…
Building Informal Learning Habits
"There’s no substitute for experience” is a common adage for those who have learned by doing during a long career. Well-designed learning can help close an experience gap, but the expression still…
7 Keys for Creating a Safety Culture
In my consulting work and in presenting to large groups, the topic of creating or supporting a safety culture comes up without fail. What I find most often is a varied understanding of what is…
I’m Outsourcing My Own Job! What’s the Problem With That?
Now this borders on ingenious and unethical and takes the concern for employee engagement to a whole new level. I was stunned to read last week about a software developer who literally…
Jillian Michaels IS The Biggest Loser
(Note: Feb. 2014) This week's finale of The Biggest Loser illustrates how the show may inadvertently reinforce the wrong behaviors. The desired result is to the lose the most weight but how the…
Intrinsic Motivation Redux
In a recent blog post, on a topic I was attempting to have some fun with, I received a very passionate comment that I felt warranted its own attention. I referred the comment to someone whom I…
Why Washington’s Debt Crisis Plans Won’t Work and What Will
“If some people get any cheer out of a $328 billion debt ceiling, I do not find much to cheer about concerning it." [Congressional Record, June 16, 1965, p. 13884]. This quote is from Senator…
Prosthetic Environments: Optimizing the Talent Around Us
ADI’s mission has and will always be to help people and organizations apply the scientifically-proven laws of human behavior to optimize performance. We are excited to announce the launch of The…
Surveys: You Get What You Give
We recently put Surveys to the test on our website. We polled our clients to find out if they felt that Employee Surveys were worth their time. With more than 50% of the vote, clients…
Positive Reinforcement is Everywhere – Including Sitcoms!
It doesn’t surprise me when I see examples of positive reinforcement popping up around me. The Holidays are always a time to see it displayed to good effect. Thanksgiving, in fact, is a holiday…
Class Dojo Kicks Measurement Into High Gear
It used to be that I was impressed when I learned of a new technology developed to help better manage behavior. Now it seems that if you think it, one already exists. Although this new classroom…
Hallelujah! A Step Forward at Last!
Something worth sharing from my good friend Verne Harnish’s blog: People are the #1 Challenge -- surveying audiences around the globe, including the 500 CEOs and executives attending the October 2012…
