Blowouts, bargains and better bloke behaviours
In the November edition of the BehaviourWorks Australia Broadcast, we examine why large infrastructure projects often end in cost blowouts, the impact buying second-hand can have on our material footprint (and being fashionable), and how a sticky solution can reduce the stickier problem of food waste. We’re also helping improve behaviours on mining sites and healthcare settings, and sharing our research into attitudes towards psychedelic drugs in mental health treatments.
Pocket Change: Power, decisions and behaviour
The November episode of Pocket Change looks at why so many infrastructure projects run over budget and deadlines – like the Commonwealth Games. Conor Wynn has studied how decision makers often use shortcuts (like self-interest) and avoid data (like accurate cost estimates), and how resistance is what’s needed to counter these behaviours.
Back for Seconds: Why less (consumption) is more (sustainable)
What are the drivers and barriers to sourcing second-hand products? And if we’re okay with buying pre-owned cars and clothes, what else can be given a new life? The Circular Consumption Roadmap, led by Jennifer Macklin, has identified three things we can do right now, with the focus of this blog being sourcing second-hand.
Use it or Lose it: How Use-It-Up Tape™ reduces food waste
When Ozharvest joined forces with our own Dr Mark Boulet to fight food waste, the result was Use-It-Up™ Tape inspired by behaviour change research; a simple intervention anyone can use to prompt better food use at home (because that’s where a third of food waste happens).
How psychedelics shock the system
In case you missed it, we marked World Mental Health Day in October by looking at the landmark decision to allow previously prohibited drugs to be prescribed for the treatment of certain types of PTSD and depression. It’s a world-first for Australia and has wider implications for those living with, involved in the treatment of, and developing policy around, mental health issues.
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1yVery interesting and practical courses. However, do we realise that we have a third species in the room we live in? AI is here and going to make a difference whether we like it or not. The era of men/women genders is almost over. Now we have real and irreversible technology creating the neuter gender which is destined to be smarter, faster, more effective that humans. What do we do now? Are behaviour recognitions/studies/patterns going to be re-assessed? Can we afford to ignore it?