Breaking into the NHS
No, not burglary. Digital Catapult had a half-day event on “NHS: The Procurement Minefield” last Monday. The first speaker was Mahiben Maruthappu from NHS England, who listed six big challenges for the...
View ArticleGuest blogging about behavior change
I wrote a guest blog for London drug and alcohol charity Blenheim CDP on behaviour change techniques (BCTs), in particular about the BCT taxonomy from UCL. Read the blog here.
View ArticleBeers, low and no (alcohol)
It’s been a bit beery recently. First, I wrote for the Club Soda blog about the low and no alcohol beers available in Finland. Things have moved on while I’ve been away, and the choice is really rather...
View ArticleGuest blog on “Behaviour change for pubs and bars”
I was asked to write something for the Society for the Study of Addiction about our Nudging Pubs work in changing the behaviour of pubs and bars. My guest post was on the two theoretical foundations of...
View ArticleGuest blog on “Academic collaboration – a startup point of view”
I was asked to write a guest blog to University College London Centre for Behaviour Change‘s Digi-Hub. My brief was to talk about collaboration between businesses and academia, in particular from the...
View ArticleIrony is still alive
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that psychological studies on “priming” may have overstated the effects. It sounds plausible that thinking about words associated with old age might make someone walk...
View ArticleRecent pub writings
We have been busy with the launch of Club Soda Guide, our listings site for the best licensed venues for mindful drinkers. A post at NudgingPubs tells the story in terms of innovation for and behaviour...
View ArticleWhat I’ve been up to – Spring 2017 edition
The big news is that the Club Soda Guide pilot project is now over. The Guide is still very much alive though, with over 250 venues signed-up so far, more joining every week, and the first batch of...
View ArticleLow and no alcohol drinks: At festivals and in recovery
This post is a listing of some of my recent writings elsewhere. From looking at the date of the previous post I can confirm that I have been busy, with no time to update this blog… The big thing for...
View ArticleScience from both sides – the INTERVAL study
As a regular blood donor, I was intrigued when I was invited to take part in a study on the effects of blood donation frequency. Apparently there is not much solid data on what blood donation intervals...
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