Resources for Learning About Designing For Behavior Change

After presentations, attendees routinely ask me where they can learn more.

Below are specific recommendations.

Podcasts

• Action Design Radio
• Two Guys on Your Head
• You are Not So Smart
• Hidden Brain

Behavior Design

• Dr. Stephen Wendel’s Work:
  • Full video overview
  • Designing for Behavior Change: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics
• The Fogg Method
• The Stanford Persuasive Technology / Behavior Design Lab directed by Dr. BJ Fogg
• The Fogg Behavior Model Dr. BJ Fogg
• The Fogg Behavior Grid Dr. BJ Fogg
• The Behavior Wizard (A project I was involved in.)
• Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal

Story

• Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron
• The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall
• Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change by Wilson, Timothy D

Habits

• Tiny Habits, by Dr. BJ Fogg of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
• Making Habits, Breaking Habits by Jeremy Dean
• Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
• TinyHabits.com Dr. BJ Fogg

Willpower

• Willpower: The Owner’s Manual: 12 Tools for Doing the Right Thing by Frank Martela Ph.D.
• The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self Control by Walter Mischel

What sites, blogs, books, videos, podcasts or other resources do you recommend?

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