Behavioral Scientist

Behavioral sciences focus on understanding how organisms think and interact with each other in their environments. This field systematically examines both human and animal behaviors by looking at historical data, observing current actions in various settings, and conducting structured scientific experiments. The goal is to reach valid and objective insights through careful study and analysis. Some fields within behavioral sciences include psychology, psychobiology, anthropology, and cognitive science. Overall, behavioral sciences mainly concentrate on human actions and often aim to make broader statements about how individuals behave in relation to society.

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What It's Like to Be...a City Manager

2 weeks ago | behavioralscientist.org | Dan Heath

Mediating pickleball noise disputes, shepherding communities through thorny decisions, and practicing radical pragmatism with Martha Bennett, city manager of Lake Oswego, Oregon. What is it that makes public hearings so noxious? And what’s the difference between “Big P” and “Little P” politics?
What It's Like to Be...a Barman

1 month ago | behavioralscientist.org | Dan Heath

Pouring pints for thirsty tourists, defusing situations with drunk patrons, and finding flow in the Friday night rush with Brian Wynne, a barman in Dublin. What caused one customer to throw a dog at Brian? And what is “craic”? If you’d like to reach-out to Brian, we’ll pass along your note.
How Do You Become More Conscientious When You’re Not Conscientious Already?

1 month ago | behavioralscientist.org | Olga Khazan

Advice for increasing conscientiousness generally involves a set of anal-retentive genuflections: preparing for things in advance, laying your clothes out the night before, proofreading, making lists, doing chores, setting reminders, not letting the dishes “soak.” Your mother would be very pleased to hear you’re doing this. You also, probably, would struggle to do most of this unless you’re already pretty conscientious.
What It's Like to Be...a Brain Surgeon

1 month ago | behavioralscientist.org | Dan Heath

Zapping parts of the brain to know where to cut, operating a mouth-controlled microscope that’s worth more than a house, and carrying the weight of life-or-death decisions with Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, a brain surgeon at the Mayo Clinic. How do you preserve a mathematician’s expertise when removing tumors? And how did he go from picking tomatoes to performing brain surgery?
What It's Like to Be...an Aircraft Carrier Commander

1 month ago | behavioralscientist.org | Dan Heath

Commanding a floating city of 5,000 sailors, intercepting Houthi missiles in the Red Sea, and stripping rank from sailors who cross the line with Captain Chris “Chowdah” Hill, commanding officer of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier. How do you stop a fighter jet in 2-seconds? And what are “midrats”?
Vibe Check: AI and Behavioral Science in Silicon Valley

2 months ago | behavioralscientist.org | Evan Nesterak

Every day, another feature of society is poised for an AI revolution. How will AI change (big inhale) our jobs, relationships, parenting, schools, art, music, sex, war, public safety, public policy, public transport, scientific research, health care, food systems, factories, banks, insurance, retirement…? We can’t answer these questions about AI today. We don’t know where we’ll end up. But we can get a sense for where we’re headed.
What It's Like to Be...an Audiobook Narrator

2 months ago | behavioralscientist.org | Dan Heath

Fine-tuning the perfect accent for a character, recording for hours in a sound-insulated booth, and tracking down obscure pronunciations with Sean Pratt, an audiobook narrator. What is “punch and roll”? And what kind of voice do you need to be a great narrator? View the episode transcriptAbout What It’s Like to Be…In each episode of What It’s Like to Be…, bestselling author Dan Heath speaks with someone about what it’s like to walk in their (work) shoes.
What’s the Goal of the Goal?

2 months ago | behavioralscientist.org | Dan Heath

Occasionally, you might discover that your actual work is making a mockery of your mission. To see how that could happen, consider the experience of Ryan Davidsen. On July 15, 2022, Davidsen bought a new pickup truck. A Ram 1500. To celebrate, he planned to take it on a camping trip the next weekend. Then, a few days after he drove it off the lot, the survey shakedown began. The dealership texted him on July 20 asking for a rating from 0-10 on the “overall buying experience.” He texted back a 9.
Event: Living the Imperfect Life with Oliver Burkeman

Jan 22, 2025 | behavioralscientist.org | Evan Nesterak

Reading Oliver Burkeman feels as if someone reached into your thoughts and pulled out all the advice you’ve ever received on productivity, time-management, work-life balance, burnout, and well-being so you could get a clear look at it. With everything in the open, you’re able to see what’s useful and what’s junk. It feels like mental spring-cleaning. You can discard all that overconfident and contradictory advice you collected over the years.
The Imperfect Life

Jan 22, 2025 | behavioralscientist.org | Oliver Burkeman

Meditations for Mortals is about how the world opens up once you realize you’re never going to sort your life out. It’s about how marvelously productive you become when you give up the grim-faced quest to make yourself more and more productive; and how much easier it gets to do bold and important things once you accept that you’ll never get around to more than a handful of them (and that, strictly speaking, you don’t absolutely need to do any of them at all).