Human Behaviour

<p>Image: source The Replication Crisis is an ongoing crisis where it has been difficult or impossible to reproduce findings of scientific studies. The field of behavioural science too, has had its challenges with replicating past research findings. Some years ago, peer-reviewed scientific journal, Nature Human Behaviour, attempted to replicate 21 social and behavioural science studies&#8230;</p>

<p>What if WhatsApp had a feature that allows a user to mute specific person(s) in groups? The user who mutes another user on a group is simply not shown messages from that user.<br /> And, both sides win. The serial forwarder gets whatever pleasure they get, and no one has to suffer for it.</p>

<p>Nosocomial infections are infections that patients contract inside of a hospital, due to contamination or germs present there. A patient undergoing treatment at a hospital is almost always has a weak immune system, which is more susceptible to infection. And the odds of contracting an infection are higher in operation theatres and ICUs. Most likely&#8230;</p>

<p>A feature to allow you to schedule food orders with your preferred food delivery service.</p>

<p>In 2019, the US FAA approved the company Molon Labe Seating&#8216;s (MLS) landmark seat design for commercial airplanes. &nbsp; What MLS did, is take the problem of discomfort of middle-seat passengers, and attempted to solve it by: (i) widening the middle seat (from 18&#8243; to 21&#8243;), and (ii) placing the seat slightly lower, and slightly&#8230;</p>

<p>Constraints and the beautiful A-10. Contrary to oddly popular belief:<br /> 1. constraints help make a better product (or service), and<br /> 2. a good innovative product or service does not need to be expensive</p>

<p>As some businesses get increasingly exploitative, sometimes other businesses and sometimes a divine intervention comes to counter the effect.</p>

<p>India &#8211; More highways or Better National &amp; Public Transport? &nbsp; This is an email I had sent to our Minister for Road Transport &amp; Highways in January this year. Of course I am still optimistic (or delusional) enough to hope for a response or an opportunity to further discuss this topic. Either way, I&#8230;</p>

<p>Bitcoin, Bit(e)coin &nbsp; I&#8217;ll start by saying that I clearly don&#8217;t know much about cryptocurrency. I&#8217;ll also add that it would be incredibly beneficial to have a global currency that works securely without the need for intermediaries and their resulting transaction fees. &nbsp; However, I find bitcoin a bit concerning, and here are my thoughts&#8230;</p>

<p>The sculpture of Moses by Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti shows an inspiring and incredible attention to detail.</p>

<p>Many of us are familiar with the paradox of choice, whether or not we have heard of the phrase itself. The paradox of choice, is our tendency to believe that more options or variants or choices in a given situation or purchase event is a good thing. After all, who wouldn&#8217;t want more flavours in&#8230;</p>

Jane Elliott: image Heard of Jane Elliott? She’s an American schoolteacher and an anti-racism activist. She is especially famous for her...

<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Soap Dispenser Design This here is an ancient shampoo dispenser that broke last month. It was a crappy design for a few reasons. Firstly, because of how the pumps are placed (at the bottom). It would not stand on its own when you needed to refill. You either&#8230;</p>

<p>Shared Tables This amusing but perhaps effective picture I saw in this tweet last month got some thoughts rolling. We could all use some personal space in public. Especially in countries like India. Where the population, combined with the general lack of regard for other&#8217;s personal space can be quite a challenge. Growing up, I&#8230;</p>

<p>My 9 Step Version of the Design Thinking Process This post about my 9-step version of the design thinking process has been long overdue. It is already explained in my book, ‘Design the Future’, but I also wanted to share it here for those interested. The five-step Stanford design thinking process is arguably the most&#8230;</p>

<p>Choosing Business Opportunity to Avoid Change As an individual, if you have a habit your core doesn&#8217;t fully approve of, you&#8217;d find a disconnect that you might, either align with, or from time to time try to fix. It could be diet, fitness or even ethic related. And often, between control or restricting something for&#8230;</p>

<p>CrystalPlanet: Staying Power</p>

<p>Image: The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the Ghostbusters movie, 1984 The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, Delayed Gratification and more In June this year, Jessica Calarco wrote a very interesting article around the famous Stanford marshmallow experiment from the 1960s, which were a number of studies conducted by psychologist Walter Mischel. Mischel was studying correlation between children who&#8230;</p>

<p>The pros and &#8220;Cons&#8221; of Storytelling! Storytelling. Steve Jobs wasn&#8217;t the first to talk about, or practice it. Nor was he the first one to focus on the customer and build differentiation. Function and form. And he wasn&#8217;t the first to capture customer personalities, traits and passions in their marketing and communication, instead of just&#8230;</p>

<p>Airline Seats and Behaviour Do you think those extremely uncomfortable airline seats have anything to do with our behaviour when we are flying? Remember the last flight you took. Unless you were traveling business or first class, you can&#8217;t forget the tiny seats. And the armrests, that always seem to have gotten closer from the&#8230;</p>