The Behavioural Vaccine

In this episode of The Behavioural Vaccine, we discuss nudging. Nudging is a concept in Behavioural Science which proposes positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence behaviour and decision making. Today’s…

Staycation is the go-to vacation of 2020! In this episode of The Behavioural Vaccine, we explore the potential benefits of holidaying closer to home, getting into nature and the implications of flexible working on our ability to return…

New episode of The Behavioural Vaccine out now. On this episode of The Behavioural Vaccine, Padraig and Kate explore why the tide has turned towards the wearing of masks. They explore the factors that have shifted, and what they can…

In this episode of The Behavioural Vaccine we explore the research to understand how to enter creative states and unlock creativity. Padraig and Kate share the creative habits that work for them, and the wise words of an 84 year old…

On this episode of The Behavioural Vaccine, Padraig and Kate explore how the skills of improvisation can be applied to uncertainty at work and in our every day lives as we enter phase three; how to improvise in uncertain times. ?

In today’s episode of The Behavioural Vaccine Pádraig & Kate discuss the Overton Window, that spectrum of acceptability of ideas at a particular point in time. They chat about changes in this has impacted the #BlackLivesMatter movement…

The Behavioural Vaccine is back for season 2! And this time we're going to be looking at how behavioural science can help solve every day problems. Before that however, we check in on how we all are, after lockdown, back in the game! ?

It might not have been loud enough to hear, but a subtle half-time whistle blew over the past week. Three months into the biggest behaviour change project Ireland has ever participated in, we discarded our jerseys and took a breather.…

It was the height of the Celtic Tiger and funds were tight. There was no way that I was going back to the bog for another summer so it was the building site for me. Mullingar was booming, but I wouldn’t get a sniff without a Safe Pass.…

The boxer Ricky Hatton famously had two sets of clothes, normal clothes for when he was training and a set of more forgiving clothes when he packed on the pounds and let loose between fights. The Post-Reinforcement Pause is something…