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It's SpoOOoOky Season 👻

The image compares expectations and reality of working from home (WFH). In the top half, labeled "WFH Expectation," a stick figure sits neatly at a desk, dressed in a suit with a computer and cup. The bottom half, labeled "WFH Reality," shows a more chaotic scene: the desk is cluttered, a cat is under the desk, and a speaker plays music with notes floating above, while the person holds a drink, relaxed.

Back-to-work day 💼

2 stick figures drawn on a vibrant blue and red background. Stick figure with hat briefcase and coffee is asking "Why are you so stupid?" whereas the other with a weapon asks "Why are you so ineffective?"

You are rational 🫶

Give me a break ⏰

Your summer reading list 🌴📚

Music to my ears 🎵🎶

A stick figure meditates behind a desk, thinking "OMMM...". The desk holds a ringing phone, vibrating tablet, and buzzing clock. The background is a vibrant blue and orange.

What a way to make a livin’

A colorful illustrated brain divided into sections, each connected to a social media icon: Facebook (blue), TikTok (gray), Snapchat (yellow), Instagram (pink), and YouTube (red), on a purple background.

𝘈𝘳𝘦 the kids alright?

A cartoon Earth, hanging worriedly from a tree branch against an orange background. Text reads: "Hang in There!"

Katie’s Annual Climate Dread Extravaganza 🎉

Two blocky stick figures with simplistic faces stand against a colorful sunset gradient, featuring orange, pink, and purple rays. Darkened mountainous shapes form the horizon line in the background.

Is Your Company AI-Ready? 🤖

A pink robot stands in front of a whiteboard inscribed with "ACCEPTING YOUR NEW ROBOTIC OVERLORDS 101," teaching a class of seated stick-figure humans in a room with orange walls and a purple floor.

CheatGPT 🤖

Breaking the man-made mold 🔨

Pixelated brain floating against a solid teal background.

How are you predicting the ROI of innovation?

Robots with simplistic, geometric designs holding hands encircle a blue and green Earth on a purple background, representing unity around the world.

Automating inequality? 🤖

Heart shapes overlap, each containing text: "TRUE FRIEND," "BE MY PAL," "REAL FRIEND," "FRIENDS 4 EVER," "BFFLs," "CUDDLE ME (PLATONICALLY)," "FRIEND ZONE," "PLATONIC PALS," "HUG A FRIEND," "PALS 4 EVER," "FAITHFUL FRIENDS." The hearts are colored purple, pink, and blue.

💕For the Love of Friendship💕

What aren’t you saying? 🙊

stick figure holding piece of paper with lines, stick figure has speech bubble reading 10 shocking nudges that changed humanity! #5 will blow your mind!

The continued controversy of nudging

Stick figures dressed in Halloween costumes.

The behavioral science of Halloween 🎃

Cartoon brain with social media icons pointing to it.

Social media doesn't have to hurt your brain

Cartoon figures wearing orange ties stand behind a blue desk. One figure exclaims, "We need more dissent!" while two others respond, "You’re right!" Background is blue and orange.

How to avoid groupthink at work

A stick figure holding a sign with "Go!" oversees animals including a monkey, turtle, and fish, preparing to climb a tree with a ladder. Text reads: "Standardized Tree Climbing Exam." Background is a sunset.

The behavioral underbelly of standardized tests 📐

How (not) to make decisions with AI

Mind over money 💸

How to take a break 🌴

DIY DEI 🌈

Can AI teach you French? 🤖

The behavioral secret to office design

Know thy numbers, know thyself?

Am I making you uncomfortable?

Is this just a game to you?

Anyone else have the urge to 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏??

Besci Book Bonanza

You and me, baby, ain’t nothing but pigeons

Are you paying attention?

What honey badgers, trees, and gratitude all have in common

Is it too late to brag?

Don’t let your dreams be dreams 😤

Not just a game

A stick figure points to a graph with a steep drop. Text says, "Things that crash will 100% definitely for sure rise... because otherwise, sadness..." and "The HODL Bias." Background is colorful.

SBF'd 📉

The spooky effects of politics on our brains 👻

Automate This

The wrong kind of “to the moon” 🚀

The TDL Boozeletter

The Art of Taking Vacation

Do you like behavioral science, coffee, and making the world a better place?

Good vibes for the end of the world

What can your morning brew do for you? ☕

Two stick figures in conference room, one in a Pikachu hat, the other in a tie: "Pikachu: Why are you pretending to be some character? This isn't the real you."

How "real" should you be at work?

A flag featuring two horizontal stripes with blue on the top half and yellow on the bottom half.

In Solidarity with Ukraine

A blue mug steaming with hot coffee on an orange surface and background, with "#TGIT" written on the mug.

The End of the 5-Day Workweek?

Science Denial in the Information Age

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Eager to learn about how behavioral science can help your organization?