2024
HBS Cold Call Podcast on "Choosing Passion" (October 2024)
AMJ Radio Live "Ask a Reviewer" (September 2024).
Podcast Interview on "The Anxious Achiever": "Is Passion Driving Burnout? (August 2024). See a summary of our conversation here.
How Passion Can Backfire at Work (July 2024). Harvard Business Review
Podcast Interview on "Thinkers50" (June 2024).
2023
Stop Assuming Introverts Aren’t Passionate About Work (December 2023). Harvard Business Review
Research: Your Love for Work May Alienate Your Colleagues (June 2023). Harvard Business Review
Don’t Let Passion Lead to Burnout on Your Team (May 2023). Harvard Business Review
‘Follow your passion’ is a recipe for being exploited at work (May 2023). LA Times
The Complicated Life of Extraverts as Informal Leaders (February 2023). SPSP Character & Context
2022
Case Study: What’s the Right Career Move After a Public Failure? (September/October 2022). Harvard Business Review.
To Retain Employees, Support Their Passions Outside Work. (March 2022). Harvard Business Review.
Podcast Interview on "Stanford Psychology Podcast" (February 2022)
Podcast Interview on "Questioning Behavior" (January 2022)
2021
Forbes 30 under 30 Video/Zoom Interview (December 2021)
When Following Your Passion Turns Toxic. (November 2021). Harvard Business Review
If money is tight, that’s nothing to be ashamed of. (October 2021). Boston Globe Op-Ed.
How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now. (October 2021). Harvard Business Review.
VIDEO: How to transition in and out of work (October 2021) Collaboration with Headspace
Design Physical and Digital Spaces to Foster Inclusion. (August 2021) Harvard Business Review
VIDEO: Passion Meets Purpose: Do I Need to be Passionate about Work or My Job? (June 2021) Collaboration with Headspace
Your Job Doesn't Have to Be Your Passion. Harvard Business Review (June 2021),
Podcast Interview on "Lehrjahre" Podcast — German-only (February 2021)
Lower Income Translates to Fewer Happy Experiences — Here Is How We Can Fix It. SPSP Character & Context (January 2021)
2020
Podcast on Passion for Work on the "Monday Smiles" Podcast — German-only (October 2020)
We Have a Rare Opportunity to Create a Stronger, More Equitable Society. Behavioral Scientist (June 2020).
The Passion Economy: A Conversation with Adam Davidson. Behavioral Scientist (February 2020).
2019
The Unexpected Benefits of Pursuing a Passion Outside of Work. Harvard Business Review (November 2019) (mentioned in the LinkedIn Newsletter, covered by The Hill)
3 Reasons It's So Hard to 'Follow Your Passion'. Harvard Business Review (October 2019). (mentioned in the LinkedIn Newsletter)
Defaults Are Not The Same by Default. Behavioral Scientist (April 2019)
The Passion Paradox: A Conversation with Brad Stulberg. Behavioral Scientist (April 2019).
People Use Less Energy When They Think Their Neighbors Care About the Environment. Harvard Business Review (January 2019)
Pre-2019
"The Study Premortem: Why Publishing Null Results Is Only the First Step." Behavioral Scientist (October 2018).
"The Behavioral Scientist's Ethics Checklist." Behavioral Scientist (October 2017), with Slava Polonski and Sandra Matz. Additionally available is this worksheet to aid ethical collaboration with field partners.
"To Read Someone's Mind, Look Into Their Eyes." Scientific American (September 2017), with Christina Leuker and Wouter van den Bos.
"Reclaim Your Commute: Getting To And From Work Doesn't Have To Be Soul Crushing." Harvard Business Review (Print, May-June 2017), 149-153, with Francesca Gino, Bradley Staats, Julia Lee, and Jochen Menges; reprinted in 2019's HBR Guide to Work-Life Balance.
"Breaking The Cycle: The conditions that help poor people make better decisions, according to new research." Quartz (May 2017), with Elke Weber and Jaideep Prabhu.
"The Business Case for Providing Health Insurance to Low-Income Employees." Harvard Business Review (April 2017)
"What to Do When Someone Angrily Challenges Your Data." Harvard Business Review (April 2017); reprinted in 2018's HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers.
"A 5-Step Process to Get More Out of Your Organization's Data." Harvard Business Review (March 2017)
"Can Trump resist the power of behavioral science's dark side?" The Conversation, Houston Chronicle (February 2017)
"Proactivity Can Be a Double-Edged Sword." Harvard Business Review (October 2016), with Andreas Wihler
"Human biases hold key to solving both Europe’s refugee crisis and climate change." The Conversation, Fortune (November 2015)
"'The problem with following your passion." Washington Post, LA Times (November 2015), with Sam McNerney
"To Improve Employee Health, Design Workspaces That Reduce Stress." Behavioral Science and Policy (Blog, October 2015), with Sam McNerney
"Using Science to Make Government Work Better." Scientific American Mind (Blog, September 2015), with Sam McNerney and Dave Nussbaum
"Should Governments Nudge Us to Make Good Choices?" Scientific American Mind (Print, August/September 2015), with Sam McNerney
"How Poor Choice Architecture Could Determine the Future of Greece and Europe." SPSP Blog (July 2015), with Sam McNerney
"Laziness Is More Complex Than You Think: How a More Nuanced Approach Can Help Us Overcome Laziness When Needed." Huffington Post (March 2015)
"Randomized Controlled Trials: Powerful, But Only When Used Right." Huffington Post (January 2015)
"Being Busy as a Status Symbol: Why American Culture Values a Lack of Leisure Time and What We Can Do About it." Huffington Post (November 2014)
"In Defense of 'Nudging': When the Government Nudges, Everyone Wins." Huffington Post (October 2014), with Noah Castelo
"Choosing Smart Reference Groups Can Improve Outcomes and How We Feel about Them." Huffington Post (October 2014)
"Using Failure As an Opportunity to Reflect Instead of Feeling Defeated: Let's Strive to "Fail Better." Huffington Post (September 2014)
"Irrational Markets Or Irrational Individuals? Designing 'Smart' Environments Improve Decision-Making and Make Markets More Efficient." Huffington Post (August 2014)
"Product Design From a Behavioural Perspective." Huffington Post (November 2013)
"Why We Need Slack In Our Lives, And Why Organizations Should Start Giving It To Us?" Huffington Post (October 2013)
"Using Insights From Behavioural Economics To Redesign Executive Compensation." Huffington Post (October 2013)