How long does it take to change behaviour?

This sign – “PUSH” on the right hand door is a brilliantly simple example of the process of behaviour change. How long do you think it...

The impact of choice on behaviour

Have you ever gone to a restaurant with friends and spent 30 minutes deciding what to order? And when the waiter comes to take your...

Getting the family to tidy up without nagging

2 min read: Samantha was getting more and more frustrated with her husband and two children constantly leaving their clothes lying in...

miml.co.uk - our behavioural experiment

2 min read: Back in 2017 I sat with a couple of colleagues in having a coffee in Edinburgh talking about all things behavioural (as...

Applied Behaviour Analysis and autism

1 min read: I've been asked by a few people as of late to elaborate a bit on the behavioral help available to families with children...

miml your team are less productive in the afternoon

3 min read: A typical film industry day runs something like 8am until 7pm, when filming stops for the day. That’s not to say everyone’s...

How to make critical thinking more likely

4 min read: I help people develop the critical thinking skills they need to be able to understand and influence behaviour in...

Make it more likely children are disruptive

1 min read: I was consulting with a teacher who was frustrated at a child in her kindergarten classroom because of his "disruptive...

How to miml your week is NOT productive

1 min read: Want to be the least productive you can be at work while still maintaining the look of being busy? Follow our easy guide:...

Behaviour, feedback and regression to the mean

1 min read: Behaviour is highly variable, therefore when we are observing behaviour we are likely to see variation over time. Regression...

We become what we pay attention to

3 min read: I’m sure you have heard the phrase, “you are what you eat” but how often do we consider that we are what we focus on. This...

Increasing coursework completion

2 min read: We ran an experiment across 120 managers participating in a behavioural programme. We wanted to see if we could make it more...

My behavioural experiment 2018

1 min read: I have scheduled some behaviour or other to change each month of this year. In January I gave up alcohol for the month and in...

Using text messaging to prompt behaviour

2 min read: For any one reading studies coming out of the field of behavioural science you’ll notice there’s a lot of chat about using...

Stopping the dog eating the mail

3 min read: We moved house and my 4-year-old dog Eddie developed a very annoying habit. He started to eat the mail. I would return...

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