I would be so grateful if you helped me collect data for my dissertation. If you’ve ever taught a class with 2 or more guest speakers, please consider taking this short survey. Thank you so much!

🚨My first paper (w/ Joe Simmons) is out in JEP:General! People are overconfident. Can constructing a belief distribution – that is, indicating how likely all possible outcomes are – reduce this tendency? Past work: Yes! Our paper: No, it’s the opposite… doi.org/10.1037/xge000…

Q: How can we better nudge people towards honesty? I wrote an article with a possible solution: focus interventions on the core justifications people use to justify dishonesty.

🚨 New publication in Current Opinion in Psychology! 🚨 When faced with situations where we could help others, people often shy away from providing "prosocial input" (like giving compliments, or delivering helpful feedback). Why do we do this? tinyurl.com/prosocialinput

To improve equity at work, make sure you’re accurately evaluating what works. In a new HBR.org article, Edward Chang, @JamesElfer, Katryn Wright, Guusje Lindemann and I discuss the importance of an evidence-based approach to DEI. tinyurl.com/ab-dei-init

Attending #AOM2023? Don't miss my students' terrific symposium on boosting DEI in orgs. It's a finalist for the best symposium award in 2 different divisions of AOM. The superb co-organizer Linda Chang (iamlindachang.com) is on the job market & will preview her fab JMP👇

Did you set a big, hairy, audacious goal for 2024? Our recent field experiment suggests you break that BHAG into flexible, bite-sized chunks Scientific American Aneesh Rai scientificamerican.com/article/the-se…

Check out our Scientific American op-ed highlighting the benefits of breaking big goals into smaller subgoals for increasing productivity over time! Grateful to have worked with a dream team of authors on this paper. 😊 Katy Milkman Angela Duckworth Marissa Sharif Edward Chang

🚨New Paper🚨 Economics says: pay people directly for goal achievement. A new field experiment led by Haas School of Business Prof. Rachel Gershon shows higher achievement if you pay people only if they and a friend both achieve their goal (here, gym attendance).👉bit.ly/3JnsIXG

Our Research Doodles series, feat. illustrations by @MarissaShandell, is back for the summer! First up: To get more done, make your goals smaller. This can curb procrastination & boost commitment, found @AngelaDuckw, @Katy_Milkman, @Marissa_Sharif, @AneeshRai17 & Edward Chang.

How do job seekers react when orgs quantify their diversity commitments? In a 🚨new paper🚨 with Ike Silver & Edward Chang, we explore competing predictions about how women and racial minorities react to measurable goals vs. vague, values-focused commitments