Great idea by Gravity at #SiO2018 - when someone takes out a loan, sign an agreement that the loan installment will convert to monthly investment once the loan is repaid, before you get used to living on the amount #getSAinvesting

Big thank you to @SilicaLive for the opportunity to share Gravity’s way of thinking at #SiO2018! Great to get the #FinancialServices industry thinking more about #behaviouralscience and the value it can have.

The stats of how much money is stuck in unnecessary and expensive credit shared by maya fisher-french is scary but really exciting. If we can work out ways to flip that credit spending behaviour into savings behaviour we could really have something awesome on our hands! #SiO2018

The use of chat bots (particularly through whatsapp) to lower the barrier to opening new savings and investments accounts is awesome. It also forces the company to think like the user! The Nedgroup Investments chat bot is great example that is live in SA. Paul Cartmel #SiO2018

“AI can make you look awesome” Mike Needham from Amazon Web Services Thinking of AI as a tool to help you do do a better job rather than have that job taken is a far more positive framing. It can also give you more time and resources to focus on things that really matter. #SiO2018

“Although AI, robotics and gene editing are all going to be be important, this is going to be be the century of social science. If we ge it right we will thrive as a civilization” Jonathan Haidt on the The RSA #polarised podcast itunes.apple.com/za/podcast/pol…

I was interviewed by McKinsey for their article on nudge units. While wonderful PR for the field, I am generally hoping behavioral science can start to brand away from 'nudging', which sounds a bit too manipulative and a bit too narrow. mckinsey.com/business-funct…

Simple rule to internet privacy: If someone is making something easy or cheap for you, stop and ask yourself... What am I giving these people to make it worth their while to do this for me. #nosuchthingasafreelunch #cybersecurity #data #PrivacyAware

Just listened ep. on robocalls and I was thinking, is there a service I can use that will tell me what information an app/website is collecting or give a simple breakdown of their privacy policy? #happytopay for #dataprivacy Reply All

If you want to dive into facts like these and get an a better understanding of how the world has progressed, which you should, read Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now and @AnnaRosling & Remember H. Rosling’s Factfulness.

So relevant to our teams discussions about how Gravity can make an impact in the healthcare space.

Classic case of being really precise but not at all accurate! gizmodo.com/how-cartograph… It's so important that choose data that actually aligns with what you are ultimately hoping to effect. Rather than finding something that's easy to measure.

Meet the organisations helping people create better ways to work in a flexible, frequently changing digital economy. Today we announce the winners of the RSA Future Work Awards 2019 Fabian Wallace-Stephens bit.ly/2RJk2xw #futureworkawards

This simple page from DuckDuckGo is a great intervention to equip people to change their friends #behaviour. Simple benefit framing for a complicated topics increase the likelihood of a change. #dataprivicy #behaviouralscience duckduckgo.com/spread

Metrics aren’t insights. You need to try and understand the why behind the metric. Those whys are the insights that inform your decision making. Getting form the metric to the insights, now that’s where the magic happens. #behavioralscience Tim Harford

“A good conversation is like a game of catch” Celest Heaslee. The goal for both party’s is to keep the game going by playing to the others strengths. Not to try and pin each other with the ball. The Knowledge Project itunes.apple.com/za/podcast/the…

“Look at the object, now in an instant, look for who is looking, turn attention on itself” Sam Harris Waking Up Now I know how a dog feels like when it’s chasing its own tail... #meditation #progress ?!

Hey hey hey, you can be the source for you own reporting. You’re just creating a fun house of mirrors. eNCA please provide a link to the stats SA report.

Couldn’t agree more with Bruce Whitfield “negative people never build anything” it’s easy to slip into Eeyore mode, it’s much harder to be a critical optimist. You have to look for the opportunities while rolling up your sleeves and staring the scary problems down. #SiO2019

Hong Kong Race Calendar via SCMP Graphics bit.ly/2Mu8opD #hongkong #running #sport