3 good behavior lessons from Gustav

Back in 2012, when I first started studying behavior design in earnest and including it in my consulting and coaching practice, I didn’t realize the influence canines have contributed to the field. The first sign was the pre-reading for the behavior design boot camp,...

Plant seeds of praise to improve performance

Our brain hungers for recognition and praise. When we hear “good job”—especially when we aren’t expecting it—we get a hit of dopamine. That’s the “feel good” chemical our body produces. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, as we’ve studied in my applied neuroscience...