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“In science, an N of 1 is virtually meaningless. But in life, you can learn a lot from one person’s experience.”
Welcome to ’An N of 1’ - the podcast that takes you behind the scenes to explore the careers of the applied behavioral scientists making a difference in modern business.
Each episode features an in-depth interview with a practicing applied behavioral scientist, as they share their personal journeys, educational backgrounds, and career milestones. Discover how they apply their knowledge to solve real-world problems for companies across the globe.
Whether you're a student, professional, or just fascinated by the process of shaping human behavior, this podcast offers a unique look into the leaders, strategists, researchers, designers, and experimenters that are doing the work. Tune in to An N of 1 and learn how behavioral change happens at scale.
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Erik Johnson is a Chicago based consultant who helps organizations generate Behavioral Science insights and translate them into practical strategies and actionable tactics. He also writes about how Behavioral Science applies to work, society, and everyday life in his newsletter. Send us a text 🔹 Follow us on LinkedIn: besci-io 🔸 Join our BeSci community on Slack: besciio-public.slack.com ♦️ Enhance your career and knowledge of applied behavioral science with our courses: learnappliedbesci...
This special episode brings together the leading women in behavioral science— Steph Habif, Robin Kouyate, Chandra Osborn, Heather Watson, Natalie Hallinger, and host Matt Wallaert—for a review of BeSci in 2025. In this new-year special, behavioral science leaders review the most memorable interventions of 2025—what worked, what didn’t, and why. The conversation spans healthcare, AI, operations, and experience design, with reflections on the evolving job market and a shared call to bring more ...
Dr. Robin Anthony Kouyate is a social and behavioral scientist with more than 25 years of experience advancing health programs across North America, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Europe. Her work spans lifestyle behavior change, chronic disease self-management, medication adherence, maternal, newborn, and child health, adolescent reproductive health, breastfeeding, and infant nutrition. Across nonprofit and private sectors, she has specialized in translating research into practical, eviden...
Melina is a behavioural and decision scientist and founder of meta-decisions. She specialises in decision debiasing strategies, corporate training, and behavioural insights consulting for the public and private sectors. She holds adjunct faculty positions in Behavioural Economics, is a member of the Alliance for Decision Education Steering Committee and has a passion for helping young professionals build confidence in their work decisions. She holds a PhD in Managerial Decision Sciences...
Chandra Osborn, PhD, MPH is the Chief Experience Officer at AdhereHealth, where she applies over 25 years of behavioral science expertise to improve member outcomes and advance health equity. A former tenure-track academic in medicine and biomedical informatics with more than 180 publications, Chandra brings deep experience as a behavioral designer, health psychologist, and scientist to her work. This is her third executive leadership role in industry, and she also serves as a consultant and ...
Jonathan Stahl, PhD is a psychologist, researcher, and data scientist who is passionate about using behavioral science and advanced analytics to effect change. He has spent a decade working with companies, from boutique consultancies to the Fortune 100, to drive new product innovation and data-based decision making. He is currently the Director of Business Insights, Core Personal Lines Strategy at Nationwide Insurance. Much of his work focuses on understanding customer attitudes and beh...
Hale is the Director of Behavioral Science at Limetree. She has 15 years of experience applying behavioral science to help people thrive. Marrying academic knowledge with industry and applied research expertise, she has worked with dozens of clients in sectors from energy to healthcare to understand customers and design communications, marketing, products, and interventions that support positive behavior change. Hale received her PhD in Psychology from Columbia University, where she studied j...
Hunter Black is the Principal Behavioral Scientist of Coaching Innovation at BetterUp, a human transformation platform that helps people and organizations achieve peak performance through coaching, science, and technology. His work advances the science and practice of coaching by applying mixed-methods research and expertise in organizational behavior, leadership development, positive psychology, and behavior change to shape the future of effective coaching and organizational transformation. ...
This special episode brings together leading behavioral scientists—Jared Peterson, Steph Habif, Chloe Hamman, Teis Jorgensen, Eden Brownell, and host Matt Wallaert—for a candid discussion on the frameworks of behavioral science. The conversation takes off from Jared’s original piece ranking Behavioral Science Frameworks, which later sparked debate and disagreement across the community on his LinkedIn Post. Together, the group unpacks what that moment revealed about our discipline: the power o...
Heather is a dynamic founder, building teams that leverage the principles of psychology to make a business impact for global companies to increase customer acquisition, improve client satisfaction, and drive behavior change. For over a decade, she has worked at the intersection of cognitive psychology, sociology, behavioral economics, and creativity to overcome barriers to change customer behavior. She consults with investment firms like Cascade Partners and academic/industry partners like U...
Natalie J. Hallinger is a behavior change strategist solving product, operations, and engagement problems in healthcare and environmental sustainability. Psychology impacts everything that humans touch, so she mentors a slew of behavior change designers across several industries. Natalie is also a strategy advisor to early-stage tech startups and sustainability companies, such as Perpetual Reuse Systems. She is currently searching for excuses to break her 6 year absence from motorcycle ...
Scott Young is an independent advisor and educator whose expertise and passion lie in helping leaders and organizations to apply Behavioral Science effectively and ethically. Scott was most recently Head of Private Sector at Behavioral Insights Team (BIT), Americas. Earlier, he was at BVA Nudge Consulting and spent 20+ years leading Perception Research Services, a global shopper insights agency. Today, Scott is an Advisor and guest lecturer at the London School of Economics (LSE),...
Dr. Wendel is an applied behavioral scientist who helps companies and organizations effectively use behavioral science for social good. His current company is sistemaFutura, which drives behavioral change to address complex business and social challenges. Before co-founding sistemaFutura, he led the behavioral science efforts at Morningstar, HelloWallet and Busara, developing and field-testing hundreds of interventions. He founded the international non-profit organization Bescy, and has...
KK Del Riego is an applied behavioral scientist, futurist and culture nerd currently leading a UX Research and innovation team at LinkedIn. Throughout her career, she has worn many hats across a mix of industries all over the world, tied together by one mission: designing smart, human-centered solutions for organizations doing meaningful work. Through her work across a diverse range of roles in the technology sector, KK has served as a passionate connector and enabler: bringing organizations ...
Ciarán is a behavioral scientist and exercise physiologist whose work has focused on leveraging behavioral design and digital tools to better understand and influence health behaviors and disease outcomes. He has worked in industry and academia and widely used technologies such as wearables and mobile apps, to support the care of patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and mental health disorders. His broad experience across exercise science, psychology, and digital tech has been a val...
With over 15 years of experience of practically applying behavioural science in business, Jez has established himself as one of the world's leading practitioners in the field. As a pioneer, Jez has always been on the frontlines of behavioural science, from being instrumental in the team that used murals of babies faces to fight crime in Woolwich, to changing handwashing behaviour in a pig abattoir in Santiago to painting pink walls to reduce unsafe behaviour on a construction site for Shell o...
Bridgette is an applied behavioral scientist working at the intersection of health, equity, and technology. She has been working in behavioral design in the organizational and product space for over 15 years. She is currently a full-time advisor on behavior change strategy and operations for a health system in Michigan and an independent advisor and consultant to companies in the digital health space. Send us a text 🔹 Follow us on LinkedIn: besci-io 🔸 Join our BeSci community on Slack: bes...
As a behavioral scientist, Roos helps create personalized digital interventions that drive meaningful behavior change for healthier people and a healthier planet. She combines psychological insights, data, and AI to design solutions that improve health, support sustainable choices, and strengthen financial decision-making. She’s also the co-founder of Nuance Behavior, a behavioral science collective that partners with product and innovation teams to build digital products and services for beh...
Julie Miller, PhD is a behavioral scientist and clinical psychologist with deep expertise in digital product creation, GenAI, CX, service design, and.innovation. She currently is Head of Science at Click Therapeutics where she connects behavioral science, intervention design, AI, and business needs to create products that drive engagement, retention, and meaningful health and behavioral health outcomes. Julie also loves consulting and has worked across a variety of behaviors and industries in...
NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to cuts to the US and UK programming with the Trump DOGE changes and pressure on defense spending. Aarthi Rao works at the intersection of public health, behavioral design and business to improve the lives of poor and marginalized communities. She is currently the Vice President of Behavior Change & Design at Cityblock Health where she leads a team of behavioral insights and user experience colleagues to design, test, and scale programs and experienc...
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