A Nudge in the Right Direction: How Understanding Human Behavior Can Lead to More Effective Government
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A Nudge in the Right Direction: How Understanding Human Behavior Can Lead to More Effective Government

December 13, 2020

While the application of behavioral insights has tremendous potential to improve the work of government, the movement is still in early stages.

To encourage more widespread use, the Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton hosted five workshops with federal employees between March and Sept. 2020 to examine how behavioral insights can improve agency processes, programs and performance, and make government more effective.

This report provides tips provides tips for choosing a behavioral insights project and getting leaders to buy in, testing whether a behavioral insights project was successful, and building on the results of a test.

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