Dunning-Kruger Effect: An S-Tier Behavioral Designer’s Guide
Kruger & Dunning’s 1999 “unskilled and unaware” effect — what they actually found, where the meme version falls…
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Imposter Syndrome: An S-Tier Behavioral Designer’s Guide
Short answer: Imposter syndrome is the persistent feeling that your success is undeserved and that you will soon…
Myers-Briggs (MBTI): An S-Tier Behavioral Designer’s Guide
Every Sunday on LinkedIn, somebody announces their personality type the way other people announce a promotion. ENTJ. INFP.…
Cognitive Dissonance: An S-Tier Behavioral Designer’s Guide
Leon Festinger proved that when action and belief clash, the belief bends. Here is the S-Tier Designer’s Guide…
Emotional Intelligence: An S-Tier Behavioral Designer’s Guide to EQ
Salovey, Mayer & Goleman's Emotional Intelligence — the four domains, the ability-vs-trait fight, the neuroscience underneath, and how…
Regulatory Focus Theory: An S-Tier Behavioral Designer’s Guide to Promotion vs Prevention
Short answer: Regulatory Focus Theory says people pursue goals through one of two motivational systems: a promotion focus…
Broaden-and-Build Theory: An S-Tier Behavioral Designer’s Guide to Positive Emotion
Fredrickson's Broaden-and-Build Theory explained: how positive emotions broaden thought-action repertoires and build enduring resources — plus the full…
McClelland’s Theory of Needs: An S-Tier Behavioral Designer’s Guide
Harvard psychologist David McClelland's Theory of Needs says adult motivation sorts into three learned drives — achievement, affiliation,…
Mindset Theory: An S-Tier Behavioral Designer’s Guide to Growth vs Fixed
Every underperforming team I have ever coached — Fortune 500s, fast-growing startups, a university computer-science department, even a…