About this site
Nudges at Work
Behavioral science for HR leaders. One insight, three times a week.
Most workplace programs fail. Not because people don't care, but because the programs ignore how behavior actually works.
Nudges at Work exists to close that gap.
We dig through academic research, run original analyses, and translate what we find into ideas you can actually use. No jargon. No 3,000-word think pieces. Just one clear insight, delivered in under 200 words.
What You'll Get
Three emails per week:
- Tuesdays (Research Drop): A data point or study finding that challenges conventional wisdom
- Thursdays (Behavior Hack): A practical technique you can try this week
- Saturdays (Think Piece): A contrarian take worth sitting with
Each one takes about 90 seconds to read.
Who This Is For
CEOs, HR leaders, people ops professionals, and anyone responsible for building workplace culture. If you've ever wondered why your recognition program isn't working, why engagement scores won't budge, or why great initiatives keep dying on the vine, you're in the right place.
The Philosophy
We believe:
- Behavior change is design, not motivation. Make the right thing easy and it happens.
- Small beats big. Tiny, consistent nudges outperform annual initiatives every time.
- Evidence over intuition. If the research says otherwise, we change our minds.
- Practical over theoretical. Every insight comes with something you can do Monday.
Who's Behind This
Nudges at Work is published by the team at Happily.ai, a performance intelligence platform built on behavioral science. We've spent years studying what actually moves the needle on culture, engagement, and well-being.
This newsletter is where we share what we've learned (and what we're still figuring out).
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