Behavioral Systems: a conversation between a behavioral scientist and a system thinker

​What happens when two colleagues from complementary fields have coffee together? Join us in this laidback conversation between a Behavioral Scientist and a System Thinker to learn about the byproduct of the interaction of those fields: Behavioral Systems.

​Steve Wendel, applied Behavioral Scientist, former Vice-President of Busara and founder of sistemaFutura, will welcome Ruth Schmidt, Associate Professor of Behavioral Design at IIT Institute of Design, for a conversation about this new subfield. What is it exactly, why is it relevant, and how do those perspectives add to one another?

​Ruth will also discuss the Choice Triad Model, based on her paper with Zeya Chen and Veronica Paz Soldan, “Choice Posture, Architecture, and Infrastructure: Systemic Behavioral Design for Public Health Policy”. Grab your cup of coffee, tea, or preferred drink and join along for this enlightening session.

​Reference: Ruth Schmidt, Zeya Chen, Veronica Paz Soldan. Choice Posture, Architecture, and Infrastructure: Systemic Behavioral Design for Public Health Policy, She Ji: the Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, Volume 8, Issue 4, 2022, Pages 504-525. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405872622000661