First, we started out with a piece on native advertising. This is a really hot topic
throughout the marketing world, but just a blip on the radar in UX. What I find fascinating about it is that it
combines a lot of psychology, emotion, ethics, business, technology, design –
just the kind of . . . . . hyper-disciplinary (if I may coin a term) topic that
gets my cerebral juices flowing.
Then on Tuesday we hit one of my other favorite topics,
using paternalistic nudges to improve important behaviors like food
choices. I shared a great new idea from the
Smarter Lunchroom Movement. If you haven’t
heard of that, make sure to check out my blog post and the organization.
On Wednesday we took a step back (figuratively) with a look
at background monitoring. Not for
security or anything Big Brother-ish but to model your behavior and give you
feedback on how to improve. I used the
example of TV personality Galvin on Galvin, who came up with the great idea to
have his teleprompter shut off when he slouches, forcing him to sit up
straight.
Then we closed the week (yeah, the blog is on the 30 hour
workweek) on Thursday with a post from two of my favorite sources: Innovation Hub
and TED. Both of these had stories on
human resources subjects that caught my eye.
With my special powers of insight, I found a parallel between them and
shared them.
