Dan Ariely
Beware the decoy effect
There's one particularly cunning type of pricing strategy that marketers use to get you to switch your choice from one option to a more expensive or profitable one. It's called the decoy effect… Audio
Gary Bolles: education and work parachutes
Co-founder of eParachute.com who writes and lectures frequently on the future of work and learning. He is visiting New Zealand as a guest of Callaghan Innovation to deliver his talk, How To Thrive In… Audio
The Meaning of Work - 10 January 2016
Love it or hate it, most of us have to work for a living. So how can we make work more meaningful? This hour, TED speakers explore our values and motivations when it comes to the workplace.
TED Radio Hour: Our Buggy Brain
Our amazing brain, with all of its harmonious functions, also performs any number of peculiar actions, which we might find unexpected and counter-intuitive. What tricks do our minds play when we think… Audio
Tune Your Engine - Dishonesty
Best-selling author Dan Ariely on why most people cheat - just a little. The book is 'The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves'. Audio
Causes of our Everyday Behaviours and how we make decisions
Dan Ariely is a behavioural economist and social scientist who has studied the causes of our everyday behaviours. Audio