• Polle de Maagt
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01/05/2012

Two weeks ago, Akzo Nobel launched a movie as a tribute to their parting CEO Hans Wijers. A recipe for disaster,...

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09/12/2011

I wrote about the Hivos piece-of-tape-to-save-energy-experiment earlier. The experiment is part of a broader effort by Hivos to enrich society with...

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08/12/2011

Recently, I stumbled upon a recent feature of document sharing platform Scribd: pay in content. As an alternative to pay for...

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07/12/2011

The concept of nudge is the ultimate ‘acts not ads‘. Not telling what people should do, but using behavioral economics, choice...

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23/11/2011

Consumers are lazy. And that’s pretty much the business case behind Zappos’ 365 day return policy. The return policy serves a...

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17/11/2011

Earlier, I wrote about how 2% of your customers who steal, cheat and misbehave force you to decide how you treat...

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15/11/2011

Early this year, I got a check with ‘thank you’ written on it. A clear act to nudge me into tipping...

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22/04/2011

It all started with a tweet I wrote yesterday, “Sorry, I don’t believe in gamification per se. Gamification is just one...

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