888. A Day in the Life of a Behavioral Scientist with Kurt Nelson

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Kurt Nelson is a recognized leader in human motivation and behavior change. For 20 years, he has worked with global companies to apply behavioral science principles to drive change in their organizations. He is founder of The Lantern Group, a behavioral design and communication agency, and also co-founder, with Tim Houlihan, of the Behavioral Grooves podcast, where they interview leading business executives from around the world and explore how they apply behavioral science to their work and lives.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.5	Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.
0:14.3	I'm your host, Don Hutchison.
0:16.6	Every Monday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:26.8	On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do.
0:38.0	Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Kurt Nelson, and our topic, A Day in the Life,
0:43.5	what's it really like to be a behavioral scientist?
0:46.7	Welcome, Kurt.
0:47.8	Well, thank you.
0:49.2	Kurt, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
0:52.2	I definitely love what I do. I love it. I love your
0:56.8	answer. For over 20 years, Kurt Nelson has worked with global companies to apply behavioral
1:02.3	science principles to drive change in their organizations. He's founder and president of the
1:08.5	Lantern Group, a behavioral design and communication agency.
1:12.7	He also is the co-founder of the behavioral group's podcast, where they interviewed leading
1:17.9	academic and business executives from around the world and explore how they apply behavioral
1:22.8	science to their work and lives. All his work focuses on understanding ways to positively influence how people
1:29.2	behave. Kurt has his MBA from the University of Iowa and his PhD in Industrial Organizational
1:35.7	Psychology from Capella University. And as I usually do in interviewing the day in the life,
1:42.1	I want to give statistics from the recent U.S. News and World
1:44.9	report and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on the profession that Kurt has his PhD at
1:51.7	industrial organizational psychology. There are currently 181,700 jobs in industrial and organizational psychology. The job outlook over the next 10 years is
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