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- 16th Apr 2024
Why Hiring Creatives Won't Solve Your Innovation Challenge
Innovation and creativity aren't just desirable; they're essential for business success. By fostering a culture of innovation, businesses gain a competitive edge, ensuring they stand out in crowded markets and stay ahead of evolving trends.
- Blog
- 11th Apr 2024
Could summer jobs stop youth violence?
In many American cities, Summer Youth Employment Programs offer young people from disadvantaged backgrounds short-term paid employment during the long summer break from school. Some of these programmes have been in existence for decades and operate at a huge scale. Given the evidence from the US on violent youth offending,…
- Blog
- 8th Apr 2024
Are you ready to make the most of new flexible working legislation?
Many employers struggle to implement flexible working successfully. In our work, BIT has identified three barriers and provide suggestions for how to overcome them.
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Isabel Kaldor
Isabel is an Associate Advisor based in the London office, working in the Work and Equalities team. Prior to joining BIT, she worked as an analyst in the NSW Treasury. Isabel has also gained experience in the private sector, managing machine learning projects in a global AI firm. Isabel recently…
- Press release
- 18th Mar 2024
UK GDP held back by hidden information on price and quality
A lack of available information that could help consumers and businesses compare quality and price when buying goods or services is costing the UK economy around £14 billion in revenue, new research from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) finds.
- Blog
- 13th Mar 2024
Growth Vouchers: Introducing Randomised Control Trials to Government Policy
The Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE recently published the results of a randomised control trial to evaluate the impact of business Growth Vouchers. BIT was involved in the design of this trial from the very beginning and here we reflect on the importance of RCTs, why this one…
- Report
- 5th Mar 2024
Appliquer une approche comportementale à la lutte contre les stéréotypes limitant l’accès à l’emploi des personnes en situation de handicap
En France, malgré la loi sur le handicap de 2005 imposant à toutes les entreprises de plus de 20 salariés d’intégrer à leurs effectifs 6 % de travailleurs handicapés, l’accès à l’emploi demeure difficile pour les personnes en situation de handicap. Nous avons collaboré avec la DITP et Pôle Emploi…
- Report
- 5th Mar 2024
Applying a behavioural approach to address stereotypes that limit access to employment for people with disabilities
In France, despite the 2005 law requiring all companies with more than 20 employees to integrate 6% of workers with disabilities into their workforce, accessing employment remains a challenge for disabled jobseekers. We collaborated with the Direction Interministérielle de la Transformation Publique (DITP) and Pôle Emploi to apply a behavioural…
- Report
- 4th Dec 2023
From Gen Z for Gen Z: Marketing Insights for Government Employers
The United States needs technological innovation to solve its most pressing problems—the climate crisis, health care costs, and more. Unfortunately, too few people with cutting-edge skills are interested in working in the federal government. Only 4% of federal government technologists are under 30, while over half are approaching retirement. How…
- Blog
- 14th Nov 2023
Boosting digital skills with behavioural insights
Countries across the globe are facing a significant digital skills gap, and the UK is no exception. UK employers are already finding that over one third of their hard-to-fill vacancies are related to a lack of digital skills.