Rohit Kaul — On Motivation, Trust, Behavioral Economics, and Learning
Rohit is the General Manager of Marketing at the Shiv Nadar Foundation, HCL Music, and HCL Concerts. He’s also a behavior science practitioner with over a decade of experience in diverse sectors such as Consumer Packaged Goods, consulting, education, not-for-profit, and entertainment.
Rohit studies and uses Behavioral Science to build human-centric products that simplify the lives of his customers and create long-term behavior change for good. His weekly newsletter on Applied Behavior Science, behaviorXproduct, is read by over 1500 readers from diverse institutions such as Harvard, Google, LinkedIn, Airtel, Princeton, Standard Chartered, and many more.
In this episode, Rohit discusses:
- How the traits of autonomy, relatedness, and competence motivate an individual.
- The significance of trust at an organizational and an individual level.
- Why learning by application is a better approach than theoretical learning.
- How culture impacts our actions to a large extent.
- How collecting feedback on our actions makes us aware of our capabilities and helps us improve.
…and much more.
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Shownotes
Rohit on LinkedIn
Seeking North
Books Mentioned:
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
Upstream: How to solve problems before they happen
Other mentions:
Self-Determination Theory — Richard M. Ryan and Edward L. Deci
Workflowy — a tool to organize your work
Dan Price took $1 million pay cut to raise staff salaries to $70,000
Healthy food chains located in higher-income neighborhoods in the USA
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About The Author
Vishal Kataria is a writer and podcaster who shares lessons he has learned about productivity, learning new skills, and self-improvement.
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