...you have to squint a bit, but I've taken it to mean influencing the behavior of unknown or mildly uncooperative participants.
My main example of success was drawing a dotted line with a sharpie about 25% from the bottom of the water filter pitcher in the fridge (back with college roommates).
Basically overnight, the probability of me finding the water pitcher empty in the fridge went from 50% to like 10%.
The visual indicator (with only implied instructions) resulted in positive behavior changes.
Related is "poke-yoke/kaizen" of "mistake proofing, continual improvement, and making problems visible".
Being aware of these fields of study and their techniques can be applied to many areas in work and home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_design
...you have to squint a bit, but I've taken it to mean influencing the behavior of unknown or mildly uncooperative participants.
My main example of success was drawing a dotted line with a sharpie about 25% from the bottom of the water filter pitcher in the fridge (back with college roommates).
Basically overnight, the probability of me finding the water pitcher empty in the fridge went from 50% to like 10%.
The visual indicator (with only implied instructions) resulted in positive behavior changes.
Related is "poke-yoke/kaizen" of "mistake proofing, continual improvement, and making problems visible".
Being aware of these fields of study and their techniques can be applied to many areas in work and home.