Dr. Maya Shankar

I'm planning to retire.

I'm planning to retire.

I'm done.

I'm done.

And after working with us for a month or two, she came back and said,

And after working with us for a month or two, she came back and said,

I no longer plan to retire.

I no longer plan to retire.

Working with your team has energized me so much, has allowed me to see that the government can, in fact, be very innovative, that I've decided to stick it out and I'm going to stay here longer than I did before.

Working with your team has energized me so much, has allowed me to see that the government can, in fact, be very innovative, that I've decided to stick it out and I'm going to stay here longer than I did before.

And it was stories like that that really touched me in a deep way because it allowed me to see, one, the power of these scrappy, startup-y environments where everyone feels like they're building this thing together.

And it was stories like that that really touched me in a deep way because it allowed me to see, one, the power of these scrappy, startup-y environments where everyone feels like they're building this thing together.

And two, how you can really change minds, not just the minds of Americans who you're serving through these public policies, but even the minds of government officials who have done incredible service to this country, but could do even more if they just find the right opportunity.

And two, how you can really change minds, not just the minds of Americans who you're serving through these public policies, but even the minds of government officials who have done incredible service to this country, but could do even more if they just find the right opportunity.

Yeah, I think what behavioral science teaches us is that there are a lot of surprising factors that can influence our decisions that we might not even be consciously aware of.

Yeah, I think what behavioral science teaches us is that there are a lot of surprising factors that can influence our decisions that we might not even be consciously aware of.

And if we can better understand human behavior, we can in turn design public policies and programs in ways that reflect those surprising features.

And if we can better understand human behavior, we can in turn design public policies and programs in ways that reflect those surprising features.

So a good example of this is when people go into a voting booth

So a good example of this is when people go into a voting booth