Kirstin Appelt, Research Director of UBC Decision Insights for Business &amp; Society (UBC-DIBS). In this episode with guest host Dave Hardisty, we mix things up and Kirstin Appelt is the interviewee rather than the interviewer. Kirstin talks about her BI journey, the DIBS origin story, how BIG Difference BC got its start, and how the Advanced Professional Certificate in Behavioural Insights developed. She also reflects on the growing BI community in BC and what she’s excited about for BI in BC going forward.

Using Behavioural Insights to Tackle Public Health Challenges (Episode 36)

Join host Kirstin Appelt, Research Director of UBC Decision Insights for Business &amp; Society (UBC-DIBS), as she interviews Behavioural Insights enthusiasts and experts from BC and beyond to explore:&nbsp;how BI is being used to tackle societal and planetary challenges,&nbsp;how BI skills are used across sectors,how BI intersects with other fields,&nbsp;how to conduct BI projects,&nbsp;and how BI is advancing with new research.Liner notes: Calling DIBS is recorded and edited on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh). Calling DIBS is edited by Rishad Habib, Siobhan Cook, Isabella Jaramillo, Parnian Ashrafi, Kashish Khatri, and Kirstin Appelt. Intro and outro music are excerpts from “resonance” by airtone (2020; http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/61321), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0).&nbsp; New episodes are posted regularly September-May.&nbsp;