Takuro Ishikawa, Senior Behavioural Scientist with the BC Behavioural Insights Group (BC BIG). Takuro Ishikawa has made a career of applying BI to different challenges. We zero in on public health and discuss how behaviour is at the root of many health challenges, whether in prevention or treatment. Tak shares case studies, highlights, challenges, and ethical considerations for applying BI to public health, all with the larger goal of working to reduce health inequalities.

How Can Behavioural Insights Help Organizations Be More Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable? (Episode 37)

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;