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A growing number of organizations-particularly in the public sector-are embracing behavioral insights to design and enhance their products, policies and services. The challenge is this: Their leaders and workers are human too, and are therefore influenced by the same heuristics and biases that they are attempting to address in customers. The authors-from the world renowned Behavioral Insights Team-introduce three core activities of policy making and strategy-making in any industry: noticing, deliberating and executing. In the article they focus on the first two stages-noticing and deliberating-and present some of the most important behavioral insights within each category-including confirmation bias and framing effects. They then provide tools to mitigate common biases.

Three years after launching a content-based web site, a nationwide hard goods retailer invested in software to support Internet shopping. The online component was one element in a multiple-channel retailing approach, which also included retail stores, a phone-order service, and an annual catalog. Although the company is the country's most shopped retailer, the online retail segment has not turned a profit. The director of marketing must consider the effect of multiple-channel retailing on the company's profitability.

Three years after launching a content-based Web site, a nationwide hard goods retailer invested in software to support Internet shopping. The online component was one element in a multiple channel retailing approach, which also included retail stores, a phone-order service and an annual catalog. Although the company is the country's most shopped retailer, the online retail segment has not turned a profit. The director of marketing must consider the effect of multiple channel retailing on the company's profitability.