Tim Houlihan is intensely curious about why people do what they do. With 20 years of primary and secondary research into motivation and goal setting, and nearly 300 episodes of interviewing experts for his weekly podcast, Behavioral Grooves, his understanding of human behavior helps policy makers, marketers, human resource executives, and sales leaders make better decisions about their constituencies.
Tim Houlihan is a co-founder of Behavioral Grooves, a weekly podcast with listeners in more than 170 countries. Tim and his co-host explore why-we-do-what-we-do with researchers in behavioral science, popular authors and thought leaders. It was voted the No. 1 Behavioral Science Podcast by Habit Weekly in 2021, a Stockholm-based media company, and is one of the Top 20 Behavioral Science for Business podcasts in Psychology Today in 2021. It ranks among the Top 100 Behavioral Science podcasts in the world by Chartable.
Tim is also the founder and chief behavioral strategist of BehaviorAlchemy, a consultancy that applies a behavioral lens to improve the lives of workers, customers and policy makers and his clients include the Global 1000. He has conducted workshops across Europe, the Middle East, South America, and North America. He is a frequent university guest lecturer and symposium speaker.
Previously, Tim was Vice President of Reward Systems at BI WORLDWIDE where his responsibilities included a global portfolio of reward systems and platforms.
If we are to truly improve behaviors, we must understand the roles that context and the unconscious play in our daily lives.