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Katy Milkman
Katy Milkman helps organizations build lasting behavior change through science-backed strategies. A Wharton professor and bestselling author, she equips leaders with practical frameworks for habit formation, decision-making, and organizational change. Named twice to Thinkers50 and featured in Masterclass.
Katy Milkman is a behavioral scientist who studies why people struggle to change and, more importantly, what actually works to help them succeed.
She is a professor at the Wharton School, author of the bestselling book How to Change, and has been named twice to the Thinkers50 list. She also features in a Masterclass on navigating change, bringing her research to millions beyond the academic world.
Katy's work bridges the gap between laboratory findings and everyday decisions. She draws on years of published research to explain the specific barriers that keep people stuck, from procrastination to overconfidence, and provides tested strategies for overcoming each one. Her approach helps leaders, managers, and coaches design environments where better choices become easier for everyone around them.
Audiences leave her sessions with a clear framework for diagnosing what holds them back, practical techniques for building habits that last, and strategies for helping teams adapt to shifting demands. These takeaways are grounded in peer-reviewed studies and illustrated through real-world stories that make the science memorable and immediately applicable.
Book Katy Milkman to give your audience a research-backed playbook for making lasting change possible.
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Katy Milkman structures her sessions around peer-reviewed behavioral science research, using it to diagnose specific barriers to change — such as procrastination and overconfidence — before presenting tested strategies for each. She grounds these findings in real-world stories to make the research applicable and memorable for audiences.
Katy Milkman's sessions address behaviour change, habit formation, decision-making, procrastination, overconfidence, and designing environments that support better choices. She is a Wharton School professor, bestselling author of How to Change, and a two-time Thinkers50 listee.
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