Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Written by: Richard H. Thaler
Recommended by: Sylvia Ferrell-Jones, chief executive, YWCA Boston

"The book is about the science behind creating change. The authors describe how many of our seemingly independent choices are in fact created for us by hidden systems of 'choice architecture.' This made me think about 'choices' we make with respect to many aspects of diversity in our lives. If the environments in which we function are structured by choice architects then we must think and act consciously to notice, and then to choose differently."