Behavioural Design for HR professionals

Move your HR policy from plans on paper to behaviour in practice.

You've got the wellbeing programme, the onboarding journey, the culture vision. And yet: employees read it, nod, and carry on with their day. Learn how to design HR policy that actually gets people moving, using practical behavioural science and AI as your toolkit.

Fundamentals from €1,490 · EQAC-accredited · max. 16 participants

HR professionals in conversation during a SUE Behavioural Design training
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Who is this for?
HR Managers You design wellbeing and retention programmes, but behaviour on the ground doesn't change. You want to know why, and how to break through it.
L&D Professionals You train people, but what they learn doesn't stick. You're looking for a method that bridges the gap between knowledge and behaviour.
Organisation Developers You guide change programmes, but keep hitting resistance. You want to learn how to design context rather than convince people.
HR Business Partners You advise management, but lack the scientific foundation to back up your HR recommendations with behavioural insights.

Behavioural Design × AI: the combination that gives you the edge

AI can write onboarding content and put together wellbeing programmes in seconds. But without an understanding of human behaviour, the output lacks a foundation. When you understand how employees really make decisions, you brief AI better and design HR interventions that genuinely stick. A proven method rooted in behavioural science, amplified with AI. The difference is never the technology. It's the people.

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Step 1
Understanding why employees don't do what you ask of them You get a lens that reveals the real drivers behind behaviour, beyond motivation models and good intentions. You'll finally understand why well-meaning policy still doesn't work.
Step 2
A proven method for designing HR interventions that work You learn to analyse the psychological forces behind behaviour and design HR programmes that match how people actually make decisions. No more hoping it works.
Step 3
Translating HR policy into behaviour change that sticks With the SWAC Tool you translate behavioural insights into onboarding, retention and culture programmes that genuinely make an impact. Your work won't fade away when attention moves on.
Step 4
Becoming AI-native as an HR professional You learn to brief AI with behavioural insights and get your own BD × AI Guru: as a GPT, Claude Skill, Copilot Agent and Gemini Gem. AI becomes woven into how you analyse and tackle HR challenges.
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How can you learn?

Choose the path that suits you

Individually, with your HR team, or organisation-wide: there are different ways to learn.

What is Behavioural Design for HR professionals? Behavioural Design is the application of behavioural science to people practices and HR strategy. Rather than assuming employees respond to information and incentives alone, it teaches you to map the psychological forces driving behaviour at work, and design interventions that genuinely change how people act, not just what they know. The SUE Influence Framework gives you a repeatable method for doing this in practice.

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What the training gives you

What you'll do differently
after the training

Four shifts that HR professionals name again and again after completing the training.

1

You design HR policy that genuinely changes behaviour

No more programmes that look great on paper but don't work in practice. You analyse why people do what they do, and design interventions that match how they actually make decisions.

HR professional designing effective policy with behavioural science
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You build an evidence-based people strategy

From "we think this works" to "we know why this works." You back up your HR strategy with behavioural science. That makes you a more credible partner for the board and senior leadership.

HR Business Partner with an evidence-based people strategy
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You anticipate resistance and design around it

Why aren't employees using the new system? Why isn't the wellbeing programme working? You learn to identify the behavioural forces that cause resistance and design interventions that remove them.

Organisation developer anticipating and preventing resistance to change
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You combine BD + AI for faster, better HR work

With behavioural frameworks as your foundation, you prompt AI with precision. You know which triggers to activate and which barriers to remove. The result: sharper analysis, better interventions, less trial and error.

HR professional combining Behavioural Design and AI for better results
Results

What HR and people professionals say about our Behavioural Design courses

As a psychologist I've been fascinated by behavioural science for a long time. But never before have I found a method to actually use these principles to change behaviour effectively and sustainably. SUE offers practical mental models and a framework that will help me nudge employees to be healthy, active and motivated.

The mix of theory and practice worked really well. The summary and take-away moments of each chapter helped a lot. I liked that you could immediately apply the material. I have no points for improvement. One of the best trainings I've ever done.

The BDA gave me more insights into behaviour that shows up in the workplace too. It taught me to see things differently and made me aware that we can make a big impact on behaviour with small things. I can recommend the BDA for everyone in People and Organisation roles.

In two days you're introduced to a new way of thinking and new models that make you question a lot of traditional assumptions. I leave the Academy with so much energy to actively apply the principles and link them to HR and employer branding.

Two instructive and energetic days with a lot of attention for the person behind the colleague. It helped me understand the essential principles of behavioural psychology and how to influence or change behaviour. It helped me get the best out of my colleagues by understanding how to break habits.

Gained an enormous amount of knowledge in 2 days, which you also immediately learn to apply in practice. Besides the fact that the training is a huge eye-opener, it's also genuinely a lot of fun.

At the Academy you learn a lot about behavioural change and how to apply it in a short period of time. The training flew by and was very well put together. It's amazing how complicated material comes to life in a fun and interactive course. I'm definitely going to apply it in my work.

The BDA provides a great structure to apply behavioural insights in real-world situations. Jorn was fantastic at creating an open atmosphere in which to truly understand how people think and what can be done to influence their behaviour.

I believe this is an excellent programme with a great mix of theory and practice. I'm going to use it a lot, and I believe this should be part of the training for every HR Director and Transformational Director.

For your manager

What your manager wants to know

Need to convince your line manager? Here's what concretely changes when your HR team learns Behavioural Design:

Higher adoption of new policy

HR interventions designed on behavioural insight work better than communication campaigns. Employees don't do what you ask because they don't want to, they don't do it because the context doesn't make it easy. That's exactly what this method fixes.

Lower attrition and greater wellbeing

Retention doesn't start at the exit interview. It starts with the design of the work environment. Teams that understand how behaviour works design onboarding, growth and wellbeing so that people genuinely want to stay.

A well-grounded HR strategy

From gut feeling to scientific foundation. Your HR team backs up strategies with behavioural science, not assumptions. That makes HR a more credible strategic partner for the board and senior leadership.

Last updated: March 2026
Frequently asked questions

We think you'll want to know this

Most participants start without any prior knowledge, and that's exactly the point. The training teaches you the behavioural science you need, linked directly to your own HR practice. No academic theory for theory's sake, just actionable insights you can apply the very next day in your onboarding, retention or culture work.

You learn the SUE Influence Framework: a method for analysing why employees do what they do, and for designing HR interventions that genuinely work. You work on your own HR case during the training (onboarding, retention, culture change or a wellbeing programme) and go home with a fully worked-out strategy. Copywriters use it for sharper messages. HR professionals use it for better policy. The same framework, applied directly to your context.

The training is most valuable for experienced HR professionals. You've got the practical experience. The training gives you the scientific framework that backs up your intuition and sharpens your approach. Many participants say afterwards: I was already doing parts of this, but now I finally understand why some programmes work and others don't.

You'll be in a deliberately mixed group, with professionals from all sorts of sectors and fields. HR professionals, marketers, communication advisers, policymakers and leaders all sit together. Maximum 16 participants per group. That mix is what makes the training so valuable: you don't just learn from the content, but also from how people in other sectors run into similar behavioural challenges. Participants consistently name the peer-to-peer learning as one of the most valuable parts.

Start with the Fundamentals. That gives you the complete Behavioural Design framework: the Influence Framework, the JTBD method and all the core tools. The Advanced Course builds on that with deeper persuasion psychology and framing techniques. Without the Fundamentals, the Advanced lacks its foundation.

Yes. We invoice in the company name and the training is EQAC-accredited, which makes reimbursement easier. The For Your Manager section above gives you the business arguments you can use in your request.

You go home with a complete Behavioural Design Toolkit: the SUE Influence Framework Canvas, the JTBD method, cheat cards for CAN, WANT and AGAIN interventions, the Behavioural Interview Guide, Behavioural Statement worksheet, System 1 and 2 guide and the Prototyping Guide. You also get lifetime access to the BD Club, the BD × AI Guru and an EQAC-accredited certificate. For the live training, there's also a follow-up session after 6 weeks.

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