Kerstin Oberprieler

Behaviour Practice Lead
Australia

Described as One of the World’s Leading Figures in Behavioural Science by Insights Success Magazine, Dr. Kerstin Oberprieler is a thought leader in nudging behaviour, both academically and practically. She has worked with many teams to understand and apply behavioural science to their teams, including governments, private business, schools and multinational companies. Kerstin has her PhD in workplace gamification, design thinking and systems thinking.She combines her expertise in design thinking, user research and behavioural science to deliver effective and innovative behavioural solutions.

She is passionate about helping organisations and employees thrive by unlocking employee motivation. Kerstin regularly works with executives, leaders and human resource directors to increase engagement, boost performance, align behaviour with strategy and build a strong and unified culture.

Kerstin is a renowned keynote speaker and facilitator in gamification for behavior change. She is known for her engaging and energetic style of presentation. Kerstin has given a TED talk, and presented in Australia, USA, Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong.

She’s also achieved a range of awards for her work:

Most Outstanding Gamification Specialist Australia 2021

Top 10 finalist in Microsoft Startup Pitch Perfect competition

2021 NYX Gold Winner for Best Educational Game

2021 Top 3 Game Developer Awards by AGDA 2020

Top 10 Finalist in Women in Tech Startups 2019

Bronze Stevie Winner for Women in Business 2018

Stevie Awards Startup of the Year 2018

Work and thoughts

Nudging: How pineapple on pizza inspired recycling
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Designing a gamified experience on climate resilient transformation for COP26
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Designing a world for 10 billion humans
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