Tony Biglan

Dr. Biglan is a Senior Scientists at Oregon Research Institute and President of Values to Action. His book, The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World, won him an award from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis. Based on the accumulated knowledge about what humans need to thrive, Dr. Biglan created Values to Action, a nonprofit organization that helps communities come together around a shared vision and create Action Circles to implement evidence-based solutions to their most pressing problems. His most recent book, Rebooting Capitalism: How We Can Forge a Society That Works for Everyone, describes how capitalism in the U.S became corrupted by corporations’ singular focus on profit maximization. It provides a guide to how we can create a social movement to evolve a more nurturing society.