Speaking & Consulting
Carey K. Morewedge is a psychologist and Professor of Marketing who studies biases that shape decision-making in a technology-driven world. His research examines how people make choices about what to have, do, and trust—and how emerging technologies are transforming those decisions. Carey has won awards for his teaching and scholarship from the Marketing Science Institute, the Journal of Consumer Research, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Poets & Quants, Thinkers50, the Full-Time MBA Class of 2019 at Boston University, and an Ideas of the Year Award from The New York Times.
He has helped organizations—from Pinterest, Merck, and Leidos to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence—better understand how people think, and designed interventions to improve their decisions. You can read about how a new intervention improved US Intelligence analysis in this short piece in Harvard Business Review.
Carey’s talks, insights, and interventions translate behavioral science findings into frameworks that help leaders anticipate how people respond to new technologies, ownership structures, and decision contexts.
“Carey has a rare ability to apply behavioral science to complex interdisciplinary challenges. In our work on the MISSING project with intelligence experts and game designers, he played a central role in designing and rigorously testing an intervention that reduced deeply rooted cognitive biases—challenging a view long held even by Nobel laureates.”
James Korris
President & CEO, Creative Technologies Incorporated
Selected Talks
Introducing Automation: Increasing Trust in and Use of AI
Why employees and consumers resist helpful automation—from self-driving cars to healthcare AI. How identity and information shape responses to agentic systems, and evidence-based strategies to increase adoption and trust. Carey has an AWARE framework (Acknowledge, Watch, Align, Redesign, Empower) that firms can use to introduce algorithms and AI in the workplace.
Make Better Choices! How to Reduce Cognitive Bias in Your Decisions
How do cognitive biases influence judgments—from government intelligence analysts to business leaders and investigative journalists? Working with Leidos, Creative Technologies Incorporated, and the ODNI, Carey has developed tools and interventions to diagnose and reduce cognitive biases that have been shown to improve decisions over the long term.
Possessions: The Function and Future of Ownership
Possessions do more than serve functional needs; they help construct identity, signal belonging, and define “us” versus “them.” Ownership also distorts valuation, creating predictable gaps between willingness to pay and willingness to accept. As consumption shifts from ownership to access, attachment to physical goods is weakening and psychological ownership is shifting to digital experiences—reshaping consumer choice, loyalty, and identity.