ABOUT
Meet Dr. Ashley Whillans
ABOUT ASHLEY
Ashley holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of British Columbia. She is currently a tenure-track faculty member at the Harvard Business School.
"I spend most of my life thinking about the intersection of time, money, happiness and public policy."
Professor Whillans‘ research seeks to understand the associations between time, money, and wellbeing. She is particularly interested in understanding how individual, organizational and societal factors like gender, workplace policies, and income inequality predict how people value and spend time and money, with possible implications for happiness.
A “RISING STAR OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE”
Ashley holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of British Columbia. She is currently a tenure-track faculty member in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at the Harvard Business School, teaching the Negotiation and Motivation and Incentives courses to MBA students and Executives. In both 2015 and 2018, she was named a “Rising Star of Behavioral Science” by the International Behavioral Exchange and the Behavioral Science and Policy Association. In 2016, she co-founded the Department of Behavioral Science in the Policy, Innovation, and Engagement Division of the British Columbia Public Service Agency. Her research has been published in top academic journals and popular media press outlets including Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
"I spend most of my life thinking about the intersection of time, money, happiness and public policy."
Her first book “Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time & Live a Happier Life” was published in October 2020 by Harvard Business Publishing and among other accolades was named the top 10 business books of 2020 by the Globe and Mail. Prior to joining HBS, she was a visiting scholar and guest lecturer at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Her dissertation research on time and happiness won the 2018 CAGS Distinguished Dissertation Award for being the single best PhD thesis in Canada across the fine arts, humanities, and social sciences.
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TIME IS THE MOST
PRECIOUS
COMMODITY
NEW BOOK
Time Smart: How To Reclaim Your Time & Live A Happier Life, is your playbook for taking back the time you lose to mindless tasks and unfulfilling chores. Author and Harvard Business School professor Ashley Whillans will give you proven strategies for improving your “time affluence.” The techniques Whillans provides will free up seconds, minutes, and hours that, over the long term, become weeks and months that you can reinvest in positive, healthy activities.
Now available on Amazon.
