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About the Author
JULIE DIRKSEN is an international writer, speaker, and workshop facilitator for professional organizations like the Association for Talent Development, the Learning Guild, and others. She is an award-winning translator of research into practice to help workplace practitioners.
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars Learning & Design essential resource
Julie does an expert job combining behavior change research and actionable design advise in an accessible, engaging way. I would've liked to have it go into more specifics with the COM-B model, but separate resources exist for that. If you are in the L&D world or anywhere adjacent, this is an essential book to have in your toolkit.
5.0 out of 5 stars Your Go-To Guide to Designing for Change!
How do you follow a book as good as /Design for How People Learn/? With one that's even better! Dirksen's first book is a great foundation for instructional design that's an invaluable ready reference.But /Talk to the Elephant/ takes it one step farther and makes learning design even more useful because it's applied to the real issue: getting people to change behavior.Frankly, this is the elephant in the room, and the book is a great guide to tackling behavior change. It's a great way to learn about the different models out there, to be able to map the change journey, and then design the right interventions.The format and writing are really concrete and accessible. Whether it's a critical safety training at work, getting people to save for retirement, or just improving how teams work, this helps you move the needle. Highly recommended.
5.0 out of 5 stars My most recommended book for managers/leaders in 2025
This became one of my most recommended book for product managers, managers, and leaders over the last year. I've mentioned it repeatedly in my newsletter. It has inspired many great conversations. What I love most about this book is the balance of theory/research, and practical application. Something clicked about behavior design that never clicked before.
5.0 out of 5 stars A lesson in emotional intelligence all L&D professionals need
I recommend this book to anyone and everyone who will listen! Julie’s message is crucial for L&D.Stop trying to “make” people learn and figure out why they should care about what you have to say.Stop teaching how you “think” people learn. Stop trying to make them care about what YOU think is interesting and try to understand what interests THEM.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful
This book has been extremely useful to me in my work as a corporate trainer.
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential and practical research-informed advice for anyone seeking to design for behavior change.
If you're in L&D or any role in which you wish to influence behavior, or you need persuading that the "knowledge transfer" approach to behavior change is inadequate in most contexts, then read this book and do what it suggests.It's a pleasure to read in multiple respects: the thoughtful application of what the science tells us, the recognition that there's still a lot we don't know (and more to say beyond the scope of the book), the empathy for the worker/learner and the designer, the recognition of context and avoidance of simplistic propositions, the structure, the enjoyable prose that's crystal clear while being as technical as it needs to be but no more, the numerous examples, the illustrations, the image selection, the typesetting. The whole thing is just brilliant, and a terrific follow-on from Julie's "Design for How Humans Learn"This is a rich resource for anyone wanting to know how and why people change behavior, or don't! But the real gift for a learning or behavior change designer (because not all change requires learning!) is the fruit of Julie's deep experience: lots and lots and lots of examples of how learning design for behavior change might work out in practice.I strongly recommend it!
5.0 out of 5 stars I had no idea…
…that ONE book could make me a raving fan. I have bought multiple copies to give to fellow educators, and now I read everything she writes.A must read for anyone who wants to be a part of designing learning to change behavior. In helping the reader to learn, Ms. Dirksen applies the principles she’s advocating in her book.
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
GREAT BOOK. I'm an instructional designer, and I learned so much from this book.
Amazing book on learning design and behavior change
This is the best book on learning design and behavior change I've read recently.I've worked on Learning and Development for the past decade and sometimes it is easy to loose track that learning aims to develop new behaviors, this book was a reminder and a toolkit on how different it is when designing and intervening from that stand point.The tone, examples, and overall design is lovely and fun.I highly recommended it!
Must Read If you haven't you're missing out
Brilliant! A must read book for everyone involved in designing learning.
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Description:
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
JULIE DIRKSEN is an international writer, speaker, and workshop facilitator for professional organizations like the Association for Talent Development, the Learning Guild, and others. She is an award-winning translator of research into practice to help workplace practitioners.
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars Learning & Design essential resource
Julie does an expert job combining behavior change research and actionable design advise in an accessible, engaging way. I would've liked to have it go into more specifics with the COM-B model, but separate resources exist for that. If you are in the L&D world or anywhere adjacent, this is an essential book to have in your toolkit.
5.0 out of 5 stars Your Go-To Guide to Designing for Change!
How do you follow a book as good as /Design for How People Learn/? With one that's even better! Dirksen's first book is a great foundation for instructional design that's an invaluable ready reference.But /Talk to the Elephant/ takes it one step farther and makes learning design even more useful because it's applied to the real issue: getting people to change behavior.Frankly, this is the elephant in the room, and the book is a great guide to tackling behavior change. It's a great way to learn about the different models out there, to be able to map the change journey, and then design the right interventions.The format and writing are really concrete and accessible. Whether it's a critical safety training at work, getting people to save for retirement, or just improving how teams work, this helps you move the needle. Highly recommended.
5.0 out of 5 stars My most recommended book for managers/leaders in 2025
This became one of my most recommended book for product managers, managers, and leaders over the last year. I've mentioned it repeatedly in my newsletter. It has inspired many great conversations. What I love most about this book is the balance of theory/research, and practical application. Something clicked about behavior design that never clicked before.
5.0 out of 5 stars A lesson in emotional intelligence all L&D professionals need
I recommend this book to anyone and everyone who will listen! Julie’s message is crucial for L&D.Stop trying to “make” people learn and figure out why they should care about what you have to say.Stop teaching how you “think” people learn. Stop trying to make them care about what YOU think is interesting and try to understand what interests THEM.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful
This book has been extremely useful to me in my work as a corporate trainer.
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential and practical research-informed advice for anyone seeking to design for behavior change.
If you're in L&D or any role in which you wish to influence behavior, or you need persuading that the "knowledge transfer" approach to behavior change is inadequate in most contexts, then read this book and do what it suggests.It's a pleasure to read in multiple respects: the thoughtful application of what the science tells us, the recognition that there's still a lot we don't know (and more to say beyond the scope of the book), the empathy for the worker/learner and the designer, the recognition of context and avoidance of simplistic propositions, the structure, the enjoyable prose that's crystal clear while being as technical as it needs to be but no more, the numerous examples, the illustrations, the image selection, the typesetting. The whole thing is just brilliant, and a terrific follow-on from Julie's "Design for How Humans Learn"This is a rich resource for anyone wanting to know how and why people change behavior, or don't! But the real gift for a learning or behavior change designer (because not all change requires learning!) is the fruit of Julie's deep experience: lots and lots and lots of examples of how learning design for behavior change might work out in practice.I strongly recommend it!
5.0 out of 5 stars I had no idea…
…that ONE book could make me a raving fan. I have bought multiple copies to give to fellow educators, and now I read everything she writes.A must read for anyone who wants to be a part of designing learning to change behavior. In helping the reader to learn, Ms. Dirksen applies the principles she’s advocating in her book.
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
GREAT BOOK. I'm an instructional designer, and I learned so much from this book.
Amazing book on learning design and behavior change
This is the best book on learning design and behavior change I've read recently.I've worked on Learning and Development for the past decade and sometimes it is easy to loose track that learning aims to develop new behaviors, this book was a reminder and a toolkit on how different it is when designing and intervening from that stand point.The tone, examples, and overall design is lovely and fun.I highly recommended it!
Must Read If you haven't you're missing out
Brilliant! A must read book for everyone involved in designing learning.
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