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Who is Dr. Heather McKee?

Heather is a health behaviour change specialist. She loves to geek out on healthy habit and behaviour change research. Heather supports teams to apply behavioural science to build more impactful products and services with a specialisation in digital health behaviour change and habit formation.

Her mission is to empower people to make lasting changes using research-driven methods to find the joy in their healthy habits.

Globally she has worked with over 100+ companies in 15+ industries (from start-ups to companies of 400,000+ employees) to design behavioural science-driven products, and services and deliver talks and training. Clients include lululemon, booking.com, Starbucks, Rituals, Unilever, HSBC, and Warner Bros.

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SPEAKING

"Heather has so generously contributed to so many areas of our work this year, her thoughtful feedback and insights have allowed us to evolve our work and product in profound and impactful ways. I speak on behalf of all of us when I say we can’t imagine having done it without her unique, informed perspective and diverse voice. She has made an incredible amount of impact on our work in a small amount of time and we are so grateful for her."

Sara Rice, R&D, lululemon HQ

"Our company, AdaRose, helps employers diminish employee stress and increase productivity and engagement by making it easy for employees to take short, healthy breaks throughout the day. Dr. McKee helped us to fine tune our wellness program by leveraging evidence-based approaches to behavior measurement and health engagement. She is also a joy to work with!"

Lygeia Ricciardi, Founder & CEO, AdaRose, Inc.

"When you work with Dr Heather McKee you know you are in the presence of a true professional. You cannot ignore the passion she has for her field of behaviour change, especially around healthy living. She is committed to making sure that you -- client, patient or project partner -- understand the key facts, appreciate the context and embrace the decisions you made together."

Edna Kissman - CEO - The Wonder of Me

"I worked with Dr Heather McKee to create a video and written content series on healthy habits for Tictrac users. I have loved working with Heather from brief to delivery. She is extremely collaborative, great to work with and always responsive to new ideas. Her delivery is flawless in both video and written form, and we are absolutely delighted at the outcome. Heather has an amazing knack for condensing complex concepts into something people will understand easily to make a change in their lives!"

Head of content strategy, Tictrac

"Heather is a ninja when it comes to behaviour change, and a delight to work with. She has been invaluable to BetterSpace in working out how to nudge people into more mentally health lifestyles."

BetterSpace

"Heather is a very natural and talented speaker who speaks with warmth and a genuine passion for her subject. Heather is always a delight to work with - very professional, engaging and a true expert in her field. Heather is extremely passionate about helping others and manages to take quite complicated scientific research and make it easy and accessible to all."

Rebecca Fairbrother - Founder - Well Aware

"Working with Heather was a pleasure from start to finish. From crafting engaging and action-based workshops, through to delivering them with a professional yet natural ease, her passion for her subject really shines through. All of the attendees felt empowered and fully equipped to build on their healthy habits!"

Sally Florey - Unmind

"Heather’s academic and applied understanding of behavioural psychology has been invaluable in helping us mould our proposition to the corporate wellbeing market over the last 12 months. Heather was a perfect fit with our culture; enthusiastic, diligent and highly skilled in everything that she does. We look forward to working with Heather on future projects"

Richard Westman - CEO - KAIDO

Working with Heather was an immense pleasure: She is an extremely insightful, well-structured, intelligent and professional behaviour change design expert. Where others tend to stay superficial, she ventures into the deeper spheres of neuroscience and psychology - even wrapping her head around our wildest ideas and assessing their merits on a behaviour change design scale. I also really appreciated her thoughtful follow-ups and helpful articles!

Prof. Katja Neeteshiem, CEO Culcha

"Heather's practical knowledge and expertise around behaviour change have been an enormous value-add for the Welltodo audience. By incorporating her tools and insights into our course curriculum, we were able to add a whole new layer of credibility. Heather is professional, reliable and an absolute pleasure to work with!"

Lauren Armes - CEO - Welltodo

Heather excels at transforming scientific research into practical solutions enabling her to create lasting change for individuals and organisations. Her breadth of experience and commitment to evidence-based interventions set her apart from other habit change specialists I have worked with and give me the confidence to recommend her. Her passion for truly understanding her client's needs make her an inspiring facilitator and a joy to work with. Thank you Heather for all your hard work to date and I look forward to more that lies ahead.

Charlotte Wiseman, CEO

“Heather delivered the session in a clear, easy to digest way that gave everyone some tangible ways to make lasting habit changes. Understanding why those good intentions don’t stick is key to making ones that do!”

Nikki, Unilever

"Heather presented in a very relaxed manner in a way I really felt I could relate with her. She supported me to take a completely different attitude to instilling new habits."

Small changes, big results talk - Havas

"Really informative, engaging, interactive and relevant to my everyday life, the speaker really knew her stuff!"

The Science of Motivation talk - La Salle

"Heather delivered a perfect, succinct, workshop. Heather was great - it was all digestible and really helpful. After a long day at work, a powerful hour was perfect."

Phoebe - MOS

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What I do - Health Behaviour Change

I help organisations create products that stick.

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