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Virgin Atlantic Tested 3 Ways to Change Employee Behavior

Harvard Business Review

For many years, teams at Virgin Atlantic have been testing ways to motivate efficient decision-making in the cockpit. For comparison, the lowest-cost technology aimed at reducing carbon emissions—efficient residential lighting—saves the economy approximately $180 per metric ton of CO 2 abatement. This was the targets group.

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The Research is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies

Harvard Business Review

There’s another that says all of us, including senior managers, are basically flotsam buffeted about by the eddies of economic incentive, corporate culture, and technologies that keep the office just a tap away. Predictable, required time off (like nights and weekends) actually made teams of consultants more productive.