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The Power of Interest and Attention - Your Mega Watt Tool for Success

Management Craft

Elton Mayo - Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization , 1946 (from page 116). One salient idea embedded in this statement (and reinforced throughout the book) is that overmanaging employees hinders our ability to accomplish our goals as managers and leaders. Note: You may have heard of the term, "The Hawthorne Effect."

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Uber Shows How Not to Apply Behavioral Economics

Harvard Business Review

.” One such approach, according to Scheiber, compels drivers toward collecting more fares based on the insight from behavioral sciences that people are highly influenced by goals. Another example I often give concerns the use of fuel- and carbon-efficient flight practices in the airline industry. An estimated cost savings of $5.37