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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). Can we improve leadership, management, and supervision by talking about it more? Note: You may have heard of the term, "The Hawthorne Effect." This is interesting and highly relevant 80 years later.

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Uber Shows How Not to Apply Behavioral Economics

Harvard Business Review

Another example I often give concerns the use of fuel- and carbon-efficient flight practices in the airline industry. It’s a well-documented social-science finding called the Hawthorne effect.) All four groups increased their implementation of fuel-efficient behaviors.