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

Management Craft

We can closely manage goals, measures, and processes without smothering people. The second major phase of the Hawthorne studies included over 20,000 one-on-one interviews of employees and some supervisors. Note: You may have heard of the term, "The Hawthorne Effect." The experiment produces a result of its own.

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When Clinicians Know They’re Being Watched, Patients Fare Better

Harvard Business Review

The “Hawthorne effect,” as it is now known, has been well-documented in social science : individuals, typically research subjects, actively change their behavior when they know they are being observed and monitored. Creating more quiet work spaces that facilitate focus on clinical tasks may also be effective.