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Working Backward Is Key To Successful Pilots

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, your project may have succumbed to the Hawthorne Effect, or it may have contained a hidden parameter that you weren’t aware of during your testing. Capabilities – this involves having the technologies, products, skills, and business models to actually deliver the value proposition.

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Virgin Atlantic Tested 3 Ways to Change Employee Behavior

Harvard Business Review

This is consistent with a well-documented social science phenomenon called the Hawthorne effect, whereby people change their behavior as a result of knowing they are being observed. Challenging captains to meet higher performance targets proved to be the most cost-effective intervention. We estimate a fuel cost savings of $5.4