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Hawthorne Effect - Wikipedia
(Sound familiar? Interest and heightened activity are associated in most animals.)
Alex Pentland • Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World (Bradford Books)
observer effect, by which individuals under study modify their behavior because of their awareness of the study.
Michael W. Preis • 101 Things I Learned® in Business School (Second Edition)
980s by Richard A. Guzzo, associate professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and his colleagues at New York University. The raw numbers seemed to suggest a positive relationship between financial incentives and productivity, but because of the huge variations from one study to another, statistical tests indicated that th... See more
Alfie Kohn • Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
Anne Helen Petersen once memorably described this as "LARPing your job"—performing a theatrical version of productivity. Workers engage in elaborate displays of "being at work": staying visible on Slack, responding to emails at all hours, and maintaining a digital presence that signals industriousness. The tools have evolved—from software that moni... See more
AI Phobia Is Just Fear That ‘Easier’ Equals ‘Cheating’
There’s a name for this phenomenon: the Cathedral Effect.2 Studies have shown that the environment we find ourselves in powerfully shapes our thinking.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Being observed changes how an artist acts.