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When they were in a group, they took their cues from others, no matter how nonsensical. This experiment was a variant of the conformity tests developed by the psychologist Solomon Asch, which have been replicated over and over in ever-more-ridiculous ways. As Asch discovered, the pressure to conform is so strong that people will ignore the evidence
... See moreRichard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
Tribal members act in concert on the strength of one simple question: “Do people like me do something like this?” If the answer is yes, they do it. And if the answer is no, then they don’t. It’s as simple as that. We may not even be aware that we’re working through this framework, but make no mistake, it is indeed at work within the mind of every s
... See moreMarcus Collins • For the Culture
need for senior talent would remain high, the group could accommodate a broader array of talents since it would have the ability to empower an individual by supplementing his or her…
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David H. Maister • Managing The Professional Service Firm
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)
The fixed mindset, plus stereotyping, plus women’s trust in other people’s assessments of them: All of these contribute to the gender gap in math and science.
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
Two University of Zurich researchers were equally curious: The Swiss nuclear incentive study, titled “The Cost of Price Incentives: An Empirical Analysis of Motivation Crowding-Out,” was conducted by Bruno S. Frey and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. It was published in the American Economic Review 87 (1997): 746–55. forty students sat with number 2 pencils:
... See moreOri Brafman • Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
The experiment showed that group decisions, even obviously poor ones, influence our individual decisions.
Michael J. Mauboussin • Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
Benjamin Bloom, an educational psychologist, published a paper in 1984 called “The 2 Sigma Problem.”1 In this paper, Bloom reported that the average student tutored one-to-one performed two standard deviations better than students educated in a conventional classroom environment. This means that the average tutored student scored higher than 98 per
... See moreEthan Mollick • Co-Intelligence
the relationship between liking and compliance was completely wiped out in the condition under which subjects had been given a Coke by Joe.