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Fun Workplaces Also Promote Learning
A growing body of research has shown that fun in the workplace has important consequences for learning and motivation.
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How Praise Became a Consolation Prize
The Atlantic: As a young researcher, Carol Dweck was fascinated by how some children faced challenges and failures with aplomb while others shrunk back. Dweck, now a psychologist at Stanford University, eventually identified two core
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Books to Check out: January 2017
Liberation Psychology, Technologies of Mind Management and Self Actualization by Denis Carville; Denis Carville, September 20, 2016. Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations by Dan Ariely; TED Books, Simon & Schuster, November 15
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How to Motivate Your Team With Something Besides Money
Inc.: Why do so many workplace and workforce ‘improvements’ backfire? Why do our people always seem like they’re on the brink of revolt, distracted and anxious? In the technology-driven age of lean and agile, it’s
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What companies get wrong about motivating their people
The Washington Post: A few years ago, behavioral economist Dan Ariely conducted a study at a semiconductor factory of Intel’s in Israel. Workers were given either a $30 bonus, a pizza voucher or a complimentary text
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The Price of Certainty
The New York Times: It’s alarming to see how polarized politics have become in the United States. The wider the gulf grows, the more people seem to be certain that the other side is wrong.
