https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/almost-any-change-led-to-increased-productivity/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/almost-any-change-led-to-increased-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-3027081 Bruce Sat, 11 Jan 2020 07:10:03 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46038#comment-3027081 I first read about the Hawthorne effect in Peyton Quinn’s Bouncer’s Guide to Barroom Brawling. Wonder how many others did?

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/almost-any-change-led-to-increased-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-3027074 Wang Wei Lin Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:38:08 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46038#comment-3027074 When managers give me attention I stop and talk to them. Eventually it dawns on them that work has stopped and they leave. Mission accomplished!

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/almost-any-change-led-to-increased-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-3027073 Kirk Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:12:55 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46038#comment-3027073 LOL… Thus requiring any explanation of this universe to include some accounting for all of these coincidental things that seem very unlikely to line up with each other.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/almost-any-change-led-to-increased-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-3027072 Isegoria Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:12:02 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46038#comment-3027072 So, David Whitewolf’s comment reminded me that I still hadn’t posted anything on the Hawthorne Effect, even though it’s exactly the kind of thing I’d post about, so I put something together, scheduled it for this afternoon, saw Kirk’s comment, and then saw the post go live.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/almost-any-change-led-to-increased-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-3027067 Kirk Fri, 10 Jan 2020 23:39:25 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46038#comment-3027067 Did I bring this to the fore…? :)

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