His advice to enterprises and businesses on hiring, building the team, and team culture? But is that the way work should be? Is it possible to design workplaces that are not like assembly lines?” Of course, the only reason I'll do it is to get paid. You know, if you give people work to do that no sane person would do. Why else would any sane human being do that work except to get paid? But, it doesn't follow from it. “They press their metaphorical lever over and over again, hundreds of times an hour, thousands of times an hour. His simplified version of Skinner’s study and a starting point to consider reading Why We Work: Tune in to the end of the podcast to hear what he has to say about how educators can develop better character traits in students. ![]() ![]() They discuss how choices affect people, finding the sweet spot for altruistic work, and putting a roof over employees’ heads. Barry and host Greg LaBlanc explore the psychological and economic factors that influence one's attitude toward working in this episode. How does this relate to human work environments?īarry Schwartz, psychologist, author, and professor analyzes and dissects factors that affect people's motivation for satisfactory work in his book entitled Why We Work. Skinner, he discovered that the caged animal would most likely press the lever vigorously. What happens when you confine an animal in a box with nothing to do but push a lever to disperse food? According to a study by the American psychologist B.F.
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