Curated Resource ( ? )
Digital Tonto on "Social Physics"
Curated:
01/08/2014 from
www.digitaltonto.com/2014/the-new-science-of-effective-organizations/
my notes ( ? )
Just listed to HBR's podcast interview with Pentland. Will probably get this book.
Typically good roundup by Greg Satell:
"Pentland’s research has found that the most important predictor of success in a group is the amount—not the content—of social interaction. It is exposure to peer activity that drives learning and changes in behavior.... in even low-level jobs....
Pentland suggested that instead of sending people on coffee breaks individually, they send whole teams together as a group. This simple change resulted in a $15 million increase in productivity ...
seemingly innocuous changes like increasing the size of lunch tables to encourage interaction among more people also proved effective. Chit chat, it turns out, is not only permissible, but profitable."
- The New Science Of Efficient Organizations | Digital Tonto
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