PLAY PODCASTS
Why Should I Care about the Hawthorne Effect?

Why Should I Care about the Hawthorne Effect?

In this week's episode, Ricardo talks about the Hawthorne effect. Despite the rather unusual name, the effect is associated with changing our behavior whenever someone observes us. He gives examples…

5 Minutes Podcast with Ricardo Vargas

March 14, 20226m 18s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (feedpress.me) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

In this week's episode, Ricardo talks about the Hawthorne effect. Despite the rather unusual name, the effect is associated with changing our behavior whenever someone observes us.

He gives examples in our daily lives, such as the compliments our young children receive when they stay at other people's houses or when we watch programs like Big Brother.

Ricardo also talks about the Hawthorne effect in projects. When we are being observed while performing a task or measuring a specific result or parameter of the project, the tendency is to have our performance affected by the presence of someone watching.

Listen to this week's #5minpodcast to find out more.

Topics

project managementriskrisk managementPMIPMPportfolio managementprogram managementCAPMIPMA