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Barryschwartz Slides
Barryschwartz Slides
Barryschwartz Slides
Barry Schwartz
Brussels
February, 2018
Fo r t h e o v e r w h e l m i n g m a j o r i t y o f p e o p l e , w o r k f a l l s s h o r t —v e r y s h o r t . T h e q u e s t i o n i s : w h y ?
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Why People Work
• Engagement
• Challenge
• Autonomy
• Mastery
• Social engagement
• Meaning
“It is in the inherent interest of every man to
live as much at his ease as he can; and if his
emoluments are to be precisely the same
whether he does or does not perform some
very laborious duty, to perform it in as careless
and slovenly a manner that authority will
permit.”