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How do incentives really work? with Uri Gneezy

How do incentives really work? with Uri Gneezy

FromReThinking


How do incentives really work? with Uri Gneezy

FromReThinking

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What motivates us to do… well, anything? Uri Gneezy is a behavioral economist who has changed our understanding of how incentives influence our decisions and actions. Adam and Uri take a deep dive into the psychology of rewards and punishments -- and when and why they backfire. Uri’s latest book “Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work” is out now. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
Released:
Apr 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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As an organizational psychologist, Adam Grant loves to rethink ideas that we’ve taken for granted. In this special series from WorkLife with Adam Grant, he brings curiosity and science to conversations with his favorite thinkers about the opinions and assumptions we should all be revisiting. Listen in—you might just be inspired to walk away from some of your old views and embrace some new ones.