Wisdom is learned, but it can’t be taught - the way you learn to be wise is by trying and failing How the reliance on rules and incentives to get people to behave properly is the enemy of wisdom How excessive management and supervision has destroyed the ability of teachers to become effective How focusing on improving the quality of work and creating good work can be good for the bottom line as well What has enabled the container store to be so successful The importance of the big 3 factors - Autonomy, Control, and Discretion How did Toyota turn around the worst automobile factory in America into the BEST factory in America without changing the workforce? Why only 10% of the world’s workforce is “engaged in their work” They want to do something that has meaning People don’t work only for pay - here are the other reasons people work: The flaws in the dominant ideologies of western society in understanding and explaining why we work The answers to the most important questions in life are very complex, and efforts to simplify them are doomed to failure How we can begin to think in a more multi-disciplinary way The importance of multi-disciplinary work to unearth the truth and understand reality Why a focus on rewards and punishments is too narrow an understanding How Barry’s work in animal learning, following in the footsteps of BF Skinner, led him down the path of his journey He has been featured on the TED stage, in the The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, and much more. He has authored over 10 books including The Paradox of Choice, Why We Work, and Practical Wisdom as well as more than 100 professional journal articles. Barry Schwartz is a Professor at the Haas school of Business at UC Berkley. In this episode we look at how Toyota turned the worst automobile factory in America into the best without changing any personnel, we discuss the paradox of choice, paralysis by analysis and the danger of having too many choices, the vital importance of having a multi-disciplinary viewpoint to truly understand reality, ask if there are quick fixes for wisdom, and much more with Dr.
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