Name: Fadbusting with Stephen Dubner
Uploaded: 2019-05-20T20:29:33Z
Duration: 28 min 36 s
Description: Open office plans. Learning styles. 10,000 hours of practice. "Freakonomics" host Stephen Dubner joins Adam Grant for a live conversation to reveal why some popular workplace fads might be bogus -- and what to do instead.

Open office plans. Learning styles. 10,000 hours of practice. "Freakonomics" host Stephen Dubner joins Adam Grant for a live conversation to reveal why some popular workplace fads might be bogus -- and what to do instead.

Fadbusting with Stephen Dubner

Popular trends like open-plan offices and learning styles often fail to deliver their promised benefits and can even harm productivity. For example, moving from cubicles to open offices led to 70 percent fewer face-to-face interactions and an increase in emails. Many widely adopted tools, such as the Myers-Briggs personality test, persist due to tradition and reluctance to challenge the status quo, not because they are effective. True improvement requires questioning these habits and focusing on evidence over hype.

Workplace Fads Waste Time And Stifle Real Progress