Hawthorne effect¶
The. Hawthorne effect.
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Mechanisms¶
- Pilot Rollout
- Its central failure mode is the unrepresentative pilot: hand-picked enthusiasts, extra attention, and the visibility of being watched make a pilot succeed for reasons that will not survive scale — a Hawthorne effect that flatters the change and sets the wider rollout up to disappoint.
This sourceA pilot staffed by eager volunteers under a spotlight can post results that evaporate at scale, which is why representativeness and pre-set criteria matter more than a rosy pilot number.
- Its central failure mode is the unrepresentative pilot: hand-picked enthusiasts, extra attention, and the visibility of being watched make a pilot succeed for reasons that will not survive scale — a Hawthorne effect that flatters the change and sets the wider rollout up to disappoint.
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