The Hawthorne effect is named after what was one of the most famous experiments (or, more accurately, series of experiments) in industrial history. It marked a sea change in thinking about work and ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Thomas Edison’s 14-acre industrial laboratory in New Jersey was an “invention factory”, built on a culture of ...

Thomas Edison’s 14-acre industrial laboratory in New Jersey was an “invention factory”, built on a culture of rigorous experimentation. It is appropriate, then, that the great innovator was honorary ...