Comments on: HBR Breakthrough Ideas for 2009 http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/ My Irrational Life Thu, 17 May 2012 04:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dan http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/#comment-3243 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:28:51 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=341#comment-3243 I think Dan does a great job of validating his claims with empirical evidence. I choose to cut him some slack if he uses an unverified but believable story to exemplify a concept that he has verified with research in other areas.

]]> By: kaveh http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/#comment-3242 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:33:33 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=341#comment-3242 @Tim,
Perhaps, the cakemix story was made up by someone to make a point that seems to be widely accepted: individuals value their labor. However, you say ‘overvalue’ … how would you measure the value people put on their labor in order to to claim that they ‘overvalue’ it?

As for the story, made up or not, it’s not the only story … same was said about the impact & perception of washing machine, prepared meals (like TV dinners), etc.

]]> By: Michael Baker http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/#comment-3241 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:13:31 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=341#comment-3241 The IKEA effect seems to have a lot in common with cognitive dissonance.

]]> By: Dan http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/#comment-3240 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:08:12 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=341#comment-3240 Hi,

First, I think that this should work for the RSS feed:

http://www.addthis.com/feed.php?pub=landykos&h1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.predictablyirrational.com%2Fwp-rss2.php%3Fcat%3D7&t1=

As for the cake mix story I forgot what book I read it in, but when I did read it the author claimed that it was a real story 9this is how it was presented).

Of course the experiments that we have done are working as I described and this is what I am willing to be more responsible for.

best

Dan

]]> By: Diane G http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/#comment-3239 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:14:56 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=341#comment-3239 Adding to my own comment (above)

…because I have read Dan’s book, (and other articles about his & others’ work that have made their way into the popular press), and I really want to accept the points he, et. al., are making as scientifically supported, empirically testable conclusions. But my confidence is greatly compromised if he’s throwing around urban legends…esp. w/o retracting them when they are pointed out to him.

Wanting to believe in the “housewife” story is so like just another assumption/behavior that the experiments in his book so ably puncture…

]]> By: Diane G http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/#comment-3238 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:36:36 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=341#comment-3238 I would like to see Dan respond to Tim’s comment (@ 8:30pm) about the cake-mix idea being essentially an urban legend.

]]> By: Mary K. in Rockport http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/#comment-3237 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:00:34 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=341#comment-3237 You’re talking about the Republicans in Congress right now, right?

]]> By: peeds http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/#comment-3236 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:19:51 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=341#comment-3236 Having been an obsessive “do-it-yourself”er all my life, I could easily relate to what IKEA effect is when I first read (actually listened to) Predictably Irrational. After reading this post, all the comments, and the HBR article, I had to write about it in my blog:
http://blog.technicalley.com/what-you-create-is-what-you-love/

]]> By: Dean Hovey http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/#comment-3235 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:48:45 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=341#comment-3235 There seems to be an unexpected benefit to having an exaggerated attachment to your own efforts. I’m thinking of a finding in an organizational theory study: solutions to problems were implemented more successfully when employees were implementing their own solutions. Solutions arrived at by outside experts–even those objectively more effective or efficient–did not fare as well.

]]> By: Shaun http://danariely.com/2009/02/05/hbr-breakthrough-ideas-for-2009/#comment-3234 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:49:29 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=341#comment-3234 I love the Ikea Effect concept and believe I have seen the play out in many areas from people adding custom audio to cars (and then going to great pains to highlight this fact in used car ads) to home renovations which seem to induce similar overvaluing.

We spend quite a bit of time trying to understand how business can benefit from encouraging more participation from non-employees. And so the idea of creating clearly defined approaches to contribute or succeed seems consistent with some of the successful approaches from simple voting to more complex contributions like design ideas.

I wonder how measurement and feedback fit into this, such as scoring, rankings etc (i.e things seen by a broader community) – some very game-esque ideas that seem to inspire participation.

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