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Experiments show that the use of fabricated merriment leads audiences to laugh more frequently and longer, as well as to rate humorous material funnier.

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With a good A/B testing framework, you can easily conduct experiments and make improvement rapidly. Companies that do this well have an advantage over their competition.

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We move into scientist mode when we’re searching for the truth: we run experiments to test hypotheses and discover knowledge.

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…recent experiments suggest that the smarter you are, the more you might struggle to update your beliefs.

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Experiments show that simply framing a dispute as a debate rather than as a disagreement signals that you’re receptive to considering dissenting opinions and changing your mind…

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Recent experiments show that having even one negotiator who brings a scientist’s level of humility and curiosity improves outcomes for both parties…

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The goal in a learning culture is to welcome these kinds of experiments, to make rethinking so familiar that it becomes routine.

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We can’t run experiments in the past; we can only imagine the counterfactual in the present.

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Timing is everything. If you undertake these changes while your company is still healthy, while your ongoing business forms a protective bubble in which you can experiment with the new ways of doing business, you can save much more of your company’s strength, your employees and your strategic position.

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The dilemma is that you can’t suddenly start experimenting when you realize you’re in trouble unless you’ve been experimenting all along. It’s too late to do it once things have changed in your core business.

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