What Tim Harford thinks about management

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Economist and journalist; Financial Times columnist as The Undercover Economist, author of How to Make the World Add Up, and presenter of the Cautionary Tales podcast.

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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Tim Harford has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 3 Sept 2026

   Our readingA team performs better when an outsider introduces social friction, even though the group believes it performed worse.

   Their wordsIn short: the awkward group did better but believed they did worse.

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