Bureaucracy kills motivation more than almost anything else because it sends the message 'we don't trust you, we don't care about your time, and we don't want you to do anything different'—when employees see an opportunity for improvement, bureaucracy tells them not to pursue it.
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Dan ArielyEvidence Quote
“bureaucracy by the way is one of the things that kills motivation almost nothing kills motivation as much as bureaucracy because when we when we add bureaucracy we basically say to people we don't trust you we don't care about your time”
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Dan Ariely — Why People Believe Irrational Things | Prof G Conversations— The Prof G Pod – Scott GallowayCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:32:20 PM
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