Daniel Pink

Keynote: The science of timing - midpoints & endings

Keynote: The science of timing - midpoints & endings

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For midpoint, there would normally be an uh-oh effect, watch out.

being slightly behind [at halftime] significantly increases a team’s chance of winning.

So how to deal with midpoints:

  1. be aware.
  2. use midpoints to wake up rather than roll over.
  3. Imagine you’re a little behind. (pretend to)

What endings do:

  1. help us energize.
  2. help us encode.
  3. help us elevate.

Whole 5 takeways from keynote: