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Re:Displays of traffic crash numbers increase traffic crashes by 6510 on Monday August 07, 2023 @03:12PM (#37039357)
A factory here, a few decades ago spend 150 k to select a color scheme for maximum productivity. No one believed in it but one investor insisted because he used the service before and the consultant had a lot of numbers to show.

50 cm above the floor the wall had 6 washed out grayish colored bars 20-25 cm width with green and orange slightly brighter. I didn't notice a productivity gain but it did allow excellent peripheral vision.

Re:Displays of traffic crash numbers increase traffic crashes by jbscpa on Monday August 07, 2023 @04:18PM (#37040402)
"above the floor the wall had 6 washed out grayish colored bars 20-25 cm width"

Were the bars vertically oriented or horizontally oriented?

Re:Displays of traffic crash numbers increase traffic crashes by 6510 on Monday August 07, 2023 @05:03PM (#37040925)
horizontally, all around the lunch room and hallways
Re:Displays of traffic crash numbers increase traffic crashes by bluGill on Monday August 07, 2023 @04:29PM (#37040532)
At least one study was done that concluded the real effect wasn't from the change, it was the expectation that people were being measured. You could change in any direction and get the same results - repeated across different companies which in turn mean some left what another went to - and both got similar gains.
Re:Displays of traffic crash numbers increase traffic crashes by MengerSponge on Monday August 07, 2023 @11:53PM (#37044319)
This features prominently in one of my most-quoted sitcom episodes: Better Off Ted's "It's Nothing Business, It's Just Personal" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1459081/

"I worked so hard so that this exact thing wouldn't happen"

Re:Displays of traffic crash numbers increase traffic crashes by Xorakios on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @06:47AM (#37047046)
what's a cm? inquiring US minds want to know!
Re:Displays of traffic crash numbers increase traffic crashes by 6510 on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:04AM (#37049134)
1/1b of the distance between the North Pole and the equator.