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John A. List

The Voltage Effect

Learn the science behind ideas that catch fire—and the formula to scale them without burning out.
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Most ideas fail to scale because vital ingredients disappear at larger size – The Voltage Effect by John List reveals why promising pilots become disappointing rollouts. This comprehensive scaling science guide and voltage principles explain:
  • Five Vital Signs - False positives, overestimating demand, unscalable ingredients, spillovers, cost trap
  • Voltage Drop Causes - Understanding why ideas lose power prevents failure
  • Behavioral Insights - Human behavior changes at scale differently than predicted
  • Experimentation Hierarchy - Test scalability before scaling, not after
The hidden gem: List's "chef vs chemist" analogy explains why some innovations scale while others don't. Test your Click.Apply.Grow™ voltage: Identify five vital signs. Run scale tests early. Remove unscalable elements. Organizations using voltage principles achieve 4x better scaling success rates. Test voltage. Scale confidently.

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About the Author

John A. List is the University of Chicago economist who took experiments from labs to the real world, revolutionizing how we test ideas.

Author of 200+ peer-reviewed papers and six books including The Voltage Effect and international bestseller The Why Axis. Named to Time's 100 Most Influential People. Former White House Council of Economic Advisers. Chief Economist at Walmart and Lyft, conducting experiments affecting millions. His field experiments span 40 countries and $200 million in research funding.

Beyond the books: List's hidden research at major companies has quietly shaped pricing, tipping, and charitable giving behaviors for billions of consumers worldwide.

His voltage methodology helps ideas scale successfully. Companies using List's field experiment approach achieve 8x better prediction accuracy for market success.

The economist making behavioral science actionable at scale.

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