Canada’s ‘beautifully surprising’ basic income study shows how business needs to reconsider human nature

Canada's 'beautifully surprising' basic income study shows how business needs to reconsider human nature

For 12 months, a select group of homeless people in Canada received a total of $7,500 in cash payments, no strings attached.

The initiative was part of the New Leaf project, a joint study into the effects of giving people in poverty a "basic income" as a means of rehabilitation.

One researcher called the results of the study "beautifully surprising," as participants could finally purchase higher-quality food and find stable housing. Leaders should take these findings seriously, and reflect on how they can better serve their employees’ needs through direct, humanistic action. Free money, it seems, pays off.On […]

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