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Bonding Buffet - A Festive Nudge!

Geoff Riley

26th December 2016

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Here is a neat social bonding nudge from KLM! Airport Schiphol is a crowded place at Christmas, loads of people spend their transfer time alone – reading a book, or checking their phones. But watch what happens when they bond with each other, instead of their devices?

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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