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This may be more theoretical than you are hoping for, nonetheless, I'd like to suggest Dan Pink's TED talk on The Surprising Science of Motivation http://www.te
by marilyn 17y ago
This may be more theoretical than you are hoping for, nonetheless, I'd like to suggest Dan Pink's TED talk on The Surprising Science of Motivation http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
Pink explains how financial incentives often have the opposite effect on motivation than we would want or expect. He suggests that the causes of true motivation boil down to autonomy, mastery and purpose. The video is worth the 20 minute investment.
- joseakle 17y agoGreat! I watched it. So now i'm really thinking if we should have financial incentives ... The thing is most articles that say incentives don't work area about pay for performance, but the problem is if performance is not measured in money it's kind of hard to compare.