That concept just doesn't work for knowledge workers. Cash incentives for non-mechanical tasks have minimal value. You need to pay people enough, but not too m

That concept just doesn't work for knowledge workers. Cash incentives for non-mechanical tasks have minimal value. You need to pay people enough, but not too much. The rest is about having leadership in place that can create a good work environment. If compensation was correlated to performance, industry would have figured out a way to pay for performance and let the people doing nothing go.