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Ask HN: How do you motivate people in this environment?
Here's a YouTube Video about motivating people that probably most of you guys watched. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
"RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us "
Ok, now to take this to the next level. If you believe everything in this video, how do you do it in an environment that this Slashdot Link says (http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/2154224/how-to-thwart-the-high-priests-in-it). Read the comments there.
How can the research on the first video be used in the world the Slashdot people talk about when it's obvious the two groups absolutely do not trust each other?
- Mz 15y agoWork on the trust and communication angle for starters. If IT is trying to restrict something, they better have a good reason and they better educate people as to what that reason is. If they can't defend it, then they need to be more flexible. We have a "no personal email" policy at work (ie I cannot log into my gmail account -- I can only use my company email address from work). This policy rose out of an in-house study that determined that 98% of the virii they picked up were from people checking personal email at work. It's a nuisance for me but I respect it 100% and frankly don't want to expose my email to such risks. I find that it's very common that when people at work are disgusted with some policy, it's because they think it has no purpose. If it's a good policy and you explain the issue, that goes a long way towards clearing up such conflicts and getting people on board. But, really, it would work better to have specific examples of what you are facing than a generic scenario. It fosters much better analysis and is much more likely to produce suggestions that can be acted on.