Daniel Pink provides concrete examples of how intrinsic motivation functions both at home and in the workplace. View a video of Dan Pink's talk at the RSA that inspired this animation. Download a transcript of this video (pdf).
Daniel Pink provides concrete examples of how intrinsic motivation functions both at home and in the workplace. View a video of Dan Pink's talk at the RSA that inspired this animation. Download a transcript of this video (pdf).
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@statg: we do have the details (follow link to video of actual talk by Dan Pink, pause at 10:45, read research paper authors from slide presentation, google them : http://management.ucsd.edu/fac.... There are three levels of reward for each participant dependent on performance, but there are three different levels of treatment also, so any given participant will be randomly assigned to receive either low treatment (0,2 or 4 rupees), medium (0,20,40 rupees) or high (0,200,400 rupees). So the poor performance correlates solely to the high payout, not to perceived difficulty.
Yes, I would love to hear Daniel Pink's response to this very sensible comment.
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I sent this out to everyone at work! Very inspiring indeed!
Thanks! Where I can give a map like this for myself?
I don't disagree with these points. But I do think that the recommendation to remove $ as an issue if possible -- pay individuals well for their cognitive skills-- works for that very reason. When you're asked to do something that is complex and the chance of success is somewhat questionable, taking $ out of the equation and boosting their sense of autonomy, mastery, etc. is liberating and more likely to lead to innovation. I'm not sure more incentive $ really does anything except cause the goals to be dumbed down so they can be achieved. I see this all the time-- corporate executives with bonus incentives that are really pretty pathetic. There's an intuitive understanding that to link bonus $ to things that may be out of your control, doesn't really make sense. But rewarding them every day for working hard and giving them good work conditions I think does.